AGM Information • Apr 28, 2023
AGM Information
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(the "Company")
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held at IKON, Dublin Road, Kingscourt, Co. Cavan, A82 XY31, Ireland on the 28 April 2023, the following Resolutions were duly passed as Special Business:
To receive and consider the Remuneration Committee's report on directors' remuneration that is set out in the Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2022.
That the aggregate ordinary remuneration permitted to be paid to the non-executive directors be and is hereby fixed in accordance with Article 90 of the Company's Articles of Association at an amount not exceeding €1,250,000 per annum.
That the directors be and are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised pursuant to Section 1021 of the Companies Act 2014 to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot relevant securities within the meaning of Section 1021 of that Act up to an aggregate nominal amount of €7,879,451. The authority hereby conferred shall expire at the earlier of the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the date of the passing of this resolution and 28 July 2024 unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in General Meeting provided however that 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 be and are hereby empowered pursuant to Section 1022 and Section 1023 of the Companies Act 2014 to allot equity securities (within the meaning of Section 1023 of that Act) for cash pursuant to the authority conferred by Resolution 7 above as if subsection (1) of the said Section 1022 did not apply to any such allotment provided that this power shall be limited:
(a) to the allotment of equity securities in connection with a rights issue, open offer or other invitation to or in favour of the holders of ordinary shares where the equity securities respectively attributable to the interests of such holders are proportional (as nearly as may be) to the respective numbers of ordinary shares held by them but subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the directors may deem necessary or expedient to deal with legal or practical problems in respect of overseas shareholders, fractional entitlements or otherwise; and
(b) to the allotment of equity securities (otherwise than under paragraph (a) above) up to a maximum aggregate nominal value equal to 5% of the aggregate nominal value of the Company's issued ordinary share capital at the close of business on the date of passing of this resolution,
and shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the date of the passing of this resolution or 28 July 2024 (whichever shall be 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 such offer or agreement as if the power conferred hereby had not expired.
That the directors be and are hereby empowered, in addition to any such power granted under Resolution 8, pursuant to Section 1022 and Section 1023 of the Companies Act 2014 to allot equity securities (within the meaning of Section 1023 of that Act) for cash pursuant to the authority conferred by Resolution 7 above as if subsection (1) of the said Section 1022 did not apply to any such allotment provided that this power shall be:
and shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the date of the passing of this resolution or 28 July 2024 (whichever shall be 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 such offer or agreement as if the power conferred hereby 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 market purchases (as defined by Section 1072 of the Companies Act 2014) 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 the Companies Act 2014 and to the following restrictions and provisions:
(a) the aggregate nominal value of the Shares authorised to be acquired pursuant to the terms of this resolution shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate nominal value of the issued share capital of the Company as at the close of business on the date of the passing of this resolution; and
where the average market value of a Share for the purpose of sub-paragraph (i) shall be the amount equal to the average of the five amounts resulting from determining whichever of the following ((1), (2) or (3) specified below) in respect of Shares of the same class as the Relevant Share shall be appropriate for each of the five business days immediately preceding the day on which the Relevant Share is purchased as determined from the information published in the Euronext Dublin Daily Official List reporting the business done on each of those five days:
and if there shall be only a bid (but not an offer) price or an offer (but not a bid) price reported, or if there shall not be any bid or offer price reported, for any particular day, that day shall not be treated as a business day for the purposes of determining the maximum price; provided that, 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 Irish Stock Exchange (trading as Euronext Dublin) or its equivalent;
(d) the authority conferred by this resolution shall include authority to make overseas market purchases (as defined by Section 1072 of the Companies Act 2014) of Shares on the London Stock Exchange, provided that (a) any such purchase shall be subject to any requirements of the laws of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as shall apply thereto and (b) the maximum price which may be paid for any Shares so purchased shall be the higher of:
provided that, 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;
(e) the authority hereby granted shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or on the date 18 months after the date of passing of this resolution (whichever is earlier) 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 enter before such expiry 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, subject to the passing of Resolution 9, for the purposes of Sections 109 and 1078 of the Companies Act 2014, the re-allotment price range at which ordinary shares having a par value of €0.13 in the capital of the Company ("Shares") held as treasury shares ("Treasury Shares") may be re-allotted 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 Shares shall be appropriate for each of the five business days immediately preceding the day on which the Treasury Share is re-allotted as determined from the information published in the Euronext Dublin Daily Official List reporting the business done on each of those five business days:
(i) if there shall be more than one dealing reported for the day, the average of the prices at which such dealings took place; or
and if there shall be only a bid (but not an offer) price or an offer (but not a bid) price reported, or if there shall not be any bid or offer price reported, for any particular day, that day shall not be treated as a business day for the purposes of determining the Appropriate Price; provided that, 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 Irish Stock Exchange (trading as Euronext Dublin) or its equivalent; and
(c) the authority hereby granted shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or on the date 18 months after the date of passing of this resolution (whichever is earlier) unless previously varied or renewed in accordance with the provisions of Section 109 and/or 1078 of the Companies Act 2014.
That the directors be and are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised to call a general meeting, other than an annual general meeting or a meeting for the passing of a special resolution, on not less than 14 days' notice. The authority hereby conferred shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the date of the passing of this resolution unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting.
For further information please contact: Lorcan Dowd Company Secretary Kingspan Group plc Registered Office: Dublin Road, Kingscourt, Co. Cavan, Ireland, A82 XY31 Telephone: +353 (0)42 969 8000 Email: [email protected] Internet: www.kingspan.com
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