AGM Information • Jul 21, 2016
AGM Information
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Resolutions 1 to 16 were proposed as Ordinary Resolutions. Resolutions 17 to 19 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 2016.
To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration set out on pages 74–85 of the 2016 Annual Report.
To declare a final dividend of 10.55p per ordinary share for the financial year ended 31 March 2016.
To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP (EY) 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 (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:
(i) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £26,355,844; and
(ii) in so far as such shares comprise equity securities (as defined in section 560 of the 2006 Act) up to a further nominal amount of £26,355,844 in connection with an offer by way of a rights issue:
(a) to ordinary shareholders in proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) to their existing holdings; and
(b) to holders of other equity securities as required by the rights of those securities or as the Directors otherwise consider necessary,
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 16 being passed, to authorise the Directors to allot equity securities (pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the 2006 Act) for cash under the authority given by Resolution 16 and/or to sell treasury shares as if section 561(1) of the 2006 Act did not apply to any such allotment or sale, provided that this power shall be limited to:
(i) the allotment of equity securities and sale of treasury shares for cash in connection with an offer of, or invitation to apply for, equity securities made to (but in the case of the authority granted under paragraph (ii) of Resolution 16, by way of a rights issue only):
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 16 and/or in the case of any sale of treasury shares, 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 £4,005,852 (being 5% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital, excluding treasury shares, as at 3 June 2016).
This power 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 held) 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.
Subject to Resolution 16 being passed and in addition to any authority granted under Resolution 17 to allot equity securities (pursuant to the 2006 Act) for cash under the authority given by that Resolution, to authorise the Directors to allot equity securities (pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the 2006 Act) for cash under the authority given by Resolution 16 and/or to sell treasury shares as if section 561(1) of the 2006 Act did not apply to any such allotment or sale, provided that this power shall be:
This power 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 held) 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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