AGM Information • Apr 4, 2018
AGM Information
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If you are in any doubt about the action you should take, you should consult your stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other professional adviser authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
If you have recently sold or transferred all of your shares in Serco Group plc, you should forward this document and the accompanying form of proxy to your bank, stockbroker or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was effected for transmission to the purchaser or transferee.
4 April 2018
Dear Shareholder
I am pleased to invite you to attend Serco Group plc's 2018 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") to be held at 11.00am on Thursday 10 May 2018 at the offices of Clifford Chance, 10 Upper Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London E14 5JJ.
The formal notice of AGM is set out on pages 3 to 6 of this document and explanatory notes on the business to be considered appear on pages 7 to 11. In accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code, all members of the Board of Directors (the "Board") will be subject to election or re-election at the AGM.
Your Board believes that the proposals described in this document are in the best interests of Serco Group plc and its shareholders as a whole and unanimously recommend that you vote in favour of all of the resolutions. The Directors intend to do so in respect of their own holdings.
The Board welcomes the opportunity the AGM provides to engage directly with our shareholders and I very much hope that you will be able to attend. However, if you cannot attend the meeting but would like to vote on the resolutions, please complete the proxy form sent to you with this notice and return it to our registrars as soon as possible. They must receive it by 11.00am on Tuesday 8 May 2018. As in previous years and in accordance with best practice, all resolutions proposed at the meeting will be voted by means of a poll, rather than on a show of hands.
On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank you for your continued support for the Company and look forward to meeting you at the AGM.
Yours sincerely
Sir Roy Gardner Chairman
Serco Group plc
Serco House, 16 Bartley Wood Business Park, Bartley Way, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 9UY United Kingdom T: +44 (0)1256 745 900 | F: +44 (0)1256 744 112 | www.serco.com
Serco Group Plc, a company registered in England and Wales No. 2048608 Registered Office: Serco House, 16 Bartley Wood Business Park, Bartley Way, Hook, Hampshire RG27 9UY, United Kingdom
Notice is hereby given that the 2018 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of Serco Group plc ("Serco" or the "Company") will be held at the offices of Clifford Chance, 10 Upper Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London E14 5JJ on Thursday 10 May 2018 at 11.00am to consider and, if thought fit, pass the resolutions detailed below. Resolutions 1 to 14, 16 and 19 are proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15, 17, 18, 20 and 21 as special resolutions:
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such authorities to apply after this resolution is passed in substitution for all existing authorities pursuant to Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 and to expire at the conclusion of the Company's next AGM or 6.00pm on 30 June 2019, whichever is the earlier unless previously renewed varied or revoked by the Company in a general meeting but, in each case, so that the Company may make offers and enter into agreements before the authority expires 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 the authority expires and the Directors may allot shares or grant such rights under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.
For the purposes of this resolution, 'rights issue' means an offer to:
to subscribe for 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 limits or restrictions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates or legal, regulatory or practical problems in, or under the laws of, any territory or any other matter.
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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
(b) to the allotment of equity securities pursuant to the authority granted by paragraph (i) of resolution 16 and/or sale of treasury shares for cash (in each case otherwise than in the circumstances set out in paragraph (a) of this resolution 17) up to a nominal amount of £1,098,564 calculated, in the case of equity securities which are rights to subscribe for, or to convert securities into, ordinary shares by reference to the aggregate nominal amount of relevant shares which may be allotted pursuant to such rights,
such power to apply until the end of the Company's next AGM after this resolution is passed (or, if earlier, until 6.00pm on 30 June 2019) unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting but, in each case, so that the Company may make offers and enter into agreements before the power expires which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (and/or treasury shares to be sold) after the power expires and the Directors may allot equity securities and/or sell treasury shares under any such offer or agreement as if the power had not expired.
For the purpose of this resolution 17, "rights issue" has the same meaning as in resolution 16 above.
such power to apply until the end of the Company's next AGM (or, if earlier, 6.00pm on 30 June 2019) unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting but, in each case, so that the Company may make offers and enter into agreements before the power expires which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted or rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares to be granted (and/or treasury shares to be sold) after the power expires and the Directors may allot equity securities or grant such rights (and/or sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the power conferred hereby had not expired.
provided that the total aggregate amount of political donations and political expenditure pursuant to this authority shall not exceed £100,000 for the Group as a whole, and the amount authorised under each of the paragraphs (a) to (c) shall be limited to such amount.
All existing authorisations and approvals relating to political donations or political expenditure under Part 14 of the Companies Act 2006 are hereby revoked without prejudice to any donation made or expenditure incurred prior to the date hereof pursuant to such authorisation or approval.
For the purposes of this resolution, the terms 'political donation', 'political parties', 'political organisation' and 'political expenditure' have the meanings given by sections 363 to 365 of the Companies Act 2006.
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By order of the Board
David Eveleigh Company Secretary 4 April 2018
Serco Group plc Serco House 16 Bartley Wood Business Park Bartley Way Hook Hampshire RG27 9UY
Registered in England and Wales
Company number 02048608
The Board of Directors (the "Board") will present the Annual Report and Accounts and the reports of the Directors and Auditors thereon for the financial year ended 31 December 2017 (the "Annual Report and Accounts").
Serco Group plc (the "Company") is required to seek shareholder approval for its policy on Directors' remuneration (the "Remuneration Policy") at least once every three years. As advised in the Notice of Annual General Meeting 2017, the requirement to obtain shareholder approval for the Remuneration Policy came at a time when the business was at a critical stage of its turnaround and the Transformation stage was just over half-way through. As a result, the Company asked shareholders to approve the renewal of the Remuneration Policy for a single year.
The Remuneration Committee undertook a complete review of the Remuneration Policy during 2017 and now seek shareholder approval of the new three-year Remuneration Policy. This is a binding vote and, if approved, the revised Remuneration Policy will take effect from the end of this AGM. Once the Remuneration Policy has been approved, the Company may not make a remuneration payment or payment for loss of office to a director or former director of the Company unless that payment is consistent with the approved Remuneration Policy, or has otherwise been approved by a shareholder resolution.
The Remuneration Policy is set out on pages 110 to 128 in the Annual Report and Accounts.
The Annual Report on Remuneration (the 'Remuneration Report') is set out on pages 110 to 143 in the Annual Report and Accounts and gives details of the Directors' remuneration for the year ended 31 December 2017. Shareholders will be asked to approve the Remuneration Report (save for the Remuneration Policy which is dealt with under Resolution 2 above), which complies with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 for a report on the remuneration of all Directors, both Executive and Non-Executive. This is an advisory vote and the Directors' entitlement to remuneration is not conditional on it.
The Company's external auditor, KPMG LLP has audited those parts of the Annual Report on remuneration that are required to be audited and their report can be found on pages 152 to 157 of the Annual Report and Accounts.
The Report has been approved by the Board and signed on its behalf by the Company Secretary.
The Company's Articles of Association require that all Directors retire at least every three years and that all newly appointed Directors retire at the first AGM following their appointment. However, in accordance with the recommendations of the UK Corporate Governance Code, the Directors have resolved that they will all retire and submit themselves for re-election by the shareholders at each AGM of the Company. At this AGM, Lynne Peacock and Ian El-Mokadem, who were appointed to the Board on 1 July 2017, and Kirsty Bashforth, who was appointed to the Board on 15 September 2017, will stand for election for the first time by shareholders. All other members of the Board will stand for re-election.
Following a formal performance evaluation conducted during the year and having considered the performance of and contribution made by each of the Directors, the Board believes that all Directors continue to be effective and continue to demonstrate a great deal of commitment to their roles and that their respective skills complement each other to enhance the overall operation of the Board.
Biographical details of all Directors being proposed for election and re-election can be found on pages 12 and 13 of this document and on pages 86 and 87 of the Annual Report and Accounts.
The appointment of KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company terminates at the conclusion of the AGM. They have advised of their willingness to stand for reappointment as auditor of the Company until the conclusion of the AGM in 2019. The Audit Committee (for and on behalf of the Directors) recommend their reappointment and seek authority to set their remuneration.
Authority is sought to make market purchases of the Company's own shares for up to 109,856,423 shares which is equivalent to approximately 10% of the ordinary issued share capital of the Company (excluding treasury shares) as at 28 March 2018 (being the latest practicable date prior to publication of this notice), until the earlier of the conclusion of the AGM in 2019 or 6.00pm on 30 June 2019, continuing the authority granted by the shareholders at previous AGMs.
Resolution 15, proposed as a special resolution, specifies the maximum number of shares that may be purchased and the minimum and maximum prices at which they may be bought. The Board will have regard to investor group guidelines which may be in force at the time of any such purchase, holding or re-sale of shares held in treasury. The Directors would use the share purchase authority with discretion and purchases would only be made from funds not required for other purposes and in light of the market conditions prevailing at the time. The Directors will exercise this authority only when they consider to do so would be in the best interests of shareholders generally.
Pursuant to the Companies Act 2006, a Company may hold any of their own shares that they have purchased as treasury shares with a view to possible resale at a future date, rather than cancelling them, or to use them for the purposes of their employee share schemes. The Directors would be entitled to hold those shares in treasury provided that the number of shares held in treasury at any one time does not exceed 10% of the nominal value of the Company's issued share capital. No dividends would be paid on, and no voting rights would be exercised in respect of, treasury shares.
While the Company does not currently hold any treasury shares, and the Directors have no present intention of exercising the authority to make market purchases, the Board believes that the authority will provide the Company with additional flexibility in the management of its capital base, enabling it to resell treasury shares in the future or use them to satisfy awards under the Company's various share and incentive schemes.
For information, as of 28 March 2018, the latest practicable date prior to publication of this notice, there were options outstanding to subscribe for 37,258,315 ordinary shares, representing approximately 3.39% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital as at 28 March 2018. If the existing authority given on 11 May 2017 and the authority being sought under Resolution 15 were to be fully used, that percentage would increase to approximately 3.77% of the Company's ordinary issued share capital (excluding treasury shares). The Company has no warrants in issue in relation to its shares.
Resolution 16 seeks shareholder approval to renew the Directors' authority to allot shares.
The Investment Association share capital management guidelines on directors' authority to allot shares state that its members will permit, and treat as routine, resolutions seeking authority to allot shares representing up to two thirds of the Company's issued share capital. The guidelines provide that the extra routine authority (that is, the authority to allot shares representing the additional one third of the Company's issued share capital) should only be used to allot shares pursuant to a fully pre emptive rights issue.
In accordance with these guidelines, the Board seeks the shareholders' authority to allot shares in the capital of the Company up to a maximum nominal amount of £14,647,523, representing approximately two thirds of the Company's issued ordinary share capital as at 28 March 2018 (the latest practicable date prior to publication of this notice). Of this amount, £7,323,761 (representing approximately one third of the Company's issued ordinary share capital) can only be allotted pursuant to a rights issue.
It is the Company's policy to seek renewal of these authorities annually and the authorities sought under paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this resolution will expire at the end of the Company's next AGM or, if earlier, 6.00pm on 30 June 2019.
The Directors have no present intention to exercise this authority. However, the Directors consider it appropriate to maintain the flexibility that this authority provides to respond to market developments and to enable allotments to take place to finance business opportunities as they arise.
If the Directors wish to allot new shares and other equity securities, or sell treasury shares, for cash (other than in connection with an employee share scheme), company law requires that these shares are offered first to the shareholders, in proportion to their existing holdings.
Apart from issues of ordinary shares pursuant to the terms of the Company's employee share and incentive schemes, the Directors have no present intention of utilising these authorities to undertake a rights issue or to allot new shares. The Directors consider it desirable to have the maximum flexibility permitted by corporate governance guidelines to respond to market developments and to enable allotments to take place to finance business opportunities without making a pre-emptive offer to existing shareholders. This cannot be done under the Companies Act 2006 unless the shareholders have first waived their pre-emption rights. The purpose of resolutions 17 and 18, which are each proposed as special resolutions, is to enable shareholders to waive their pre-emption rights.
Resolution 17 authorises the Directors to allot new shares, pursuant to the authority given by resolution 16, or to sell treasury shares for cash:
in each case without the shares first being offered to shareholders in proportion to their existing holdings.
Resolution 18 additionally authorises the Directors to allot new shares (or sell treasury shares) for cash, without the shares first being offered to existing shareholders in proportion to their existing holdings, in connection with the financing (or refinancing, if the authority is to be used within six months after the original transaction) of an acquisition or specified capital investment which is announced contemporaneously with the allotment or which has taken place in the preceding six month period and is disclosed in the announcement of the allotment. The authority under resolution 18 is limited to a nominal value of £1,098,564, equivalent to approximately 5% of the nominal value of the ordinary share capital of the Company in issue on 28 March 2018.
The Directors intend to adhere to the provisions in the Pre Emption Group's Statement of Principles, as updated in March 2015, and not to allot shares for cash on a non pre-emptive basis pursuant to the authority in resolution 17 either in excess of an amount equal to 5% of the total issued ordinary share capital of the Company (excluding treasury shares) or in excess of an amount equal to 7.5% of the total issued ordinary share capital of the Company (excluding treasury shares) within a rolling three year period, without prior consultation with shareholders. Adherence to the Pre Emption Group's Statement of Principles would not preclude issuances under the authority sought under resolution 18.
Resolutions 17 and 18 comply with the Investment Association's share capital management guidelines and follow the resolution templates issued by the Pre Emption Group in May 2016.
If the resolutions are passed, the authorities will expire at the end of the Company's next AGM or, if earlier, 6.00pm on 30 June 2019.
The Company's policy of not giving any cash contributions to, or incurring any expenditure on behalf of, any political party will continue. However, the Directors consider that it is in the best interests of shareholders to participate in public debate and opinion-forming on matters which affect the business.
This resolution enables the Company and any company which is or becomes its subsidiary during the period in which this resolution has effect to incur expenditure of up to a maximum aggregate amount of £100,000, for the Group as a whole, in respect of each of the headings identified (including any such expenditure by a subsidiary company) without unintentionally breaching the provisions of the Companies Act 2006, which defines political organisations and political donations in a broad manner. This resolution does not purport to authorise any particular donation or expenditure but is expressed in general terms as required by the Companies Act 2006 and is intended to authorise normal donations and expenditure. The authority sought will, if granted, last until the conclusion of the 2019 AGM of the Company (or, if earlier, 6.00pm on 30 June 2019) when the Directors currently intend to seek renewal of this authority.
This resolution, proposed as a special resolution, seeks shareholder approval to call general meetings (other than AGMs) on 14 clear days' notice and it is equivalent to the authority granted to the Directors at last year's AGM. The minimum notice period permitted by the Companies Act 2006 for general meetings (other than AGMs) is 21 clear days' notice. However, the Companies Act 2006 allows companies to approve a shorter notice period of at least 14 clear days (other than for AGMs). AGMs will continue to be held on at least 21 clear days' notice. Shareholders approved this resolution at last year's AGM and in order to preserve this ability, Resolution 20 seeks such approval again. The approval will again be effective until the Company's next AGM, when it is intended that a similar resolution will be proposed. The shorter notice period would not be used as a matter of routine for such meetings, 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.
In order to be able to call a general meeting on less than 21 clear days notice, the Company must make a means of electronic voting available to all shareholders for that meeting.
This resolution, proposed as a special resolution, seeks shareholder approval to adopt revised Articles of Association (the 'Revised Articles') in order to update the Company's current Articles of Association (the 'Current Articles') which were adopted in 2010. The changes introduced in the Revised Articles are summarised below and are primarily to reflect changes to UK Corporate Governance requirements and developments in market practice.
The Revised Articles, showing all the changes to the Current Articles, are available for inspection on our corporate website, www.serco.com, at the Company's registered office and Clifford Chance LLP, 10 Upper Bank Street, London, E14 5JJ between the hours of 9.00am and 5.00pm from the date of this Notice until the close of the AGM and will also be available for inspection from 15 minutes before and at the AGM.
Fee cap for Non-Executive Directors: The Current Articles provide that the basic fee for Non-Executive Directors (excluding the Chairman) are subject to a maximum aggregate annual fee of £300,000, or as otherwise approved by ordinary resolution. This cap has been in place since 2004. To ensure sufficient headroom for the Company to appoint additional Non-Executive Directors and any potential future fee increases, the Revised Articles contain an increased cap of £1,000,000 for Non-Executive Directors (including the Chairman). Any fees payable to the Non-Executive Directors will remain subject to shareholder approval under the Company's Remuneration Policy. The Board is satisfied that this new aggregate limit is in keeping with current market practice.
Virtual/hybrid general meetings: The Revised Articles permit the Company to hold general meetings where shareholders are not required to attend in person but may attend and participate virtually. A meeting can be wholly virtual if attendees participate only by way of electronic means or a meeting may be "hybrid", where some attendees are based in a single physical location and others attend electronically. This will make it easier for the Company's shareholders to take part in future general meetings. Certain consequential changes to facilitate this amendment have been made throughout the Revised Articles.
It should be noted that, while the Revised Articles will allow for meetings to be held and conducted in such a way that persons who are not present together at the same physical location may attend, speak and vote at the meeting by electronic means, the Directors have no present intention of holding a wholly electronic meeting. Nothing in the Revised Articles will prevent the Company from holding physical general meetings.
Retirement of directors: The current Articles require directors to retire from the Board on the third anniversary of appointment. The Revised Articles are updated to reflect the Company's actual practice since 2011 and the requirements of the UK Corporate Governance Code by requiring Directors to retire annually and offer themselves for re-election at each AGM.
Postponement of general meetings: To bring the Current Articles in line with common practice for listed companies, a new article is introduced to permit the Board to postpone general meetings after the notice of meeting has been sent but before the general meeting takes place, in circumstances where the Board considers it is unreasonable or impractical to hold the general meeting at the originally appointed time, date or place.
Under the Current Articles (which do not contain the right to postpone a meeting), if a notice has been sent to convene a general meeting, and circumstances subsequently occur which the Board consider to render it unreasonable or impractical to hold the general meeting, the Chairman will still need to open the general meeting at the originally appointed time, date or place and then adjourn the meeting to another time, date or place. Hence the new article would provide the Board with more flexibility to deal with unforeseen circumstances. Any postponement of a meeting will be notified to shareholders in advance of the originally appointed time.
Appointed to the Board: June 2015
(Chair since July 2015).
Key skills and experience: Previously Chairman of Compass Group PLC, Chief Executive of Centrica plc, Managing Director of GEC-Marconi Limited and a Director of GEC plc, Non-Executive Director of Willis Group Holdings Limited and Laporte plc, Non-Executive Chairman of Manchester United, Plymouth Argyle Football Club and Connaught plc.
Sir Roy was also previously Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Energy Futures Lab at Imperial College London, Chairman of the Apprenticeship Ambassadors Network, Chairman of Mainstream Renewable Power Limited and Senior Adviser to Credit Suisse.
Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, the Royal Aeronautical Society, the Royal Society of Arts and the City and Guilds Institute Honorary Doctorate from Thames Valley University.
Current External Commitments: Senior Independent Director of Mainstream Renewable Power Limited and Senior Independent Director of William Hill plc.
Group Chief Executive
Key skills and experience: Previously Chief Executive at Aggreko plc, and Chief Executive of Misys plc Banking and Securities Division.
Rupert was also previously Senior Independent Director of Electrocomponents plc until July 2016 and a member of their Remuneration, Nomination and Audit Committees.
Studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford University and was President of the Oxford Union and visiting Fellow at Oxford University.
Group Chief Financial Officer
Appointed to the Board: October 2014.
Key skills and experience: Previously Chief Financial Officer and Interim Chief Executive at Aggreko plc, Managing Director at Pringle of Scotland, senior finance positions at PepsiCo Inc. including Regional Finance Director for Central Europe.
Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh.
Current External Commitments: Senior Independent Director and a member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees of GKN plc.
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board: 15 September 2017.
Key skills and experience: Kirsty was a senior executive at BP plc having spent over 24 years with the company in a variety of commercial roles, including Group Head of Organisational Effectiveness, where she led BP's global agenda on culture, diversity and change management. Subsequently, Kirsty has been running her own corporate advisory business, QuayFive Limited, since 2015.
Current External Commitments: Non-Executive Director and a member of the Nomination, Remuneration, Risk Management and Audit, and Safety, Health and Enviroment Committees of Kier Group plc.
Governor of Leeds Beckett University and Ashville College and Director of QuayFive Limited.
Non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director
Appointed to the Board: March 2014.
Key skills and experience: Previous roles have included Group Chief Executive of BAA plc, Chairman of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, Chairman of Which? Limited, Senior Independent Director of ITV plc and President of the Chartered Management Institute.
MA in Engineering from Cambridge University and Honorary Doctorate from Sunderland University.
Current External Commitments: Chairman of Coats Group plc and BIOSS International Limited, Trustee of the Chartered Management Institute, Governor of the Royal Shakespeare Company and Advisory Board Member for Arora International.
Non-Executive Director
Key skills and experience: Ian became the Chief Executive Officer of V.Group Limited in October 2017. Prior to joining V.Group, Ian was Chief Executive Officer of Exova Group plc and, before that, he was Group Managing Director, UK & Ireland of Compass Group plc, where he was also a member of the Group's Executive Committee. Ian's earlier career included positions with Centrica plc and the global management consultancy, Accenture.
Current External Commitments: Chief Executive Officer of V.Group Limited.
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board: March 2014.
Key skills and experience: Rachel has deep experience of government and economic policy. Rachel's previous appointments include Deputy Governor, Monetary Stability, Bank of England, and a member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Permanent Secretary in the Department for Transport, Department for Work and Pensions and the Welsh Office, and senior posts at the Cabinet Office, HM Treasury and World Bank.
Rachel was also previously Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Conduct and Values Committee at HSBC Holdings plc and a Trustee/Board Member of Imperial College, London.
Current External Commitments: Non-Executive Director of Heathrow Airport Holdings Limited, Director of SETL Development Limited, Governor of the Ditchley Foundation and member of the Board of Breugel.
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board: 1 July 2017.
Key skills and experience: Lynne is a Non-Executive Director of Standard Life Aberdeen plc and a member of its Nomination and Governance Committees, and Non-Executive Chair of Standard Life Assurance Limited. Lynne is also a Non-Executive Director and Senior Independent Director, Chair of the Remuneration Committee and member of the Audit, Risk and Nomination Committees of Nationwide Building Society.
Previously she was Chief Executive of National Australia Bank Limited's UK businesses, Chief Executive Officer of Woolwich plc and a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Scottish Water.
Current External Commitments: Non-Executive Chair of Standard Life Assurance Limited. Non-Executive Director and a member of the Nomination and Governance Committees of Standard Life Aberdeen Plc and Senior Independent Director, Chair of the Remuneration Committee and member of the Audit, Risk and Nomination Committees of Nationwide Building Society.
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board: September 2016.
Key skills and experience: Previous roles have included Chief Executive of Rolls Royce Group plc, Chief Executive and President of the Dutch international retailer, Royal Ahold NV (and prior to that, its Chief Financial Officer) and Chief Financial Officer of British Airways plc.
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
Current External Commitments: Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Unilever plc, Non-Executive Director and Chairman-Elect of the Audit Committee of Informa plc and Non-Executive Director at Associated British Ports.
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the Companies Act 2006. Where the Company is required to place a statement on a website under section 527 of the Companies Act 2006, it must forward the statement to the Company's auditor not later than the time when it makes the statement available on the website. The business which may be dealt with at the AGM includes any statement that the Company has been required under section 527 of the Companies Act 2006 to publish on a website.
The same documents will also be available for inspection at the AGM venue, 15 minutes before the commencement of the AGM on 10 May 2018 and until the closure of the meeting.
The AGM of Serco Group plc will be held at Clifford Chance, 10 Upper Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London E14 5JJ.
The venue is fully accessible by public transport:
The nearest underground station is Canary Wharf and the nearest DLR station is Heron Quays, each of which are a short walk away. The most convenient exit from the Canary Wharf underground station is the Upper Bank Street exit.
Your choice of bus services:
D3 Bethnal Green to Canary Wharf
D7 Mile End to Canary Wharf
D8 Stratford to Canary Wharf
135 Moorfields to Canary Wharf
277 Highbury and Islington to Canary Wharf
N550 Trafalgar Square to Canary Wharf (Night Bus)
The venue is located within walking distance of the public car park, Jubilee Place Car Park: Entrance on Bank Street (use E14 5NY for sat nav).
The building is wheelchair accessible directly from Upper Bank Street. There is a drop-off/pick-up point directly outside the building where cars can stop temporarily to ease access. A lift is available from the ground floor to the main reception area on the first floor; should you require any assistance, please ask reception upon arrival. Accessible/disabled toilets are located on the ground floor, behind reception and in both meeting room areas; if you need assistance, please let reception know.
Please remember to bring your Attendance Card with you. Please bring some form of identification with you to the AGM in case we need to verify that your name appears on our register of shareholders or proxies.
We thank you in advance for your co-operation with our security staff.
We would advise you that we reserve the right to check bags or briefcases. We do not permit behaviour that may interfere with anyone's security, safety or the good order of the meeting.
We do not permit cameras (including mobile phone cameras) or recording equipment at the meeting and we would be grateful if you could ensure that you have switched off all electronic communication devices before entering the meeting.
Please let us know at Registration if you wish to ask a question during the meeting. Alternatively, you can email your question to [email protected] prior to the meeting.
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