Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement • Mar 20, 2019
Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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You may complete an online form of proxy instead of using this form by logging onto your Signal Shares account at www.signalshares.com. If you have not previously registered for a Signal Shares account you can do so by using your investor code ("IVC"), which you will find on your share certificate, or you can obtain it from our registrar, Link Asset Services by contacting them using the details set out in note 9 on page 2.
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I/We being a member/members of the Company hereby appoint the Chairman of the meeting/the following person (see note 2):
as my/our proxy to exercise all or any of my/our rights to attend, speak and vote on my/our behalf at the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company to be held at 10.30 am on Thursday 25 April 2019 or at any adjournment thereof. I/We have indicated with a "X" how I/we wish my/our votes to be cast on the resolutions set out below and I/we direct that my/our proxy will vote (or abstain from voting) as he thinks fit for me/us and on my/our behalf on any other matter which may properly come before the AGM or any adjournment of it.
Please mark "X" here if this proxy appointment is one of multiple appointments being made (see note 2(c)):
| ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS (Please mark "X" to indicate how you wish to vote) | For | Against | Vote Withheld |
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| 1 | Receive the Company's Annual Report & Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2018 together with the reports of the directors and auditors |
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| 2 | Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (other than the part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy) for the year ended 31 December 2018 |
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| 3 | Declare a final ordinary dividend for the year ended 31 December 2018 of 15.5 pence for each ordinary share in the capital of the Company |
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| 4 | Re-elect Andrew Brown as a director of the Company | |||
| 5 | Re-elect Rod Flavell as a director of the Company | |||
| 6 | Re-elect Sheila Flavell as a director of the Company | |||
| 7 | Re-elect Michael McLaren as a director of the Company | |||
| 8 | Re-elect David Lister as a director of the Company | |||
| 9 | Re-elect Michelle Senecal de Fonseca as a director of the Company | |||
| 10 | Re-elect Robin Taylor as a director of the Company | |||
| 11 | Re-elect Peter Whiting as a director of the Company | |||
| 12 | Re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers as the Company's auditors | |||
| 13 | Authorise the directors to agree the auditors' remuneration | |||
| 14 | Authorise the Company to use electronic communications with shareholders | |||
| 15 | Authorise the directors to allot securities pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act") |
| SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS (Please mark "X" to indicate how you wish to vote) | For | Against | Vote Withheld |
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| 16 | Disapply pre-emption rights pursuant to section 570 of the Act | |||
| 17 | Disapply pre-emption rights pursuant to section 570 of the Act in additional limited circumstances | |||
| 18 | Authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares pursuant to section 701 of the Act | |||
| 19 | That a general meeting (other than an AGM) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice |
(a) To appoint the Chairman as your sole proxy in respect of all your shares, simply fill in any voting instructions in the appropriate box and sign and date the Form of Proxy.
(b) To appoint a person other than the Chairman as your sole proxy in respect of all your shares, delete the words "the Chairman of the meeting" and insert the name and address of your proxy in the spaces provided. Then fill in any voting instructions in the appropriate box and sign and date the Form of Proxy.
(c) To appoint more than one proxy, you may copy or print multiple copies of this form. Please indicate the proxy holder's name and the number of shares in relation to which they are authorised to act as your proxy (which, in aggregate, should not exceed the number of shares held by you). Please also indicate by marking "X" in the box provided if the proxy instruction is one of multiple instructions being given. If you wish to appoint the Chairman as one of your multiple proxies, simply write "the Chairman of the Meeting". All forms must be signed and should be returned together in the same envelope.
If you sign this Form of Proxy and return it with no name inserted in the box, the Chairman of the meeting will be deemed to be your proxy.
Seniority is determined by the order in which the names of the joint holders appear in the Company's register of members in respect of the joint holding (the first-named being the most senior).
The AGM will be held at the office of Taylor Wessing LLP, 5 New Street Square, London EC4A 3TW at 10.30 on Thursday 25 April 2019
By foot: 5 New Street Square is located off New Fetter Lane. New Fetter Lane runs between Fleet Street and High Holborn.
By public transport: The closest underground station is Chancery Lane (Central Line) which is a 6 minute walk. The closest overground station is City Thameslink which is approximately a 10 minute walk.
Car Parking: The nearest car park is Saffron Hill NCP, St Cross Street, London EC1N 8XA, where parking costs £19 for up to two hours. Pre-booked parking is available at cheaper rates via the NCP website at www.ncp.co.uk
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