NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Shareholders' attention is drawn to the Chair's Statement on page 10 concerning arrangements for the AGM under the UK Government's "stay at home" and "stay alert" measures.
Notice is hereby given that the thirteenth Annual General Meeting of UK Commercial Property REIT Limited will be convened at the offices of Aberdeen Standard Investments, Bow Bells House, 1 Bread Street, London EC4M 9HH on 27 August 2020 at 11.30 am for the following purposes.
Ordinary Resolutions
To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions as Ordinary Resolutions:
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- To approve and adopt the Report of the Directors and auditor and the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2019.
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- To approve the dividend policy of the Company as set out in the Annual Report.
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- To receive and adopt the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year to 31 December 2019.
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- To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor to the Company until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting.
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- To authorise the Directors to determine the Auditor's remuneration
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- To re-elect Mr Ayre as a Director of the Company.
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- To elect Mr Fry as a Director of the Company.
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- To re-elect Mr McCullagh as a Director of the Company.
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- To re-elect Mrs Platts as a Director of the Company.
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- To re-elect Ms Littlejohns as a Director of the Company.
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- To re-elect Mr Fowlds as a Director of the Company
Special Resolutions
To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions as Special Resolutions:
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That the Directors of the Company be and they are hereby generally empowered, to allot ordinary shares in the Company or grant rights to subscribe for, or to convert securities into, ordinary shares in the Company ("equity securities"), for cash including by way of a sale of ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares, as if any pre-emption rights in relation to the issue of shares as set out in the listing rules made by the Financial Conduct Authority under Part VI of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended) did not apply to any such allotment of equity securities, provided that this power:
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(a) expires at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the passing of this resolution or on the expirv of 15 months from the passing of this resolution, whichever is the earlier, save that the Company may, before such expiry, make 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 any such offer or agreement as if the power conferred hereby had not expired; and
- (b) shall be limited to the allotment of equitv securities up to an aggregate nominal value of £32,485,312 being approximately 10 per cent of the nominal value of the issued share capital of the Company (including treasury shares), as at 1 June 2020.
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- That the Company, be authorised in accordance with section 315 of The Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008, as amended,(the 'Law') to make market acquisitions within the meaning of section 316(I) of the law of its own ordinary shares of 25p each ("shares") (either for retention as treasury shares for future resale of transfer or cancellation), provided that:
- (a) the maximum number of shares hereby authorised to be acquired shall be equal to 14.99 per cent of the Company's issued share capital on the date on which this resolution is passed;
- (b) the minimum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for a share is 25p, being the nominal value per share;
- (c) the maximum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for a share shall not be more than the higher of (i) an amount equal to 105 per cent of the average of the middle market quotations for a share taken from the London Stock Exchange's Daily Official List for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which the share is purchased and (ii) the higher of the last independent trade and the highest current independent bid on the London Stock Exchange;
- (d) the authority hereby conferred shall expire at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2021 or, if earlier. on 27 February 2022. unless such authority is renewed prior to such time; and
- (e) the Company may make a contract to purchase Shares under the authority hereby conferred prior to the expiry of such authority which will or may be executed wholly or partly after the expiration of such authority and may make a purchase of Shares pursuant to any such contract.
By order of the Board Northern Trust International Fund Administration Services (Guernsey) Limited Company Secretary Trafalgar Court Les Banques St Peter Port Guernsey GY1 3QL
Date: 1 June 2020
Shareholders' attention is drawn to the Chair's Statement on page 10 concerning arrangements for the AGM under the UK Government's "stay at home" and "stay alert" measures.
Notes
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- A member who is entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend, speak and vote instead of him or her. A proxy need not be a member of the Company.
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- More than one proxy may be appointed provided each proxy is appointed to exercise the rights attached to different shares held by him or her.
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- A form of proxy is enclosed for use at the Meeting. The form of proxy should be completed and sent, together with the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed, or a notarially certified copy of such power or authority, so as to reach Computershare Investor Services (Guernsey) Limited, The Pavilions, Bridgwater Road, Bristol BS99 6ZY, not later than 11.30 am on 25 August 2020.
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- Completing and returning a form of proxy will not prevent a member from attending in person at the Meeting. If you have appointed a proxy and attend the Meeting in person your proxy appointment will remain valid and you may not vote at the Meeting unless you have provided a hard copy notice to revoke the proxy to Computershare Investor Services (Guernsey) Limited, The Pavilions, Bridgwater Road, Bristol BS99 6ZY no less than 48 hours (excluding any part of a day that is not a working day) prior to the commencement of the Meeting as set out above.
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- To have the right to attend and vote at the Meeting (and also for the purposes of calculating how many votes a member may cast on a poll) a member must first have his or her name entered on the register of members at the close of business on the day which is two days before the date of the Meeting. Changes to entries in the register after that time shall be disregarded in determining the rights of any member to attend and vote at such Meeting.
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- The Directors' letters of appointment will be available for inspection for fifteen minutes prior to the Annual General Meeting and during the Meeting itself.
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- As at 1 June 2020, the latest practicable date prior to publication of this document, the Company had 1,299,412,465 ordinary shares in issue with a total of 1,299,412,465 voting rights.
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- Any person holding 3 per cent of the total voting rights in the Company who appoints a person other than the Chair as his proxy will need to ensure that both he/she and such third party complies with their respective disclosure obligations under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.