AGM Information • May 14, 2020
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At the Annual General Meeting of the Company duly convened and held at Discovery House, 18 Bartley Way, Bartley Wood Business Park, Hook, Hampshire RG27 9XA on Thursday 14 May 2020 the following special business resolutions were duly passed, resolutions 15 and 19 as Ordinary Resolutions and resolutions 16 to 18 and 20 as Special Resolutions of the Company:
such authorities to apply after this resolution is passed in substitution for all existing authorities pursuant to Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 and to expire at the conclusion of the Company's next annual general meeting or 6.00pm on 30 June 2021, whichever is the earlier, unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in a general meeting but, in each case, so that the Company may make offers and enter into agreements before the authority expires which would, or might, require shares to be allotted or rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares to be granted after the authority expires and the Directors may allot shares or grant such rights under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.
For the purposes of this resolution, "rights issue" means an offer to:
a) ordinary shareholders in proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) to their existing holdings; and
b) those securities or, if the Directors consider it necessary, as permitted by the rights of those securities,
to subscribe for further securities by means of the issue of a renounceable letter (or other negotiable document) which may be traded for a period before payment for the securities is due, but subject in both cases to such limits or restrictions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates or legal, regulatory or practical problems in, or under the laws of, any territory or any other matter.
and so that the Directors may impose any limits or restrictions and make any arrangements which they consider necessary or appropriate to deal with treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates, legal, regulatory or practical problems in, or under the laws of, any territory or any other matter; and
(b) to the allotment of equity securities pursuant to the authority granted by paragraph (i) of resolution 15 and/or sale of treasury shares for cash (in each case otherwise than in the circumstances set out in paragraph (a) of this resolution 16) up to a nominal amount of £1,223,380 calculated, in the case of equity securities which are rights to subscribe for, or to convert securities into, ordinary shares by reference to the aggregate nominal amount of relevant shares which may be allotted pursuant to such rights,
such authority to apply until the end of the Company's next annual general meeting affer this resolution is passed (or, if earlier, until 6.00pm on 30 June 2021) unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting but, in each case, so that the Company may make offers and enter into agreements before the authority expires which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (and/or treasury shares to be sold) after the authority expires and the Directors may allot equity securities and/or sell treasury shares under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.
such authority to apply until the end of the Company's next annual general meeting (or, if earlier, 6.00pm on 30 June 2021) unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting but, in each case, so that the Company may make offers and enter into agreements before the authority expires which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted or rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares to be granted (and/or treasury shares to be sold) after the authority expires and the Directors may allot equity securities or grant such rights (and/or sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired.
provided that the total aggregate amount of political donations and political expenditure pursuant to this authority shall not exceed £100,000 for the Group as a whole, and the amount authorised under each of paragraphs (a) to (c) shall be limited to such amount.
All existing authorisations and approvals relating to political donations or political expenditure under Part 14 of the Companies Act 2006 are hereby revoked without prejudice to any donation made or expenditure incurred prior to the date hereof pursuant to such authorisation or approval.
For the purposes of this resolution, the terms 'political donation', 'political parties', 'political organisation' and 'political expenditure' have the meanings given by sections 363 to 365 of the Companies Act 2006.
David Eveleigh Group General Courisel and Company Secretary
14 May 2020
Serco Group plc, Serco House, 16 Bartley Wood Business Park Bartley Way, Hook, Hants., RG27 9UY
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