AGM Information • Jul 4, 2018
AGM Information
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The Companies Act 2006
At the Annual General Meeting of the above-named Company duly convened and held on 4 July 2018 the following resolutions were duly passed by the requisite majority of the members of the Company.
That the Directors be and are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised in accordance with section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company and to grant rights to subscribe for, or to convert any security into, shares in the Company ("Rights"):
up to an aggregate nominal amount of £1,009,828; and
provided that this authority shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company, or, if earlier, on 3 October 2019 save that the Company shall be entitled to make offers or agreements before the expiry of such authority which would or might require shares to be allotted or Rights to be granted after such expiry and the Directors shall be entitled to allot shares and grant Rights pursuant to any such offer or agreement as if this authority had not expired; and all unexercised authorities previously granted to the Directors to allot shares and grant Rights be and are hereby revoked.
That, if Resolution 12 is passed and in addition to the powers contained therein, the 13. Directors be and are hereby authorised pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Company Act 2006 to allot equity securities (within the meaning of section 560 of that Act) for cash and/or to sell ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares pursuant to the authority conferred by Resolution 12 as if section 561(1) of that Act did not apply to any such allotment or sale, such authority to be limited:
such authority to expire at the of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company (or, if earlier, at the close of business on 3 October 2019) but, in each case, prior to its expiry the Company may make offers, and enter into agreements, which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (and treasury shares to be sold) after the authority 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.
That, if Resolution 12 is passed and in addition to the powers contained therein and in Resolution 13, the Directors be and are hereby authorised pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Company Act 2006 to allot equity securities (within the meaning of section 560 of that Act) and/or to sell ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash under the authority given by Resolution 12 as if section 561(1) of that Act did not apply to any such allotment or sale, such authority to be:
limited to the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares up to a maximum nominal amount of £151,474; and
of a kind contemplated by the Statement of Principles on Disapplying Pre-Emption Rights most recently published by the Pre-Emption Group prior to the date of this notice, such authority to expire at the of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company (or, if earlier, at the close of business on 3 October 2019) but, in each case, prior to its expiry the Company may make offers, and enter into agreements, which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (and treasury shares to be sold) after the authority 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.
That the Company be and is hereby unconditionally and generally authorised for the purpose of section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 to make market purchases (as defined in section 693 of that Act) of ordinary shares of one pence each in the capital of the Company provided that:
the maximum number of shares which may be purchased is 30,294,851;
the minimum price which may be paid for each share is one penny; $\bullet$
the maximum price which may be paid for a share is an amount equal to the higher of (1) $\bullet$ 105 per cent of the average of the closing price of the Company's ordinary shares as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which such share is contracted to be purchased or (2) the higher of the price of the last independent trade and the highest current bid on the trading venue where the purchase is carried out; and
That a General Meeting other than an Annual General Meeting may be called on not less 16. than 14 clear days' notice.
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Robert Marcus Company Secretary Date: 4 July 2018
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