AGM Information • Jun 25, 2024
AGM Information
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At the Annual General Meeting of the Company duly convened and held on 25 June 2024 at the office of Numis Securities Limited, 45 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7BF, the following resolutions were duly passed.
Resolution 17:
That:
but subject to such exclusions, restrictions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient to deal with treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates or legal, regulatory or practical problems arising under the laws or requirements of any territory or any other matter;
for a period expiring (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting) at the end of the next annual general meeting of the Company after the date on which this Resolution is passed (or, if earlier, at the close of business on 31 July 2025); and
Resolution 18:
That, in substitution for all existing authorities and given that resolution 17 is passed, the Board be and are generally empowered pursuant to Sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006 (the Act) to allot equity securities (as defined in Section 560(1) of the Act) for cash under the authority given by that resolution, or to sell ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash, as if Section 561 of the Act did not apply to any such allotment or sale, with such authority to be limited to:
but subject to the Board having the right to impose any limits or restrictions and make any arrangements which it considers necessary 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 that may arise; and
such authority to expire at the end of the next annual general meeting of the Company or at the close of business on the date which is 15 months after the date of the passing of this resolution, whichever is earlier. Prior to its expiry the Company may make offers, and enter into agreements, which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (and treasury shares to be sold) after the authority expires and the Board may allot equity securities (and sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.
That if resolution 17 is passed, the Directors be authorised pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006 (the Act), in addition to any authority granted under resolution 18, to allot equity securities (as defined in Section 560(1) of the Act) for cash under the authority given by that resolution and/or to sell ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash as if Section 561 of the Act did not apply to any such allotment or sale, such authority to be:
(a) limited to the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares up to a further nominal amount of £2,150,426.11 (representing 10 per cent of the issued ordinary share capital, excluding treasury shares), with 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 Board determines to be either an acquisition or a specified capital investment of a kind contemplated by the Statement of Principles on Disapplying Pre-Emption Rights, as most recently published by the Pre-Emption Group prior to the date of this notice; and
(b) limited to the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares (otherwise than as described above) up to a nominal amount equal to 2% of any allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares from time to time, with such authority to be utilised only for the purposes of making a follow-on offer which the directors deem to be in line with the requirements laid out within paragraph 3 of Section 2B of the Statement of Principles on Disapplying Pre-Emption Rights, as most recently published by the Pre-Emption Group prior to the date of this notice,
such authority to expire at the end of the next annual general meeting of the Company or at the close of business on the date which is 15 months after the date of the passing of this resolution, whichever is earlier. Prior to its expiry the Company may make offers, and enter into agreements, which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (and treasury shares to be sold) after the authority expires and the Board may allot equity securities (and sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.
That the Company be, and is hereby generally and unconditionally, authorised for the purposes of Section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 (the Act) to make market purchases (within the meaning of Section 693(4) of the Act) of its ordinary shares of 15p each (Ordinary Shares) provided that:
Resolution 21:
That a general meeting of the Company, other than an annual general meeting, may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
Vicki Haynes Group Company Secretary
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