AGM Information • Apr 23, 2020
AGM Information
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At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on Thursday, 23 April 2020 in the Seminar Room at 16 Tinworth Street, Lambeth, London, SE11 5AL the following Resolutions were passed:-
That for the purposes of section 551 Companies Act 2006 (and so that expressions used in this resolution shall bear the same meanings as in the said section 551):
a. the Directors be and are generally and unconditionally authorised to exercise all powers of the Company to allot shares and to grant such subscription and conversion rights as are contemplated by sections 551(1)(a) and (b) of the Companies Act 2006 respectively up to a maximum nominal amount of £3,394,964 to such persons and at such times and on such terms as they think proper during the period expiring at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting or at 6:00 p. m. on 23 July 2021, whichever is the earlier (unless previously renewed, revoked or varied by the Company in general meeting); and
so that all previous authorities of the Directors pursuant to the said section 551 be and are hereby revoked.
That subject to the passing of resolution 18 set out in the Notice convening this Meeting, the Directors be and are empowered in accordance with section 570 Companies Act 2006 to allot equity securities (as defined in section 560 of the Companies Act 2006) for cash, pursuant to the authority conferred on them to allot such shares or grant such rights by that resolution and/or where the allotment constitutes an allotment of equity securities by virtue of section 560(3) of the Act, as if section 561(1) and sub-sections (1) — (6) of section 562 of the Act did not apply to any such allotment, provided that the power conferred by this resolution shall be limited to:
a. the allotment of equity securities in connection with an issue or offering in favour of holders of equity securities and any other persons entitled to participate in such issue or offering where the equity securities respectively attributable to the interests of such holders and persons are proportionate (as nearly as may be) to the respective number of equity securities held by or deemed to be held by them on the record date of such allotment, subject only to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may consider necessary or expedient to deal with treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates or legal or practical problems under the laws or requirements of any recognised regulatory body or stock exchange in any territory; and
and this power, unless renewed, shall expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting or at 6:00 p.m. on 23 July 2021, whichever is the earlier, but shall extend to the making, before such expiry, of an offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry
and the Directors may allot equity securities in pursuance of such offer or agreement as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired.
That the Company be and is hereby generally and unconditionally authorised for the purpose of section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "AcY') to make one or more market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of the Act) of ordinary shares of 2.5 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") provided that:
a. the maximum aggregate number of Ordinary Shares hereby authorised to be purchased is 40,739,576 (representing approximately 10 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital excluding treasury shares);
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