AGM Information • May 7, 2013
AGM Information
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At the Annual General Meeting of the members of the Company convened and held on 3 May 2013, the following Special Business resolutions were duly passed:
THAT the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2012 be approved.
THAT:
The authorities in this Resolution apply in substitution for all previous authorities pursuant to Section 551 of the 2006 Act.
For the purposes of the authority in paragraph (ii) above, "rights issue" means an offer to:
to subscribe 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 exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates, subscription currencies or legal, regulatory or practical problems under the laws of any territory or under the requirements of any recognised regulatory body, or stock exchange, in any territory.
THAT the Directors be empowered to allot equity securities (as defined in Section 560(1) of the 2006 Act) wholly for cash:
as if Section 561(1) of the 2006 Act did not apply to such allotment, such power to expire on 30 June 2014 or at the end of the next Annual General Meeting, whichever is the earlier but so that the Company may make offers and enter into agreements during this period which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted after the power ends.
For the purposes of this Resolution:
"rights issue" has the same meaning as in the Resolution above;
"pre-emptive offer" means an offer of equity securities open for acceptance for a period fixed by the Directors to (a) holders (other than the Company) on the register on a record date fixed by the Directors of shares in proportion to their respective holdings and (b) other persons so entitled by virtue of the rights attaching to any other equity securities held by them, but subject in both cases to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates, subscription currencies or legal, regulatory or practical problems under the laws of any territory or under the requirements of any recognised regulatory body, or stock exchange, in any territory;
references to "an allotment of equity securities" shall include a sale of treasury shares; and
the nominal amount of any securities shall be taken to be, in the case of rights to subscribe for or convert any securities into shares of the Company, the nominal amount of such shares which may be allotted pursuant to such rights.
THAT the Company be and is hereby unconditionally and generally authorised for the purpose of Section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 to make market purchases (as defined in Section 693 of that Act) of shares of 25p each in the capital of the Company provided that:
THAT until 30 June 2014 or the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2014 or whichever is earlier, a general meeting other than an Annual General Meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice and the relevant provisions of the Shareholders Rights Directive (2007/36/EC) be disapplied.
Certified as a true copy
Ruth Pavey Company Secretary
07/05/2013
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