Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement • Jun 6, 2013
Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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The annual general meeting (the "AGM") of Babcock International Group PLC (the "Company") will be held at: Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London W1K 7TN on Thursday 11 July 2013 at 11:00 am. If you wish to attend this meeting in your capacity as a holder of ordinary shares, please sign this card and on arrival hand it to a representative of the Company's registrars. This will facilitate entry to the AGM.
Signature of person attending
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Important – please read carefully
You can now access the 2013 Annual Report and Notice of AGM by visiting this website: www.babcockinternational.com
If you wish to receive a paper copy of the Annual Report and/or the Notice of AGM, please contact Capita Registrars, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 4TU. Telephone 0871 664 0300 (calls cost 10 pence per minute plus network extras, lines are open 8:30 am to 5:30 pm Monday to Friday) or on +44 20 8639 3399 (if calling from outside the UK).
Please note the deadline for receiving proxies is 11:00 am on 9 July 2013.
If you are not planning on attending the meeting in person, you may appoint a proxy to attend and vote on your behalf by completing and returning the proxy form attached below in the pre-paid envelope enclosed. Sending a proxy form will not prevent you from attending the AGM in person and voting yourself if you subsequently decide to do so. Instructions for completing the proxy form are set out on the reverse.
| I/We being (a) member(s) of the Company hereby appoint the Chairman of the meeting or (see note 3) |
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| as my/our proxy to vote on my/our behalf at the AGM of the Company to be held on Thursday 11 July 2013 at 11:00 am and at any adjournment thereof. The proxy is instructed to vote on the Resolutions as indicated below. Please mark 'X' here if this appointment is one of multiple appointments being made. |
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| Please mark 'X' to indicate how you wish to vote Ordinary Resolutions 1. To receive the Financial Statements, together with the Reports of the Directors and auditors. |
For | Against | Withheld Vote |
15. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditors of the Company. |
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| 2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report. 3. To declare a final dividend of 20.0p per share. |
16. To authorise the Directors to set the remuneration of the independent auditors. |
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| 4. To re-elect Mike Turner as a Director. 5. |
17. To authorise political donations within the meaning of the Companies Act 2006 (the 'Act'). |
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| To re-elect Peter Rogers as a Director. 6. To re-elect Bill Tame as a Director. |
18. To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 of the Act. |
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| 7. To re-elect Archie Bethel as a Director. 8. To re-elect Kevin Thomas as a Director. 9. To re-elect Kate Swann as a Director. |
Special Resolutions 19. To disapply statutory pre-emption rights pursuant to section 570 of the Act. |
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| 10. To re-elect Justin Crookenden as a Director. 11. To re-elect Sir David Omand as a Director. |
20. To renew the Company's authority to make market purchases of its own shares. |
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| 12. To re-elect Ian Duncan as a Director. | 21. That a general meeting (other than an AGM) notice period may be not less than 14 clear days. |
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| 13. To elect John Davies as a Director. 14. To elect Anna Stewart as a Director. |
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Kindly Note This form is issued only to the addressee(s) and is specific to the class of security and the unique designated account printed hereon. The personalised form is not transferable between different (i) account holders; (ii) classes of security; or (iii) uniquely designated accounts. The Company and Capita Registrars accept no liability for any instruction that does not comply with these conditions.
Grosvenor House Hotel is located on Park Lane; however, the hotel's main entrance is on Park Street (between Upper Grosvenor Street and Mount Street), which runs parallel to Park Lane in a one way direction towards Oxford Street.
Grosvenor House Hotel is located approximately midway between Marble Arch underground station (on the Central line) and Hyde Park Corner (on the Piccadilly line) with direct connections from Heathrow, King's Cross St Pancras and Liverpool Street. The Hotel can also be reached by bus to Marble Arch:
From Paddington station: buses 7, 23, 36 and 436 From Euston station: buses 10, 30 and 73 From King's Cross station: buses 10, 30 and 73 From Victoria station: buses 2, 16, 73 and 436.
The closest NCP car park is at 39-44 Adams Row, London W1K 2HP and costs £17 for up to two hours.
Heathrow airport (distance: 14m, 24km) connects to central London by the Heathrow Express to Paddington station or the underground Piccadilly line to Hyde Park Corner station.
Gatwick airport (28m, 45km) connects to central London by the Gatwick Express to Victoria station.
Stansted airport (40m, 64km) connects to central London by the Stansted Express to Liverpool Street station.
7. The return of a completed proxy form or any CREST Proxy Instruction (as described in note 12 below) will not prevent a shareholder attending the meeting and voting in person if he or she wishes to do so.
8. In the case of a shareholder which is a company, this proxy form must be executed under its common seal or signed on its behalf by an officer of the company or an attorney for the company.
You can submit your proxy vote via the internet at www.babcock-shares.com. To do so, you will need to log on to your share portal account or register for the share portal if you have not already done so. To register for the share portal you will need your investor code set out on the form of proxy. Once registered, you will immediately be able to vote.
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