AGM Information • May 12, 2011
AGM Information
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At the Annual General Meeting of Ocado Group plc (the "Company") duly convened and held at One Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8YY on Wednesday, 11 May 2011 at 2pm, resolutions 15, 16, 17 and 18 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 19, 20 and 21 were passed as special resolutions, as set out below.
That, in accordance with sections 366 and 367 of the Companies Act 2006, the Company and all companies that are its subsidiaries at any time during the period for which this Resolution is effective are authorised, in aggregate, to:
(as such terms are defined in sections 363 to 365 of the Companies Act 2006) during the period commencing on the date of the passing of this Resolution and ending at the close of business on 11 August 2012 or, if earlier, the date of the Company's Annual General Meeting to be held in 2012.
The Board be generally and unconditionally authorised to allot shares in the Company and to grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares in the Company:
(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 as the Board otherwise considers necessary,
and so that the Board may impose any limits or restrictions and make any arrangements which it considers 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,
such authorities to apply until the end of next year's Annual General Meeting (or, if earlier, until the close of business on 11 August 2012) but, in each case, during this period the Company may make offers and enter into agreements which would, or might, require shares to be allotted or rights to subscribe for or convert securities into shares to be granted after the authority ends and the Board may allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for or convert securities into shares under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not ended.
That participation in the Ocado Joint Share Ownership Scheme be expanded in the manner described on pages 8 to 10 of this Notice and that the Company directors be authorised to do all such acts and things necessary to implement such expanded participation.
That the establishment of the Ocado Share Incentive Plan, a summary of the principal provisions of which is set out on pages 10 to 11 of this Notice, be approved and that the directors be authorised to do all such acts and things necessary to implement that plan, including making any amendments required to obtain approval of HM Revenue & Customs for the plan.
That if Resolution 16 is passed, the Board be given power to allot equity securities (as defined in the Companies Act 2006) 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 Companies Act 2006 did not apply to any such allotment or sale, such power to be limited:
and so that the Board may impose any limits or restrictions and make any arrangements which it considers 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; and
(B) in the case of the authority granted under paragraph (A) of Resolution 16 and/or in the case of any sale of treasury shares for cash, to the allotment (otherwise than under paragraph (A) above) of equity securities or sale of treasury shares up to a nominal amount of £554,014,
such power to apply until the end of next year's Annual General Meeting (or, if earlier, until the close of business on 11 August 2012) but, in each case, during this period 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 power ends and the Board may allot equity securities (and sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the power had not ended.
The Company be authorised for the purposes of section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 to make one or more market purchases (as defined in section 693(4) of the Companies Act 2006) of its ordinary shares of 2 pence each, such power to be limited:
(i) an amount equal to 5% above the average market value of an ordinary share for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which that ordinary share is contracted to be purchased; and
(ii) the higher of the price of the last independent trade and the highest current independent bid on the trading venues where the purchase is carried out,
in each case, exclusive of expenses.
such power to apply until the end of next year's Annual General Meeting (or, if earlier, 11 August 2012) but in each case so that the Company may enter into a contract to purchase ordinary shares which will or may be completed or executed wholly or partly after the power ends and the Company may purchase ordinary shares pursuant to any such contract as if the power had not ended.
That a general meeting other than an annual general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
Dated 11 May 2011
Neill Abrams Company Secretary and Director Ocado Group plc
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