AGM Information • Jun 10, 2022
Preview not available for this file type.
Download Source Fileauthor: George, Tim
date: 2022-06-10 09:55:00+00:00
Dignity plc
Company Number: 04569346
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at DLA Piper UK LLP, Two Chamberlain Square, Paradise, Birmingham B3 3AX on Thursday 9th June 2022 at 11 a.m., the following ordinary and special resolutions were passed.
comprising equity securities (as defined in section 560(1) of the Act) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £4,114,936 (such amount to be reduced by the aggregate nominal amount of Relevant Securities allotted pursuant to paragraph (b) of this resolution) in connection with a rights issue:
(i) to holders of Ordinary Shares in the capital of the Company in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the respective numbers of Ordinary Shares held by them; and
(ii) to holders of other equity securities in the capital of the Company, as required by the rights of those securities or, subject to such rights, as the Directors otherwise consider necessary,
but subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates or any legal or practical problems under the laws of any territory or the requirements of any regulatory body or stock exchange; and
otherwise than pursuant to paragraph (a) of this resolution, up to an aggregate nominal amount of £2,057,468 (such amount to be reduced by the aggregate nominal amount of Relevant Securities allotted pursuant to paragraph (a) of this resolution in excess of £2,057,468),
provided that (unless previously revoked, varied or renewed) these authorities shall expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company after the passing of this resolution or on 9 September 2023 (whichever is the earlier), save that, in each case, the Company may make an offer or agreement before the authority expires which would or might require Relevant Securities to be allotted after the authority expires and the Directors may allot Relevant Securities
pursuant to any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.
In this resolution, 'Relevant Securities' means shares in the Company or rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the Company; a reference to the allotment of Relevant Securities includes the grant of such a right; and a reference to the nominal amount of a Relevant Security which is a right to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the Company is to the nominal amount of the shares which may be allotted pursuant to that right.
These authorities are in substitution for all existing authorities under section 551 of the Act (which, to the extent unused at the date of this resolution, are revoked with immediate effect).
(a) the allotment of equity securities in connection with an offer of equity securities (whether by way of a rights issue, open offer or otherwise, but, in the case of an allotment pursuant to the authority granted by paragraph (a) of resolution 12, such power shall be limited to the allotment of equity securities in connection with a rights issue):
(i) to holders of Ordinary Shares in the capital of the Company in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the respective numbers of Ordinary Shares held by them; and
(ii) to holders of other equity securities in the capital of the Company, as required by the rights of those securities or, subject to such rights, as the Directors otherwise consider necessary,
but subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates or any legal or practical problems under the laws of any territory or the requirements of any regulatory body or stock exchange; and
(b) the allotment of equity securities pursuant to the authority granted by paragraph (b) of resolution 12 (otherwise than pursuant to paragraph (a) of this resolution) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £308,620,
and (unless previously revoked, varied or renewed) this power shall expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company after the passing of this resolution or on 9 September 2023 (whichever is the earlier), save that the Company may make an offer or agreement before this power expires which would or might require equity securities to be allotted for cash after this power expires and the Directors may allot equity securities for cash pursuant to any such offer or agreement as if this power had not expired.
This power is in substitution for all existing powers under section 570 of the Act (which, to the extent unused at the date of this resolution, are revoked with immediate effect).
(a) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £308,620; and
(b) used only for the purposes of financing (or refinancing, if such refinancing occurs within six months of the original transaction) a transaction which the Directors determine to be an acquisition or other capital investment of a kind contemplated by the Statement of Principles on Disapplying Pre Emption Rights most recently published by the Pre-Emption Group prior to the date of this notice,
and (unless previously revoked, varied or renewed) this power shall expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company after the passing of this resolution or on 9 September 2023 (whichever is the earlier), save that the Company may make an offer or agreement before this power expires which would or might require equity securities to be allotted for cash after this power expires and the Directors may allot equity securities for cash pursuant to any such offer or agreement as if this power had not expired.
(a) the maximum aggregate number of Ordinary Shares which may be purchased is 5,003,692;
(b) the minimum price (including expenses) to be paid for each Ordinary Share shall be the nominal value of the Ordinary Share;
(c) the maximum price to be paid for an Ordinary Share is the higher of:
(i) an amount equal to 105 per cent of the average of the middle market quotations for the Company's Ordinary Shares as derived from the Daily Official List of the London Stock Exchange plc for the five business days immediately prior to the day on which the purchase is made; and
(ii) an amount equal to the higher of the price of the last independent trade of an Ordinary Share and the highest current independent bid for an Ordinary Share on the trading venue where the purchase is carried out.
Unless previously revoked, varied or renewed the authority conferred by this resolution shall expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company after the passing of this resolution or on 9 September 2023 (whichever is earlier), except in relation to the purchase of shares the contract for which was entered into before the expiry of such authority and such purchase will or may be executed or completed wholly or partly after such expiry and accordingly the Company may make a purchase of Ordinary Shares pursuant to any such contract as if this authority had not expired.
Tim George
Company Secretary
10th June 2022
Building tools?
Free accounts include 100 API calls/year for testing.
Have a question? We'll get back to you promptly.