Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Jun 7, 2024
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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If you have sold or otherwise transferred all of your ordinary shares in Braemar Plc, please send this document, together with the accompanying documents, as soon as possible to the purchaser or transferee, or to the stockbroker, bank or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was effected, for delivery to the purchaser or transferee
Notice of the Annual General Meeting of Braemar Plc, to be held at the Company's offices at One Strand, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5HR, at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 3 July 2024 is set out in this document.
A Form of Proxy for use at the Annual General Meeting is enclosed. To be valid, the Form of Proxy should be completed, signed and returned in accordance with the instructions printed on it to the Company's Registrar, Equiniti, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex, BN99 6DA as soon as possible but, in any event, so as to arrive no later than 10:00 a.m. on Monday, 1 July 2024.
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Braemar Plc
(incorporated and registered in England and Wales under company registration number 02286034)
5 June 2024
Dear Shareholder,
I am pleased to be writing to you with details of the forthcoming 2024 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of Braemar Plc (the "Company"), which will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 3 July 2024 at the Company's offices at One Strand, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5HR.
We are delighted that shareholders will be able to attend the AGM in person as usual. However, for those shareholders unable to attend, the Company continues to encourage shareholders to exercise their voting rights in relation to the resolutions set out in the Notice (the "Resolutions") by appointing a proxy using one of the methods set out in the notes on pages 5 to 7 of this document. A Form of Proxy is enclosed with the Notice.
The Company will continue to welcome questions from shareholders on the business of the AGM, or any other matters relating to the Company, which should be submitted by e-mail to [email protected] by 10:00 a.m. on Monday, 1 July 2024 (or, if the AGM is adjourned, the date and time which is 48 hours prior to the time set for any reconvened meeting). Questions should include: the shareholder's full name, number of shares held and telephone contact details. Responses will be given either at the AGM, by telephone, e-mail or by publication on the Company's website at the appropriate time. There will also be an opportunity for shareholders to ask questions at the meeting itself.
The formal notice of the AGM and Resolutions to be proposed are set out on pages 3 and 4 of this document. The board considers that the Resolutions are likely to promote the success of the Company and are in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders as a whole. The board therefore unanimously recommend that you vote in favour of the resolutions as they intend to do in respect of their own beneficial holdings.
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On behalf of the board, thank you for your continued support.
Yours faithfully,
Nigel Payne Chairman
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") of Braemar Plc (the "Company") will be held at One Strand, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5HR at 10.00 a.m. on Wednesday, 3 July 2024 for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing the following resolutions listed below of which resolutions numbered 1 to 14 inclusive will be proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions numbered 15 to 18 inclusive will be proposed as special resolutions.
This authority shall expire (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting) on 19 November 2025 or, if earlier, at the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Company in 2025, except that the Company may before such expiry make any offer or agreement which would or might require shares to be allotted or rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares to be granted after such expiry and the directors may allot shares or grant such rights in pursuance of such offer or agreement as if the authority conferred by this resolution had not expired.
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This authority shall expire, unless previously varied, renewed or revoked by the Company in general meeting, at such time as the general authority conferred on the directors by resolution 13 expires, except that the Company may before such expiry make any offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted or equity securities held as treasury shares to be sold after such expiry and the directors may allot equity securities and/or sell equity securities held as treasury shares in pursuance of such an offer or agreement as if the power conferred by this resolution had not expired.
This authority shall expire, unless previously revoked or renewed by the Company in general meeting, at such time as the general authority conferred on the directors by resolution 13 expires, except that the Company may before such expiry make any offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted or equity securities held as treasury shares to be sold after such expiry and the directors may allot equity securities and/or sell equity securities held as treasury shares in pursuance of such an offer or agreement as if the power conferred by this resolution had not expired.
This authority shall expire (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting) on 19 November 2025 or, if earlier, at the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Company in 2025, except that the Company may, if it agrees to purchase ordinary shares under this authority before it expires, complete the purchase wholly or partly after this authority expires.
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| By order of the Board | Registered office address |
|---|---|
| Rebecca-Joy Wekwete | One Strand, Trafalgar Square |
| Company Secretary | London |
| 5 June 2024 | WC2N 5HR |
For this purpose, the time of receipt will be taken to be the time (as determined by the timestamp applied to the message by the CREST Applications Host) from which the Company's agent is able to retrieve the message by enquiry to CREST in the manner prescribed by CREST. After this time, any change of instructions to proxies appointed through CREST should be communicated to the appointee through other means.
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The directors are required by the Companies Act 2006 to present to the shareholders of the Company at a general meeting the reports of the directors (including the strategic report) and the auditor, and the audited accounts of the Company, for the year ended 29 February 2024. The reports of the directors (including the strategic report) and the auditor are contained in the Company's annual report and accounts for the year ended 29 February 2024, a copy of which is available on the Company's website at www.braemar.com/financial-reports.
Resolution 2 is to approve the directors' remuneration report on the implementation of the Company's existing directors' remuneration policy, which was approved at the Company's 2023 annual general meeting.
Resolution 3 is to approve a final dividend of nine pence per ordinary share for the year ended 29 February 2024. If approved, the dividend will be paid on 9 September 2024 to all shareholders who are on the register of members of the Company on 2 August 2024.
Resolutions 4 to 10 deal with the re-election of the directors of the Company. In accordance with best corporate governance practice, the directors are standing for re-election at this year's AGM.
The biographies of each of the directors standing for re-election are set out in Appendix 1 to this Notice. The board has determined that, in its judgement, all of the non-executive directors meet the independence criteria set out in the UK Corporate Governance Code as all are independent in character and judgement and there are no relationships or circumstances that are likely to affect, or could appear to affect, their judgement. The board confirms that the directors standing for re-election continue to perform effectively and demonstrate commitment to their role.
The Companies Act 2006 requires that auditors be appointed at each general meeting at which accounts are laid, to hold office until the next such meeting. This resolution seeks shareholder approval for the re-appointment of BDO LLP as the Company's auditor to hold office until the next annual general meeting of the Company. The Audit & Risk Committee keeps under review the independence and objectivity of the external auditor and after considering relevant information, the Audit & Risk Committee recommended to the board that BDO LLP be reappointed.
This resolution authorises the directors to set the remuneration of the auditor for the audit work to be carried out by it in the next financial year. The amount of the remuneration paid to the auditor for the next financial year will be disclosed in the next audited accounts of the Company. The directors have delegated the responsibility of setting the auditor's remuneration to the Audit & Risk Committee of the board.
The Companies Act 2006 provides that the directors may only allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares if authorised by shareholders to do so. This resolution will, if passed, authorise the directors to allot shares up to a maximum nominal amount of £2,194,992, which represents an amount which is approximately equal to two-thirds of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company as at 31 May 2024, the latest practicable date prior to the publication of the Notice. As at the date of the Notice, the Company did not hold any ordinary shares in the capital of the Company in treasury.
As provided in sub-paragraph (a) of the resolution, up to half of this authority (equal to one-third of the issued share capital of the Company), will enable the directors to allot and issue new shares in whatever manner (subject to pre-emption rights) they see fit. Sub-paragraph (b) of the resolution provides that the remainder of the authority (equal to a further one-third) may only be used in connection with a rights issue in favour of ordinary shareholders. As sub-paragraph (a) imposes no restrictions on the way the authority may be exercised, it could be used in conjunction with subparagraph (b) so as to enable the whole two-thirds authority to be used in connection with a rights issue. Where usage of this authority exceeds the one-third of the issued share capital, the directors intend to follow emerging best practice as regards its use.
Unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting, the authority will expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company or, if earlier, 19 November 2025.
Passing this resolution will ensure that the directors continue to have the flexibility to act in the best interests of shareholders, when opportunities arise, by issuing new shares. However, there are no current plans to issue new shares except in connection with employee share schemes.
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A similar authority was granted at the Company's 2023 AGM.
The Company's existing long-term incentive arrangement for the Company's executive directors and other selected senior management is the Braemar Plc Long-Term Incentive Plan 2014 (the "Existing LTIP"). Since its approval by shareholders on 4 July 2014, the Existing LTIP has provided for annual share-based awards ordinarily vesting following a three-year performance period subject to the participant's continued service and the extent to which performance conditions are met over the performance period.
As the Existing LTIP's ten-year life shortly expires, the Remuneration Committee of the board has concluded that shareholder authority should be sought under resolution 14 for a new arrangement, the Braemar Plc Long-Term Incentive Plan 2024 (the "LTIP").
The rules of the LTIP have regard to good practice for LTIP design, align with the current directors' remuneration policy and materially follows the terms of the Existing LTIP which will close to new awards on 4 July 2024.
No material amendments are proposed to the plan rules and a summary of the principal terms of the LTIP is contained in Appendix 2 to the Notice. The draft rules of the Braemar Plc Long-Term Incentive Plan 2024 will be available for inspection from the date of this Notice on the National Storage Mechanism and will also be available for inspection at the place of the AGM for at least 15 minutes before and during the AGM.
The Companies Act 2006 prescribes certain pre-emption rights under which, if the Company issues new shares, or grants rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares, for cash or sells any treasury shares, it must first offer them to existing shareholders in proportion to their current holdings.
Subject to resolution 13 being passed, under resolution 15, it is proposed that the directors be authorised to issue shares for cash and/or sell shares from treasury (if any are so held) without offering them first to existing shareholders in accordance with statutory pre-emption rights:
Subject to resolution 13 being passed and in addition to the authority under resolution 15, under resolution 16, it is proposed that the directors be authorised to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of an additional 5% of the Company's issued share capital (as at 31 May 2024, being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of the Notice). The directors consider that proposing this resolution is appropriate for the Company's circumstances and, in accordance with the Pre-Emption Group's Principles, the directors confirm that the authority will be used only in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment that is announced contemporaneously with the issue, or that has taken place in the preceding six-month period and is disclosed in the announcement of the issue.
If passed, the authorities in resolutions 15 and 16 will expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company or, if earlier, 19 November 2025. The directors intend to renew such authorities at subsequent annual general meetings in accordance with current best practice.
The disapplication authorities under resolutions 15 and 16 are in line with the guidance set out in the Pre-Emption Group's 2022 Statement of Principles. The directors have no current plans to allot shares, except in connection with employee share schemes.
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This resolution gives the Company authority to buy back its own ordinary shares in the market. The authority limits the number of shares that could be purchased to a maximum of 3,292,488 (representing approximately 10% of the Company's issued share capital as at 31 May 2024, being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of the Notice). The price per ordinary share that the Company may pay is set at a minimum amount (excluding expenses) of ten pence per ordinary share and a maximum amount (excluding expenses) of the higher of:
The directors have no present intention of exercising the authority to purchase the Company's ordinary shares, but will keep the matter under review, taking into account the financial resources of the Company, the Company's share price and future funding opportunities. The authority will be exercised only if the directors believe that to do so would result in an increase in earnings per share and would be in the interests of shareholders generally. If the directors were to exercise the authority, their present intention is that the shares purchased (to the extent statutory requirements are met and provided any treasury shares held do not exceed 10% of the Company's issued share capital) will be held in treasury for future cancellation, sale for cash, or transfer for the purposes of or pursuant to an employee share scheme, although they may be cancelled immediately on repurchase in the light of circumstances at the time. The effect of any cancellation would be to reduce the number of shares in issue. For most purposes, while held in treasury, shares are treated as if they have been cancelled (for example, they carry no voting rights and do not rank for dividends). The board will have regard to any guidelines published by any of the investor groups in force at the time of any such purchase, holding or resale of treasury shares.
As at 31 May 2024, which is the latest practicable date prior to the publication of the Notice, the total number of options and warrants to subscribe for ordinary shares in the capital of the Company was 2,106,956 representing approximately 6.4% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital at that date. If the proposed market purchase authority were to be exercised in full and all of the repurchased shares were cancelled (but the Company's issued share capital otherwise remained unaltered), the total number of options and warrants to subscribe for ordinary shares in the capital of the Company would represent approximately 7.1% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital.
This resolution seeks to continue to allow the Company to hold general meetings (other than annual general meetings) on 14 clear days' notice (rather than 21 clear days' notice which is the period required by the Companies Act 2006). An annual general meeting of the Company must always be held on at least 21 clear days' notice.
The Company must offer, for any general meeting (other than an annual general meeting) held on less than 21 clear days' notice, a facility to vote by electronic means that is accessible to all members. The shorter notice period would not be used as a matter of routine, but only where the flexibility is merited by the business of the meeting and is thought to be to the advantage of shareholders as a whole.
The authority granted by this resolution is valid up to the next annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2025 and needs to be renewed annually.
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Executive Directors
James Gundy Group Chief Executive Officer
Committee memberships None.
James has over 35 years' shipbroking experience specialising in Tankers, Long Term Time Charter and Sale and Purchase/ Newbuilding projects. He joined the Company in 2014 as Chief Executive Officer of Shipbroking following the merger of Braemar Plc and ACM Shipping Group Plc, where James was the Chief Executive Officer of ACM Shipping. James was an integral part of the successful integration of the two businesses which led to his appointment as Group Chief Executive Officer in January 2021.
Shipbroking, leadership, mergers & acquisitions, business development, sales, marketing, investor relations, strategy.
Grant Foley Group Chief Financial Officer
Committee memberships None.
Grant has over 25 years' experience in leading public and private financial services and technology businesses. He joined the Company from ClearScore. As Chief Financial Officer at ClearScore, he drove significant improvements across the finance function, implementing new systems, processes and reporting as the business scaled. Grant also has additional transaction experience, and his other roles have included CMC Markets Plc where, as Group Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, he was instrumental in the company's successful IPO.
External appointments None.
Finance, investor relations, mergers & acquisitions, strategy and risk management.
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Tristram (Tris) Simmonds Group Chief Operating Officer
Committee memberships None.
Tris has over 30 years' experience in the commodities industry, including 14 years at GFI Group where he became Head of European Commodities. Tris founded Atlantic Brokers in 2013 which was sold to Braemar Plc in 2018. Since the acquisition in 2018, Tris held the position of Managing director of Braemar's derivative brokerage business and he was appointed as Group Chief Operating Officer in August 2021.
External appointments None.
Mergers & acquisitions, business development, compliance and sale.
Committee memberships Chair of the Nomination
Nigel Payne Chairman
Committee.
Background and relevant experience Nigel joined the Company as non-executive Chairman in May 2021. Nigel has a proven record of enhancing shareholder value with over 30 years' experience on international public and private boards as both an executive and non-executive director. Nigel is a qualified chartered accountant.
Elizabeth Gooch Independent non-executive director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee
Remuneration Committee, Audit & Risk Committee and Nomination Committee.
Elizabeth has over 18 years' experience in governance, compliance and financial reporting of publicly listed companies, having founded and run EG Solutions plc. Elizabeth works with founders of UK tech startups and scaleups to help them grow and scale their businesses. She is an angel investor, non-executive director and mentor to technology companies in a wide range of sectors, including secure messaging, cyber security, artificial intelligence, robotic process automation and e-commerce.
Non-executive chairman of Gateley Holdings Plc and Green Man Gaming Ltd. Non-executive director of Sun International Ltd, GetBusy plc, Ascot Racecourse Betting and Gaming Ltd, Kwalee Ltd and BlueBet Pty.
Leadership, strategy, business development, mergers & acquisitions, investor relations, finance and governance.
Director of Turnkey Group (UK Holdings) Limited, Cyber Q Group Holdings Ltd and SkyFarer Ltd.
Governance, compliance, financial reporting, investor relations, equity fundraising. Joanne Lake Independent non-executive director and Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee
Audit & Risk Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee.
Joanne has over 35 years' experience in financial and professional services – both in investment banking, with firms including Panmure Gordon, Evolution Securities and Williams de Broe, and in audit and business advisory services with Price Waterhouse. Joanne is a qualified chartered accountant and fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.
Non-executive chair of Made Tech Group Plc. Non-executive director and senior independent director of Henry Boot Plc.
Non-executive director of Gateley (Holdings) Plc, Pollen Street Group Limited and Morson Group Limited.
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Capital markets, equity fundraising, mergers & acquisitions, strategy and growth companies.
Audit & Risk Committee and Remuneration Committee.
Cat was appointed to the board in May 2023. She is a communications professional with over 25 years' experience, advising small-cap growth companies on investor and corporate communications. She joined the strategic communications advisory business, Belvedere Communications, in 2017, where she is director and co-owner.
Director of Belvedere Communications.
Corporate communications, investor and media relations, equity capital markets, and organisational development.
Any employee (including an executive director) of Braemar Plc (the "Company") or any of its subsidiaries (the "Group") will be eligible to participate in the LTIP at the discretion of the remuneration committee of the board of directors of the Company (the "Remuneration Committee").
Awards under the LTIP may be in the form of:
1.2.1 a conditional right to acquire ordinary shares in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at no cost to the participant ("Conditional Award"); 1.2.2 an option to acquire Ordinary Shares at no cost to the participant ("Nil-Cost Option"); or
1.2.3 a right to receive a cash amount which relates to the value of a certain number of notional Ordinary Shares ("Cash Award"),
and (Conditional Awards, Nil-Cost Options and Cash Awards are together referred to as "Awards" and each an "Award" and references to Ordinary Shares include notional Ordinary Shares to which a Cash Award relates, where appropriate.
LTIP Awards will be subject to the satisfaction of one or more performance conditions over a performance period (normally at least three years) which will determine the proportion (if any) of the Award to vest.
The performance condition may be amended or substituted if one or more events occur which cause the Remuneration Committee to consider that an amended or substituted performance condition would be more appropriate. Any amended or substituted performance condition would not be materially less difficult to satisfy.
Awards will usually be granted to a participant in respect of any financial year of the Company over Ordinary Shares with a market value of up to a maximum of 100% of base salary. However, in exceptional circumstances (as determined by the Remuneration Committee), Awards may be made over Ordinary Shares with a market value of up to 200% of base salary.
Awards may only be granted within the six-week period following the approval of the LTIP by the Company's shareholders, the announcement of the Company's results for any period, any day on which a restriction on the grant of Awards is lifted, or on any day on which the Remuneration Committee determines that exceptional circumstances exist.
Awards may be granted over newly issued Ordinary Shares, Ordinary Shares held in Treasury or Ordinary Shares purchased in the market. Awards are not transferable (other than on death). No payment will be required for the grant of an Award. Awards will not form part of pensionable earnings.
The Remuneration Committee may determine at the date of grant that the number of Ordinary Shares to which a participant's Award relates will increase to take account of dividends that would have been paid in respect of vested Ordinary Shares from the grant date until the date of vesting (or if later, the date of release in connection with an Award subject to post vesting holding period) on such terms as determined by the Remuneration Committee. The Remuneration Committee may determine that the participant will receive the cash equivalent of the additional Ordinary Shares.
Alternatively, the Remuneration Committee may provide additional cash or Ordinary Shares to participants based on the value of some or all of the dividends paid by the Company, calculated by reference to the number of vested Ordinary Shares. In these circumstances, the Remuneration Committee has the discretion to determine the basis on which this additional amount will be calculated, which may assume the reinvestment of the relevant dividends into Ordinary Shares.
The number of Ordinary Shares issuable pursuant to Awards granted under the LTIP, when aggregated with the number of Ordinary Shares issued or issuable pursuant to rights granted under all Group employees' share schemes within the previous period of ten years, may not exceed 10 per cent. of the Company's issued ordinary share capital at the date of grant.
The Remuneration Committee may reduce the number of Ordinary Shares subject to unvested Awards and/or impose further conditions on unvested Awards (effectively "malus") and/or require payments in cash or Ordinary Shares be made in certain circumstances which include:
1.9.1 a material misstatement or restatement of any financial results of the Company;
1.9.5 an error of calculation;
The aforementioned powers may be operated in connection with an Award at any time prior to the second anniversary of the date the Award vests.
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Awards will normally vest as soon as practicable after the end of the performance period (or on such later date as the Remuneration Committee determines) and then only to the extent that the performance condition has been satisfied.
Nil-Cost Options will become exercisable until the tenth anniversary of the grant date.
The vesting of a Conditional Award and the exercise of a Nil-Cost Option is subject to obtaining any necessary approvals or consents from the United Kingdom Listing Authority, the Company's share dealing policy and any other applicable laws or regulations.
At any time before the point at which the vested Ordinary Shares comprised in an Award have been issued or transferred to the participant, the Remuneration Committee may decide to pay a participant a cash amount equal to the value of the Ordinary Shares he would otherwise have received.
Any Ordinary Shares or cash that are to be issued, transferred or paid (as appropriate) to a participant in respect of an Award will be issued, transferred or paid (as appropriate) as soon as practicable after such obligation arises.
If a participant dies, an unvested Award will, unless the Remuneration Committee determines otherwise, vest mas soon as reasonably practicable after the participant's death, to the extent that the Remuneration Committee determines, taking into account the satisfaction of the performance condition and, if the Remuneration Committee so determines, the period of time that has elapsed since the Award was granted until the date of death. A participant's personal representatives will normally have 12 months from the participant's death to exercise any vested Nil-Cost Options.
If a participant ceases to be an officer or employee of the Group by reason of ill-health, injury, disability, or the sale of the business or entity that employs him out of the Group or for any other reason at the Remuneration Committee's discretion (except where a participant is summarily dismissed), a participant's unvested Award will usually continue, unless the Remuneration Committee determines that the Award will vest as soon as reasonably practicable following the date on which the participant ceases to be an officer or employee of the Group.
The Remuneration Committee will decide the extent to which an unvested Award vests in these circumstances, taking account of the extent to which the performance condition is satisfied at the end of the performance period or, as appropriate, at the date on which the participant ceases to be an officer or employee of the Group. Unless the Remuneration Committee in its discretion determines otherwise, the period of time that has elapsed since the Award was granted until the date on which the participant ceases to be an officer or employee of the Group will also be taken into account. Vested Nil-Cost Options will be exercisable for a period of six months.
If a participant ceases to be an officer or employee of the Group in any other circumstances an Award (whether vested or unvested) will lapse on the date on which the participant ceases to hold that office or employment.
In the event of a change of control of the Company, Awards will vest at that time, taking into account the extent that the performance condition has been satisfied, and, unless the Remuneration Committee determines otherwise, the period of time which has elapsed between the grant date and the relevant event. Nil-Cost Options will then be exercisable for a period of one month.
Alternatively, the Remuneration Committee may permit participants to exchange Awards for equivalent awards which relate to shares in a different company. If the change of control is an internal reorganisation of the Group or if the Remuneration Committee so decides, participants will be required to exchange their Awards (rather than Awards vesting).
If other corporate events occur such as a winding-up of the Company, demerger, delisting, special dividend or other event which, in the opinion of the Remuneration Committee, may affect the current or future value of Ordinary Shares, the Remuneration Committee may determine that Awards will vest, taking into account the satisfaction of any relevant performance condition and, unless the Remuneration Committee determines otherwise, the period from the grant date to the date of the relevant event. The Remuneration Committee will determine in these circumstances the length of time during which Awards structured as Nil-Cost Options can then be exercised.
The Remuneration Committee can at its discretion require that a post vesting holding period applies in relation to an Award in respect of which the release of a vested Award may be deferred until the end of the holding period and/or in connection with which the relevant participant will ordinarily be required to retain their net of tax number of vested Ordinary Shares (if any) delivered under the LTIP until the expiry of the holding period.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the LTIP, and irrespective of whether any performance condition attached to an Award has been satisfied, the Remuneration Committee retains discretion under the LTIP to reduce the level of vesting that would otherwise result (for example, that would otherwise result by reference to formulaic outcomes alone). Such discretion would only be used in exceptional circumstances and for example may include regard to corporate and personal performance.
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In the event of a variation of the Company's share capital or a demerger, delisting, special dividend, rights issue or other event, which may, in the Remuneration Committee's opinion, affect the current or future value of Ordinary Shares, the number of Ordinary Shares subject to an Award and/ or the performance condition attached to Awards, may be adjusted.
The Remuneration Committee may amend the LTIP or the terms of any Award at any time, provided that prior approval of the Company's shareholders in a general meeting will be required for amendments to the advantage of eligible employees or participants relating to eligibility, limits, the basis for determining a participant's entitlement to, and the terms of, the Ordinary Shares or cash comprised in an Award and the impact of any variation of capital.
However, any minor amendment to benefit the administration of the LTIP, to take into account legislative changes, or to obtain or maintain favourable tax treatment, exchange control or regulatory treatment may be made by the Remuneration Committee without shareholder approval.
No amendment may be made to the material disadvantage of participants in the LTIP unless consent is sought from the affected participants and given by a majority of them.
The LTIP will usually terminate on the tenth anniversary of its approval by shareholders but the rights of existing participants will not be affected by any termination.
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