Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Apr 12, 2023
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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Notice of the 111th TClarke Annual General Meeting 10am Wednesday 10th May 2023
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30 Crown Place Earl Street London EC2A 4ES
By Underground, Liverpool Street (3 mins) Central, Elizabeth, Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines and London Overground From the concourse walk north-east on Sun Street Passage.
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Take Exit 2 out of the station, turn right and walk north on Moorgate (0.1m), turn right onto Finsbury Square, turn left onto Wilson Street, turn right onto Earl Street, turn left onto Crown Place.
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TClarke plc Registered and Head Office: 30 St. Mary Axe, London EC3A 8BF
Telephone: 020 7997 7400 Website: www.tclarke.co.uk Email: [email protected] Registered in England No. 00119351
12th April 2023
Dear Shareholder,
It is with pleasure that I hereby send you the notice of this year's Annual General Meeting ('AGM') for shareholders of TClarke plc ("the Company" or "TClarke") which will be held at 30 Crown Place, Earl Street, London EC2A 4ES at 10am on Wednesday 10th May 2023.
The AGM is an important opportunity for all shareholders to express their views by raising questions and voting and we therefore encourage you to attend.
If you have elected to receive information from the Company in hard copy, you will have received the Annual Report and Financial Statements 2022 with this document. Shareholders who have not elected to receive hard copy documents can view or download the Annual Report and Financial Statements 2022 and this notice from our website at www.tclarke.co.uk.
As per last year, you will not receive a form of proxy for the AGM in the post. Instead, you will find instructions in the section entitled "Notes to the notice of Annual General Meeting" to enable you to vote electronically and how to register to do so. To register, you will need your Investor Code, which can be found on your share certificate. You may request a paper form of proxy from our Registrar, Link Group. Proxy votes should be submitted as early as possible and in any event by no later than 10am on Friday 5th May 2023 in order to count towards the vote.
Shareholders are being asked to approve a final dividend of 4.1p per ordinary share for the year ended 31st December 2022. Subject to shareholder approval, the final dividend will be paid on 2nd June 2023 to shareholders who were on the register of members on 5th May 2023. A dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP) is available to shareholders. If you are not registered for the DRIP and want to register for the final dividend you may do so by contacting Link Group on 0371 664 0381. The last day to do so for the final dividend reinvestment is 12th May 2023.
The Directors of the Company consider that all the proposals to be considered at the AGM are in the best interests of the Company and its members as a whole and that they are most likely to promote the success of the Company for the benefit of its members as a whole. The Directors unanimously recommend that you vote in favour of all the proposed resolutions as they intend to do in respect of their own beneficial holdings.
On behalf of the Board, thank you for your continued support.
Yours sincerely,
Iain McCusker Chairman
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of TClarke plc, incorporated and registered in England and Wales under number 00119351 ("the Company" or "TClarke") will be held at:
You will be asked to consider and vote on the resolutions below. Resolutions 1 to 15 will be proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 19 will be proposed as special resolutions.
The resolution is to approve the Director's Remuneration Policy set out on pages 50 to 56 of the Company's Annual Report and Financial Statements 2022 (the 'Policy'). This vote is a binding vote and, subject to limited exceptions, no remuneration payment or loss of office payment may be made to a prospective, current, or former director unless consistent with the approved remuneration policy (or otherwise specifically approved by shareholders). If approved by shareholders, the Policy will take effect, as stated in the Directors' Remuneration Report, immediately after the end of the Annual General Meeting. Under the current legislation, the Policy will be in place for a maximum of three years, after which time a new Policy must be put forward to shareholder approval.
In accordance with section 439 of the Companies Act 2006, resolution 3 seeks shareholder approval for the Directors' Remuneration Report (the "Report") which gives details of the implementation of the Directors' Remuneration Policy. The Report gives details of the payments and share awards made to Directors in connection with their performance and that of the Company during the year ended 31st December 2022, and can be found on page 49 and pages 57 to 64 of the Company's Annual Report and Financial Statements 2022. As this vote is an advisory vote, no entitlement of a Director to remuneration is conditional on it. This resolution is put annually as required by the Companies Act 2006.
If approved, the dividend will be paid on 2nd June 2023 to those shareholders whose names are on the register of members on 5th May 2023.
Appointed to the Board on 1st January 2007. Mike has over 37 years of significant experience in the Construction industry and started at TClarke as an Apprentice. Mike has overall responsibility for Operations and is responsible for Group Health and Safety.
Proposal for Re-election:
The Board has conducted a performance evaluation for Mike Crowder. His performance continues to be effective while demonstrating commitment to the role, therefore the Board unanimously recommends his re-election.
Appointed to the Board on 2nd May 2003. Mark has been with the Company for 37 years and started at TClarke by completing an electrical apprenticeship in 1987. As Group Chief Executive Officer since January 2010, Mark has led strategic change across the Group.
The Board has conducted a performance evaluation for Mark Lawrence. His performance continues to be effective while demonstrating commitment to the role, therefore the Board unanimously recommends his re-election.
Biography:
Appointed to the Board on 1st February 2018. Trevor is a Chartered Accountant with extensive experience across many sectors. Prior to his appointment, Trevor had been
working with TClarke since October 2016, assisting with simplifying the structure and improving the Group's financial controls and procedures.
Proposal for Re-election:
The Board has conducted a performance evaluation for Trevor Mitchell. His performance continues to be effective while demonstrating commitment to the role, therefore the Board unanimously recommends his re-election.
Appointed to the Board on 1st January 2018. Peter worked at Philips Electronics for 37 years after studying Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Kingston University. For the last 20 years, he held a number of senior management positions in both the UK and Europe.
The Board has conducted a performance evaluation for Peter Maskell. His performance continues to be effective while demonstrating commitment to the role, therefore the Board unanimously recommends his re-election.
Appointed to the Board on 1st January 2009 and appointed Chairman on 1st October 2015. Iain is a Chartered Accountant and has significant international financial and management experience, Iain is a former member of the Qualifications Board of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. He is Senior Visiting Fellow, City, University of London, and Chairman of NPA Insurance.
The Board has conducted a performance evaluation for Iain McCusker. His performance continues to be effective while demonstrating commitment to the role, therefore the Board unanimously recommends his re-election.
10.That Jonathan Hook, who is seeking annual re-election in accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code, being eligible, be re-elected a Non-Executive Director of the Company.
Appointed to the Board on 1st July 2021. Jonathan is the former global leader of the Engineering & Construction practice at PwC.
Proposal for election:
The Board has conducted a performance evaluation for Jonathan Hook. His performance continues to be effective while demonstrating commitment to the role, therefore the Board unanimously recommends his re-election.
Aysegul Sabanci has 11 years of managerial experience with international companies in construction and service industries. Aysegul is a Director of TATC Ltd and formerly Group Head of Procurement at ISG Ltd.
Proposal for election:
The Board has conducted a performance evaluation for Aysegul Sabanci. Her performance continues to be effective while demonstrating commitment to the role, therefore the Board unanimously recommends her re-election.
(as such terms are defined in the Companies Act 2006) during the period beginning with the date of passing of this resolution and ending at the earlier of the close
of the next annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2024 or the date that is 15 months from the date that this resolution is passed (whichever occurs first) provided that any such donations or expenditure together do not exceed £10,000 in total.
The definition of political donations used in the Companies Act 2006 is very broad. Sections 366 and 367 of the Companies Act 2006 require companies to obtain shareholder authority before they can make political donations or incur political expenditure. The proposed resolution has been set out in accordance with the Companies Act 2006 and any proposed donations or expenditure shall not exceed £10,000 in total.
The Company's policy is that it does not, directly or through any other subsidiary, make what are commonly regarded as donations to any political party.
The authority we are requesting from shareholders is not designed to change this policy. It will, however, ensure that the Company acts within the provisions and definitions of the current UK law, when carrying out its activities should the Company or a subsidiary company inadvertently make a donation or incurs expenditure which could be considered to be made to a political organisation.
No political donations have been made during the year ended 31st December 2022.
15.That the Directors be and are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised, in place of any such authorities previously granted, all of which are hereby revoked and cancelled to the extent not previously utilised, to exercise all powers of the Company to allot shares or to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the Company in accordance with Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 up to an aggregate nominal amount of £1,470,048 provided that this authority shall expire at the close of the next annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2024 or the date that is 15 months from the date that this resolution is passed (whichever occurs first) save that the Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require relevant securities to be allotted after such expiry and the Directors may allot relevant securities in pursuance of such offer or agreement as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired.
Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 provides that the directors of a company cannot issue new shares in its capital without the approval of the shareholders. The present authority of the Directors to allot shares of the Company was granted at the AGM on 11th May 2022 and will expire at the end of the forthcoming AGM. Resolution 16 seeks to give the Directors authority to allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for or convert any
security into shares up to a maximum aggregate nominal value of £1,470,048 representing approximately one third of the Company's issued share capital as at 5 April 2023, the last practicable date before publication of this notice. This resolution will allow the Directors flexibility to act in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders by issuing new shares in appropriate circumstances, although the Directors have no present intention to exercise the authority. The number of treasury shares held by the Company as at the date of this notice is nil. The Directors intend to seek renewal of the authority and powers set out in resolution 15 at each AGM.
The power granted by this resolution shall expire at the close of the next annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2024 or the date that is 15 months from the date that this resolution is passed (whichever occurs first) save that the Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted in pursuance of such offer or agreement as if the power conferred hereby had not expired and further provided that this power shall be in substitution for any previous power granted to the Directors; provided that Sections 560 and 574 of the Companies Act 2006 apply for the interpretation of this resolution.
(ii) used only for the purposes of financing (or refinancing, if the authority is used within six months after 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.
The power granted by this resolution shall expire at the close of the next annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2024 or the date that 15 months from the date that this resolution is passed (whichever occurs first and unless previously revoked or varied by the Company in general meeting) save that the Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted or sold after the power expires and the Directors may allot or sell equity securities under any such offer or agreement as if this power had not expired.
If shares are to be allotted by the Company, Section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 requires that except to the extent disapplied by shareholders, those shares be offered first to existing shareholders in proportion to their shareholdings. However, it may sometimes be in the interest of the Company for the Directors to have greater flexibility.
This authority being sought in resolution 17(ii) to allot equity securities without first offering them to existing shareholders is in line with institutional shareholder guidance, and in particular with the Pre-emption Group's Statement of Principles (the Pre-emption Principles). The Pre-emption Principles were revised in March 2015 to allow the authority for an issue of shares for cash otherwise than in connection with a pre-emptive offer to be increased from 5% to 10% of a company's issued share capital provided that the company confirms that it intends to use the additional 5% authority only in connection with an acquisition or capital investment. If approved, the resolutions will enable the Directors to allot shares up to a maximum aggregate nominal amount of £441,014, representing approximately 10% of the Company's issued share capital as at 5 April 2023, the last practicable date before publication of this notice.
In accordance with the Pre-emption Principles, the Directors confirm that shares representing more than 5% of the Company's issued share capital will only be allotted for cash pursuant to the authority referred to in resolution 17, providing that the issue is in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment which is announced contemporaneously with the issue, or which has taken place in the preceding six-month period and is disclosed in the announcement of the issue. The Directors intend to seek renewal of the authority and
powers set out in resolution 16 and resolution 17 at each AGM. The Directors do not have any present intention of exercising the authority conferred by resolution 16 and do not intend to issue more than 7.5% of the issued share capital (excluding treasury shares) of the Company on a non-pre-emptive basis in any rolling three-year period without prior consultation with the relevant investor groups (except in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment as referred to above).
This resolution seeks authority for the Company to buy back its own shares in a manner consistent with the Company's articles of association.
This resolution would be limited to 4,410,144 shares representing approximately 10% of the Company's issued share capital as at 5th April 2023, the last practicable date before publication of this notice. The minimum and maximum prices to be paid for the shares are stated in the resolution. Any shares purchased in this way may be cancelled and the number of shares in issue would be reduced accordingly, or they may be held as treasury shares, which may then be cancelled, sold for cash or used to meet the Company's obligations under any Employees' Share Schemes from time to time. The Directors consider it prudent to have the flexibility to buy back shares into treasury and to be able to subsequently sell or transfer them if appropriate, if the transaction were to increase the earnings per share and be in the best interests of shareholders generally. The purchase of shares by the Company under this authority would be effected by purchase in the market. It should not be confused with any share dealing facilities that may be offered to shareholders by the Company from time to time. The Directors intend to seek renewal of the authority and powers set out in resolution 18 at each AGM.
This is a resolution to authorise the Company to hold general meetings on 14 clear days' notice. The notice period required by the Companies Act 2006 for general meetings of the Company is 21 days, unless shareholders approve a shorter notice period, which cannot be less than 14 clear days. Annual general meetings must always be held on at least 21 clear days' notice. In order to be able to call a general meeting on less than 21 clear days' notice, the Company must make a means of electronic voting available to all shareholders for that meeting and a resolution approving the reduction of the notice period for general meetings to 14 clear days must be passed. The Directors believe that obtaining this authority is desirable as it gives the Company an additional degree of flexibility. The approval of this resolution will be effective until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2024, when it is intended that the approval will be renewed.
By order of the Board
Company Secretary 12th April 2023
TClarke plc Registered No. 00119351
Registered Office: 30 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8BF
Pursuant to Regulation 41 of the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001, the Company specifies that only those members registered on the Company's register of members at:
• Close of business on Thursday 4th May 2023; or, if the AGM is adjourned, at close of business on the day two working days prior to the adjourned meeting,
Shall be entitled to attend and vote at the AGM
If you are a member of the Company at the time set out in Note 1 above, you are entitled to appoint a proxy to exercise all or any of your rights to attend, speak and vote at the AGM. You can only appoint a proxy using the procedures set out in these notes.
If you are an institutional investor, you may be able to appoint a proxy electronically via the Proxymity platform, a process which has been agreed by the Company and approved by the Registrar. For further information regarding Proxymity, please go to www.proxymity.io Your proxy must be lodged by 10:00am on 5th May 2023 in order to be considered valid. Before you can appoint a proxy via this process you will need to have agreed to Proxymity's associated terms and conditions. It is important that you read these carefully as you will be bound by them, and they will govern the electronic appointment of your proxy.
Any power of attorney or other authority under which the proxy is submitted must be sent to the Company's Registrar (Link Group, 10th Floor, Central Square, 29 Wellington Street, Leeds LS1 4DL) so as to have been received by the Company's Registrars by not later than 10am on Friday 5th May 2023 (or 48 hours (excluding weekends and public holidays) before the time appointed for any adjournment of it).
CREST members who wish to appoint a proxy or proxies by utilising the CREST electronic proxy appointment service may do so for the AGM and any adjournment(s) thereof by utilising the procedures described in the CREST Manual. CREST personal members or other CREST sponsored members, and those CREST members who have appointed a voting service provider(s), should refer to their CREST sponsor or voting service provider(s), who will be able to take the appropriate action on their behalf.
In order for a proxy appointment made by means of CREST to be valid, the appropriate CREST message (a CREST Proxy Instruction) must be properly authenticated in accordance with Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited's (EUI) specifications and must contain the information required for such instructions, as described in the CREST Manual. The message must be transmitted so as to be received by the issuer's agent (ID – RA10) by Friday 5th May 2023 at 10am. For this purpose, the time of receipt will be taken to be the time (as determined by the timestamp applied to the message by the CREST Applications Host) from which the issuer's agent is able to retrieve the message by enquiry to CREST in the manner prescribed by CREST.
After this time, any change of instructions to a proxy appointed through CREST should be communicated to the proxy by other means. For further information on CREST procedures, limitations, and systems timings, please refer to the CREST Manual. In all cases, for a proxy form to be valid, the CREST Voting Service information must be received by the Company's Registrar no later than 48 hours before the time appointed for the holding of the AGM.
CREST members and, where applicable, their CREST sponsors or voting service providers should note that EUI does not make available special procedures in CREST for any particular messages. Normal system timings and limitations will therefore apply in relation to the input of CREST Proxy Instructions. It is the responsibility of the CREST member concerned to take (or, if the CREST member is a CREST personal member or sponsored member or has appointed a voting service provider(s), to procure that his CREST sponsor or voting service provider(s) take(s)) such action as shall be necessary to ensure that a message is transmitted by means of the CREST system by any particular time. In this connection, CREST members and, where applicable, their CREST sponsors or voting service providers are referred, in particular, to those sections of the CREST Manual concerning practical limitations of the CREST system and timings.
The Company may treat as invalid a CREST Proxy Instruction in the circumstances set out in Regulation 35(5)(a) of the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001.
In the case of joint holders, where more than one of the joint holders' purports to appoint a proxy, only the appointment submitted by the most senior holder will be accepted. Seniority is determined by the order in which the names of the joint holders appear in the Company's register of members in respect of the joint holding (the first-named being the most senior).
To change your proxy instructions simply submit a new proxy appointment using the methods set out in Note 7. Note that the cut-off time for receipt of proxy appointments (see above) also applies in relation to amend instructions; any amended proxy appointment received after the relevant cut-off time will be disregarded. Where you have appointed a proxy using the hard-copy proxy form and would like to change the instructions using another hard-copy proxy form, please contact Link Group, 10th Floor, Central Square, 29 Wellington Street, Leeds LS1 4DL. If you submit more than one valid proxy appointment, the appointment received last before the latest time for the receipt of proxies will take precedence.
In order to revoke a proxy instruction electronically please follow the method set out in Note 7 and elect to withhold your vote on each resolution. To revoke a hard copy proxy instruction, you will need to inform the Company by sending a signed hard copy notice clearly stating your intention to revoke your proxy appointment to Link Group, 10th Floor, Central Square, 29 Wellington Street, Leeds LS1 4DL. In the case of a member which is a company, the revocation notice must be executed under its common seal or signed on its behalf by an officer of the company or an attorney for the company. Any power of attorney or any other authority under which the revocation notice is signed (or a duly certified copy of such power or authority) must be included with the revocation notice.
The revocation notice must be received by Link Group no later than 10am on Friday 5th May 2023.
If you attempt to revoke your proxy appointment but the revocation is received after the time specified then, subject to the paragraph directly below, your proxy appointment will remain valid.
Appointment of a proxy does not preclude you from attending the AGM and voting in person. If you have appointed a proxy and attend the AGM in person, your proxy appointment will automatically be terminated.
Any corporation which is a member can appoint one or more corporate representatives who may exercise on its behalf all of the same powers as the corporation could exercise if it were an individual member provided that they do not do so in relation to the same shares.
As at 5th April 2023 the Company's issued share capital comprised 44,101,443 ordinary shares of 10p each. Each ordinary share carries the right to one vote at a general meeting of the Company and therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company as 5th April 2023 is 44,101,443.
Under Section 319A of the Companies Act 2006, the Company must answer any question you ask relating to the business being dealt with at the AGM unless:
Pursuant to Chapter 5 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 (sections 527 to 531), where requested by either:
Where the Company is required to publish such a statement on its website:
A member wishing to request publication of such a statement on the Company's website must send the request to the Company using one of the following methods:
Whichever form of communication is chosen, the request must:
If you are a person who has been nominated under section 146 of the Companies Act 2006 to enjoy information rights (Nominated Person):
You may have a right under an agreement between you and the member of the Company who has nominated you to have information rights (Relevant Member) to be appointed or to have someone else appointed as a proxy for the AGM.
If you either do not have such a right or if you have such a right but do not wish to exercise it, you may have a right under an agreement between you and the Relevant Member to give instructions to the Relevant Member as to the exercise of voting rights.
Your main point of contact in terms of your investment in the Company remains the Relevant Member (or, perhaps, your custodian or broker) and you should continue to contact them (and not the Company) regarding any changes or queries relating to your personal details and your interest in the Company (including any administrative matters). The only exception to this is where the Company expressly requests a response from you.
The following documents will be available for inspection on weekdays (public holidays excepted) during normal business hours at TClarke plc, 30 St Mary Axe, London EC3A 8BF during normal business hours and at the AGM venue for at least 15 minutes prior to and during the AGM:
Except as provided above, members who have general queries about the AGM should call our shareholder helpline on 0371 664 0300 if calling within the United Kingdom or +44 (0) 371 664 0300 if calling from outside the United Kingdom. Lines are open between 9:00am and 5:30pm Monday to Friday. Calls to the helpline from outside the United Kingdom will be charged at applicable international rates. Calls may be recorded and monitored for security and training purposes; no other methods of communication will be accepted.
You may not use any electronic address provided either:
Information regarding the AGM, including the information required by Section 311A of the Companies Act 2006 is available from www.tclarke.co.uk
30 St Mary Axe, London EC3A 8BF | 020 7997 7400 | www.tclarke.co.uk
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