Company Number: 02048608
THE COMPANIES ACT 2006 ____________________________________
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES ____________________________________
RESOLUTIONS
of
SERCO GROUP plc (the 'Company')
(Passed on 27 April 2023)
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company duly convened and held at Enterprise House, 11 Bartley Way, Bartley Wood Business Park, Hook, Hampshire RG27 9XB on Thursday 27 April 2023 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:
Directors' authority to allot shares
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- To generally and unconditionally authorise the Directors, pursuant to and in accordance with section 551 of the Companies Act 2006, to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company or grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares in the Company:
- i) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £7,707,802; and
- ii) comprising equity securities (as defined in section 560(1) of the Companies Act 2006) up to a further aggregate nominal amount of £7,707,802 in connection with an offer by way of a rights issue,
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 2024, 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. References in this resolution 15 to the nominal amount of rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares (including where such rights are referred to as equity securities as defined in Section 560(1) of the Companies Act 2006) are to the nominal amount of shares that may be allotted pursuant to the rights.
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) people who are holders of other equity securities if this is required by the rights of 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.
Disapplication of pre-emption rights
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- To resolve that, in substitution for all existing authorities and subject to the passing of resolution 15 above, the Directors be authorised pursuant to section 570 of the Companies Act 2006 to allot equity securities (as defined in section 560(1) of the Companies Act 2006) for cash pursuant to the authority granted by resolution 15 and/or pursuant to section 573 of the Companies Act 2006 to sell ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash, in each case free of the restriction in section 561 of the Companies Act 2006, such authority to be limited:
- (a) to the allotment of equity securities and/or sale of treasury shares for cash in connection with an offer of, or an invitation to apply for, equity securities (but in the case of an allotment pursuant to the authority granted by paragraph (ii) of resolution 15, such authority shall be limited to the allotment of equity securities in connection with an offer by way of a rights issue only):
- (i) to ordinary shareholders in proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) to their existing holdings; and,
- (ii) to holders of other equity securities, as required by the rights of those securities or, subject to such rights, as the Directors otherwise consider necessary,
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;
- (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 (otherwise than under paragraph (a) above) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £2,312,340; and
- (c) 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 (otherwise than under paragraphs (a) or (b) above) up to an aggregate nominal amount equal to 20% of any allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares from time to time under paragraph (b) above, such authority to be used only for the purposes of making a follow-on offer which the Directors determine to be of a kind contemplated by paragraph 3 of Section 2B of the Statement of Principles on Disapplying Pre-
Emption Rights most recently published by the Pre-Emption Group prior to the date of this notice,
such authority to apply until the end of the Company's next annual general meeting after this resolution is passed (or, if earlier, until 6.00pm on 30 June 2024) 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 conferred hereby had not expired.
For the purpose of this resolution 16, "rights issue" has the same meaning as in resolution 15 above.
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- To resolve that, in addition to any authority granted under resolution 16, and subject to the passing of resolution 15, the Directors be authorised pursuant to section 570 of the Companies Act 2006 to allot equity securities (as defined in section 560(1) of the Companies Act 2006) for cash pursuant to the authority granted by paragraph (i) of resolution 15 and/or pursuant to section 573 of the Companies Act 2006 to sell ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash, in each case free of the restriction in section 561 of the Companies Act 2006, such authority to be limited:
- (i) to the allotment of equity securities and/or sale of treasury shares for cash up to an aggregate nominal amount of £2,312,340 such authority to be used only for the purposes of financing (or refinancing, if the authority is to be used within 12 months after the original transaction) a transaction which the Directors determine to be an acquisition or specified 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,
- (ii) to the allotment of equity securities and/or sale of treasury shares for cash (otherwise than under paragraph (i) above) up to an aggregate nominal amount equal to 20% of any allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares from time to time under paragraph (i) above, such authority to be used only for the purposes of making a follow-on offer which the Directors determine to be of a kind contemplated by paragraph 3 of Section 2B of the Statement of Principles on Disapplying Pre-Emption Rights most recently published by the Pre-Emption Group prior to the date of this notice,
such authority to apply until the end of the Company's next annual general meeting after this resolution is passed (or, if earlier, 6.00pm on 30 June 2024) 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 conferred hereby had not expired.
Share buy backs
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To generally and unconditionally authorise the Company for the purpose of section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 to make market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of that Act) of the Company's ordinary shares of 2 pence each provided that:
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a) the maximum aggregate number of ordinary shares that may be purchased under this authority is 115,617,039;
- b) the minimum price which may be paid for an ordinary share purchased under this authority is 2 pence (exclusive of expenses, if any, payable by the Company);
- c) the maximum price which may be paid for an ordinary share purchased under this authority (exclusive of expenses, if any, payable by the Company) is an amount equal to the higher of (a) 5% above the average of the middle market prices shown in the quotations for the ordinary shares in the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days immediately preceding the date on which the ordinary share is purchased and (b) the higher of the price of the last independent trade and the highest current independent bid for an ordinary share on the trading venue where the purchase is carried out;
- d) this authority will expire at the conclusion of the Company's next annual general meeting or 6.00pm on 30 June 2024, whichever is the earlier; and
- e) a contract, or contracts, to purchase ordinary shares entered into by the Company before the expiry of this authority can be executed, wholly or partly, by the Company after the expiry of this authority.
Political Donations
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- To authorise, for the purpose of Part 14 of the Companies Act 2006, the Company and any company which is or becomes its subsidiary during the period for which this resolution has effect, commencing on the date of the passing of this resolution and ending at the conclusion of the Company's next annual general meeting or, if earlier, at 6.00pm on 30 June 2024 to:
- a) make political donations to political parties and/or independent election candidates;
- b) make political donations to political organisations other than political parties; and
- c) incur political expenditure,
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.
Notice of general meetings
- To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
California Appendix to the Serco Group plc International Save As You Earn Plan 2021
- That the rules of the Serco Group plc International Save As You Earn Plan 2021 (the "Plan") as amended to incorporate a new Appendix D facilitating the grant of share options to employees who are residents of the state of California in the United States of America (the "California Appendix"), be approved in the form produced to the meeting and initialled by the Chairman of the meeting for the purposes of identification and the Directors be generally authorised to do all acts and things that they consider necessary or expedient to give effect to and operate the California Appendix.
David Eveleigh
Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
27 April 2023
Serco Group plc, Serco House, 16 Bartley Wood Business Park Bartley Way, Hook, Hants., RG27 9UY