AGM Information • Jul 23, 2015
AGM Information
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Resolutions 1 to 18 were proposed as Ordinary Resolutions. Resolutions 19 and 20 were proposed as Special Resolutions.
To receive the Company's accounts, together with the Report of the Directors and the Auditor's Report on those accounts, for the financial year ended 31 March 2015 (the 2015 Annual Report).
To approve the Directors' Remuneration – Policy Report (effective from the date of approval) set out on pages 61 to 67 of the 2015 Annual Report.
To approve the Directors' Remuneration – Annual Report on Remuneration set out on pages 68 to 78 of the 2015 Annual Report.
To declare a final dividend of 8.15 pence per ordinary share for the financial year ended 31 March 2015.
To authorise the Directors to:
To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditor of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company.
To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditor.
In accordance with sections 366 and 367 of the Companies Act 2006 (the 2006 Act), to authorise the Company and any company which is or becomes its subsidiary at any time during the period for which this Resolution has effect to:
providing such expenditure does not exceed £50,000 in aggregate for paragraphs (i) and (ii) above.
This authority shall expire after the conclusion of the Company's next Annual General Meeting. Any terms used in this Resolution which are defined in Part 14 of the 2006 Act shall have the same meaning as is given to those terms in Part 14 of the 2006 Act.
To authorise the Directors generally and unconditionally to allot shares in the Company and to grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares in the Company:
and so that the Directors may impose any limits or restrictions and make any arrangements which they consider 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.
This authority shall expire at the earlier of the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or 15 months from the date this Resolution is passed (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting), provided that the Company may make offers and enter into agreements before this authority expires which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted or subscription or conversion rights to be granted after the authority ends and the Directors may allot equity securities or grant rights to subscribe for or convert securities into ordinary shares under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.
Subject to Resolution 18 being passed, to authorise the Directors to allot equity securities (as defined in the 2006 Act) for cash under the authority given by Resolution 18 and/or to sell treasury shares, as if section 561 of the 2006 Act (Existing shareholders' rights of pre-emption) did not apply to any such allotment or sale, provided that this authorisation shall be limited to:
and so that the Directors may impose any limits or restrictions and make any arrangements which they consider 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
(ii) in the case of the authority granted under paragraph (i) of Resolution 18 and/or in the case of any sale of treasury shares for cash, to the allotment (otherwise than under paragraph (i) of this Resolution) of equity securities or sale of treasury shares up to a nominal amount of £4,005,196.
This authority shall expire at the earlier of the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or 15 months from the date this Resolution is passed, provided that the Company may make offers and enter into agreements before this authority expires which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (and treasury shares to be sold) after the authorisation expires and the Directors may allot equity securities (and sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.
To authorise the Company generally and unconditionally to make market purchases (as defined in section 693(4) of the 2006 Act) of its ordinary shares on such terms as the Directors think fit, provided that:
This authority shall expire at the earlier of the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or 15 months from the date this Resolution is passed, provided that the Company shall be entitled, at any time prior to the expiry of this authority, to make a contract of purchase which would or might be executed wholly or partly after the expiry of this authority and to purchase ordinary shares in accordance with such contract as if the authority had not expired.
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