AGM Information • Jul 15, 2022
AGM Information
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If you have sold or transferred all your ordinary shares in DCC plc, please forward this document and the Form of Proxy at once to the stockbroker or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was effected for transmission to the purchaser or transferee. If you have recently sold part of your holding of ordinary shares in DCC plc, please contact immediately your stockbroker or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was effected.

15 June 2022
The Notice of the Forty-Sixth Annual General Meeting of DCC plc to be held on Friday, 15 July 2022 at 11.00 a.m. is set out on pages 4 to 8 of this document.
We invite you to submit questions in writing in advance of the meeting either by email to [email protected] or by post to the Company Secretary, DCC plc, DCC House, Leopardstown Road, Foxrock, Dublin 18, Ireland. Questions must be received by 11.00 a.m. on Wednesday 13 July 2022. All correspondence should include sufficient information to identify the shareholder on the Register of Members.
The resolutions to be proposed at the Annual General Meeting are set out in detail in the Notice and explanatory notes on the resolutions are set out below.
Resolution 1 deals with the consideration of the financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2022. A full copy of the 2022 Annual Report and Accounts is available on the Company's website www.dcc.ie.
Resolution 2 deals with the declaration of a final dividend of 119.93 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 31 March 2022. If approved, the final dividend will be paid on 21 July 2022 to shareholders on the Register at the close of business on 27 May 2022. This will give a total dividend for the year of 175.78 pence per ordinary share, which represents a 10.0% increase on the prior year.
Resolution 3 deals with the consideration of the Remuneration Report (excluding the Remuneration Policy) as set out on pages 128 to 153 of the 2022 Annual Report and Accounts. It is the Company's practice to put the Remuneration Report to an advisory, non-binding shareholder vote at each Annual General Meeting.
It is also the Company's practice to put the Remuneration Policy to an advisory, non-binding shareholder vote every three years, or earlier if there are changes to the Policy. As the Remuneration Policy was subject to a shareholder vote at last year's Annual General Meeting and no changes are being made to DCC's Remuneration Policy this year, it is not subject to a shareholder vote at this year's Annual General Meeting.
Resolution 4 deals with the proposed election or re-election of all Directors who are putting themselves forward at the Annual General Meeting, in accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code.
Laura Angelini, Lily Liu and Alan Ralph were appointed to the Board since the 2021 Annual General Meeting and will offer themselves for election. We continue our practice of requiring all other Directors to retire annually and to offer themselves for re-election, with the exception of Pam Kirby who has informed the Board of her intention to retire from the Board with effect from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting.
The Board undertakes a formal annual evaluation of its Directors and is satisfied that all the Directors proposed for election or re-election continue to make a valuable contribution, performed effectively in offering independent and constructive challenge to management and have committed sufficient time to discharge their responsibilities effectively.
Brief biographies of the Directors, including their areas of expertise relevant to their role as Directors, are set out on pages 104 and 105 of the 2022 Annual Report and Accounts.
The election or re-election of each Director will be considered separately.
Resolution 5 authorises the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditors.
Telephone +353 1 279 9400 www.dcc.ie
DCC plc, DCC House, Leopardstown Road, Foxrock, Dublin 18, Ireland.
Resolution 6 will be proposed as an Ordinary Resolution to authorise the Directors to allot shares up to an aggregate nominal amount of €8,224,300, representing approximately one third of the Company's issued share capital (excluding Treasury Shares) on 15 June 2022. As at close of business on 15 June 2022, the Company held 2,642,058 Treasury Shares, representing 2.68% of the Company's issued share capital (excluding Treasury Shares). The Directors have no present intention of making any new issue of shares (other than pursuant to the DCC plc Long Term Incentive Plan 2009, the DCC plc Long Term Incentive Plan 2021, or the deferred bonus arrangements for executive Directors) and will exercise this authority only if they consider it to be in the best interests of shareholders generally at that time. This authority will, if renewed, expire on the earlier of the date of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company and 14 October 2023.
Resolution 7 will be proposed as a Special Resolution to renew the Directors' authority to issue shares for cash other than strictly pro-rata to existing shareholdings. The proposed authority is limited to the allotment of shares in specific circumstances relating to rights issues or any other issues up to an aggregate nominal amount of €1,233,600, representing approximately 5% of the Company's issued share capital (excluding Treasury Shares) on 15 June 2022.
Resolution 8 will be proposed as a Special Resolution to authorise the Directors to issue additional shares for cash other than strictly pro-rata to existing shareholdings. The proposed authority is limited to:
The maximum nominal value of equity securities which could be allotted if both authorities proposed by Resolutions 7 and 8 were used in full would be €2,467,200, which represents approximately 10% of the Company's issued share capital (excluding Treasury Shares) on 15 June 2022. This limit includes any Treasury Shares re-issued by the Company while these authorities remain operable.
The figure of 10% reflects the Pre-Emption Group's latest Statement of Principles for the disapplication of pre-emption rights (the "Statement of Principles"). The Directors will have due regard to the Statement of Principles in relation to any exercise of this power and in particular:
The Directors will exercise these authorities only if they consider them to be in the best interests of shareholders generally at that time. These authorities will expire on the earlier of the date of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company and 14 October 2023.
Resolution 9 will be proposed as a Special Resolution to renew the authority of the Company, or any subsidiary, to purchase on-market from time to time shares of up to 10% of the aggregate nominal value of the Company's issued share capital (excluding Treasury Shares) and to hold these shares as Treasury Shares or cancel them at the Directors' discretion. The resolution also sets out the minimum and maximum prices that may be paid for shares purchased in this manner.
If the Directors were to exercise the authority being renewed by this resolution up to the maximum number of shares allowed, the total number of options to subscribe for ordinary shares in the Company (which, on 15 June 2022, is 689,744, representing 0.70% of the issued share capital (excluding Treasury Shares)) would represent 0.78% of the issued share capital (excluding Treasury Shares). The Directors will exercise this authority only if they consider it to be in the best interests of shareholders generally at that time.
This authority will, if renewed, expire on the earlier of the date of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company and 14 January 2024.
Resolution 10 will be proposed as a Special Resolution to set the price range at which any Treasury Shares may be re-issued off-market.
This authority will, if renewed, expire on the earlier of the date of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company and 14 January 2024.
The Company continues to monitor the impact of Covid-19 and should there be any relevant updates regarding the Annual General Meeting, including any changes to the arrangements outlined in this letter and the Notice of the Annual General Meeting, they will be announced via a regulatory information service and made available on the Company's website, www.dcc.ie/investors.
If you hold ordinary shares in certificated (i.e. paper) form and do not intend to attend the Annual General Meeting in person, you are encouraged to vote in one of the following ways:
Persons who hold interests in shares through the securities settlement system operated by Euroclear Bank SA/NV ("Euroclear Bank") (the "EB System") or as CREST Depository Interests ("CDIs") through the CREST system ("CREST") should consult with their stockbroker or other intermediary at the earliest opportunity for further information on the processes and timelines for submitting proxy votes or voting instructions for the Annual General Meeting through the respective systems. Further details on how to submit proxy votes or voting instructions through the Euroclear Bank system or through the CREST system are set out in the notes to the Notice of Annual General Meeting.
The Directors are satisfied that the resolutions set out in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting are in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. Accordingly, the Directors unanimously recommend you to vote in favour of each of the resolutions set out in the attached Notice, as they intend to do in respect of all the ordinary shares which they own or control in the capital of the Company.
Yours faithfully
Mark Breuer Chairman
Notice is hereby given that the Forty-Sixth Annual General Meeting of DCC plc will be held in The Powerscourt Hotel, Powerscourt Estate, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow, A98 DR12, Ireland on Friday, 15 July 2022 at 11.00 a.m. for the following purposes:
"That, for the purposes of Section 1021 of the Companies Act 2014, the Directors of the Company be and they are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot relevant securities (as defined by Section 1021(12) of that Act) (including, without limitation, any Treasury Shares, as defined in Section 106 of that Act) up to an aggregate nominal amount of €8,224,300, representing approximately one third of the issued share capital of the Company (excluding Treasury Shares) at the date of the notice containing this resolution. This authority shall expire at the close of business on the earlier of the date of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company and 14 October 2023 but may be previously revoked or varied by the Company in General Meeting and may be renewed by the Company in General Meeting for a further period not to exceed 15 months from the date of such renewal. The Company may make an offer or agreement before the expiry of this authority which would or might require relevant securities to be allotted after this authority has expired and the Directors may allot relevant securities in pursuance of any such offer or agreement as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired."
"That the Directors of the Company be and are hereby empowered pursuant to Sections 1022 and 1023 of the Companies Act 2014, with such power expiring at the close of business on the earlier of the date of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company and 14 October 2023, to allot equity securities (as defined in Section 1023(1) of that Act) (including, without limitation, any Treasury Shares (as defined in Section 106 of that Act)) of the Company for cash pursuant to the authority given by Resolution 6 as if Section 1022 of that Act did not apply to any such allotment, provided however that the power conferred on the Directors by this resolution shall be restricted to:
The Company, prior to the expiry of this power, may 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 such offer or agreement as if the power conferred hereby had not expired."
"That the Directors of the Company be and are hereby empowered pursuant to Sections 1022 and 1023 of the Companies Act 2014, with such power expiring at the close of business on the earlier of the date of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company and 14 October 2023, to allot equity securities (as defined in Section 1023(1) of that Act) (including, without limitation, any Treasury Shares (as defined in Section 106 of that Act)) of the Company for cash pursuant to the authority given by Resolution 6 and in addition to any authority granted under Resolution 7 as if Section 1022 of that Act did not apply to any such allotment, provided 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 date and the Directors may allot equity securities in pursuance of such offer or agreement as if such power had not expired."
"That the Company and/or any subsidiary (as defined by Section 7 of the Companies Act 2014) of the Company be hereby generally authorised to make overseas market purchases (as defined by Section 1072 of that Act) from time to time of shares of any class in the Company ("Shares") on such terms and conditions and in such manner as the Directors may determine from time to time but subject to the provisions of that Act and to the following restrictions and provisions:
If the means of providing the foregoing information as to dealings and prices by reference to which the maximum price is to be determined is altered or is replaced by some other means, then a maximum price shall be determined on the basis of the equivalent information published by the relevant authority in relation to dealings on the London Stock Exchange or its equivalent; and
d) The authority hereby granted shall expire at the close of business on the earlier of the date of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company and 14 January 2024 unless previously varied, revoked or renewed by special resolution, in accordance with the provisions of Section 1074 of the Companies Act 2014. The Company or any such subsidiary may, before such expiry, enter into a contract for the purchase of Shares which would or might be executed wholly or partly after such expiry and may complete any such contract as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired."
"That for the purposes of Section 1078 of the Companies Act 2014, the re-issue price range at which ordinary shares of €0.25 in the capital of the Company ("Shares") held as Treasury Shares (as defined by Section 106 of that Act) may be re-issued off-market shall be as follows:
For the purposes of this resolution the expression "Appropriate Price" shall mean an amount equal to the average of the five amounts resulting from determining whichever of the following ((i), (ii) or (iii) specified below) in relation to the Shares of the same class as the Treasury Share being re-issued shall be appropriate for each of the five business days immediately preceding the day on which the Treasury Share is re-issued as determined from the information published in The Daily Official List of the London Stock Exchange reporting the business done on each of those five business days:
If the means of providing the foregoing information as to dealings and prices by reference to which the Appropriate Price is to be determined is altered or is replaced by some other means, then the Appropriate Price shall be determined on the basis of the equivalent information published by the relevant authority in relation to dealings on the London Stock Exchange or its equivalent.
This resolution shall continue in effect until the close of business on the earlier of the date of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or 14 January 2024 unless previously varied or renewed in accordance with the provisions of Section 1078 of the Companies Act 2014."
By order of the Board
Darragh Byrne Company Secretary DCC plc DCC House Leopardstown Road Foxrock Dublin 18
15 June 2022
Ireland
Shareholders are encouraged to submit any such questions in advance either by email to [email protected] or by post to the Company Secretary, DCC plc, DCC House, Leopardstown Road, Foxrock, Dublin 18, Ireland. Questions must be received by 11.00 a.m. on Wednesday, 13 July 2022. All correspondence should include sufficient information to identify the shareholder on the Register of Members.
Participants in the Euroclear System ("EB Participants") can submit third party proxy appointments (including voting instructions) electronically in the manner described in the document issued by Euroclear Bank in February 2021 and entitled "Euroclear Bank as issuer CSD for Irish corporate securities – Service Description".
EB Participants can send electronic voting instructions to instruct the sole registered shareholder of all ordinary shares held through the Euroclear system, Euroclear Nominees Limited ("Euroclear Nominees") on how to vote. In following instructions from EB Participants, Euroclear Nominees will either vote itself or appoint the Chairman of the meeting as proxy, in respect of all or specific resolution(s) to:
Euroclear Bank will, wherever practical, aim to have a voting instruction deadline of one hour prior to the Company's proxy appointment deadline (being 48 hours before the time appointed for the Annual General Meeting or any adjournment thereof).
Voting instructions cannot be changed or cancelled after Euroclear Bank's voting deadline. There is no facility to offer a letter of representation other than through the submission of third party proxy appointment instructions.
EB Participants are strongly encouraged to familiarise themselves with the new arrangements with Euroclear Bank, including the new voting deadlines and procedures.
If you hold CDIs and wish to submit electronic voting instructions or proxy appointment instructions you must use the Broadridge Global Proxy Voting service. To avail of the voting service, you will need to complete the Meetings and Voting Client Set-up Form (CRT408) prescribed by Broadridge. Completed application forms should be returned to EUI (signed by an authorised signatory with another relevant authorised signatory copied for verification purposes) to the following email address: [email protected]. Fully completed application forms will be shared by EUI with Broadridge. This will enable Broadridge to contact you and share further detailed information on the service offering and initiate the process for granting your access to the Broadridge platform.
Broadridge will set a voting deadline by which time electronic voting instructions or proxy appointment instructions must be received by it for use at the Annual General Meeting. Broadridge's voting deadline will be earlier than Euroclear Bank's voting instruction deadline. Voting instructions cannot be changed or cancelled after Broadridge's voting deadline.
CDI holders are strongly encouraged to familiarise themselves with the arrangements with Broadridge, including the voting deadlines and procedures and to take, as soon as possible, any further actions required by Broadridge in order that they may avail of this voting service.
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