AGM Information • May 1, 2019
AGM Information
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At the Annual General Meeting of Ocado Group plc (the "Company") duly convened and held at Numis Securities Limited, The London Stock Exchange Building, 10 Paternoster Square, London, EC4M 7LT on Wednesday, 1 May 2019 at 10.00am, resolutions 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 26, 27, 28 and 29 were passed as special resolutions, as extracted from the notice of meeting and set out below.
That, in accordance with sections 366 and 367 of the Companies Act 2006, the Company and all companies that are its subsidiaries at any time during the period for which this Resolution is effective are authorised, in aggregate, to:
(as such terms are defined in sections 363 to 365 of the Companies Act 2006) during the period commencing on the date of the passing of this Resolution and finishing at the end of next year's annual general meeting (or if earlier, the close of business on 1 August 2020).
(A) That the Ocado Annual Incentive Plan (the "AIP"), summarised in Appendix 2 to this Notice and the rules of which are produced to this meeting and for the purposes of
identification initialled by the Chairman, be approved and the Board be authorised to do all such acts and things necessary or desirable to establish the AIP; and
(B) That the Board be authorised to adopt further plans based on the AIP but modified to take account of local tax, exchange control or securities laws in overseas territories, provided that any cash or shares made available under such further plans are treated as counting against any limits on individual or overall participation in the AIP.
That the terms of the agreement amending the Chairman's Share Matching Award in the form produced to the meeting and initialled by the Company Secretary for the purposes of identification (the "Amendment"), the principal terms of which are summarised in the explanatory note for this resolution, be approved and that the Board be authorised to do all such acts and things necessary to give effect to the Amendment Agreement.
The Board be generally and unconditionally authorised to allot shares in the Company and to grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares in the Company up to a nominal amount of £4,655,395 and so that the Board may impose any limits or restrictions and make any arrangements which it considers 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. Such authority shall apply until the end of next year's annual general meeting (or, if earlier, until the close of business on 1 August 2020) but, in each case, during this period the Company may make offers and enter
into agreements which would, or might, require shares to be allotted or rights to subscribe for or convert securities into shares to be granted after the authority ends and the Board may allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for or convert securities into shares under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not ended.
The Board be generally and unconditionally authorised to allot shares in the Company and to grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares in the Company comprising equity securities (as defined in section 560(1) of the Companies Act 2006) up to a nominal amount of £9,310,791 (such amount to be reduced by any allotments or grants made under Resolution 24, if passed) in connection with an offer by way of a rights issue to:
and so that the Board may impose any limits or restrictions and make any arrangements which it considers 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. Such authority shall apply until the end of next year's annual general meeting (or, if earlier, until the close of business on 1 August 2020) but, in each case, during this period the Company may make offers and enter into agreements which would, or might, require shares to be allotted or rights to subscribe for or convert securities into shares to be granted after the authority ends and the Board may allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for or convert securities into shares under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not ended.
That, if Resolution 24 and/or Resolution 25 is/are passed, the Board be given power to allot equity securities (as defined in the Companies Act 2006) for cash under the authority given by Resolution 24 and/or Resolution 25 (as applicable) and/or to sell ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash as if section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply to any such allotment or sale, such power to be limited:
and so that the Board may impose any limits or restrictions and make any arrangements which it considers 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) in the case of the authority granted under Resolution 24 (if Resolution 24 is passed) and/or in the case of any sale of treasury shares, to the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares (otherwise than under paragraph A above) up to a nominal amount of £698,309,
such power to apply until the end of next year's annual general meeting (or, if earlier, until the close of business on 1 August 2020) but, in each case, during this period the Company may make offers, and enter into agreements, which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (or treasury shares to be sold) after the power ends and the Board may allot equity securities (or sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the power had not ended.
That, if Resolution 24 is passed, the Board be given power, in addition to any authority granted under Resolution 26(B), to allot equity securities (as defined in the Companies Act 2006) for cash under the authority given by Resolution 24 and/or to sell ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash as if section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply to any such allotment or sale, such authority to be:
such power to apply until the end of next year's annual general meeting (or, if earlier, until the close of business on 1 August 2020) but, during this period 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 power ends and the Board may allot equity securities (and sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the power had not ended.
The Company be authorised for the purposes of section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 to make one or more market purchases (as defined in section 693(4) of the Companies Act 2006) of its ordinary shares of 2 pence each, such power to be limited:
ii. the higher of the price of the last independent trade and the highest current independent bid on the trading venues where the purchase is carried out,
in each case, exclusive of expenses,
such power to apply until the end of next year's annual general meeting (or, if earlier, until the close of business on 1 August 2020) but in each case so that the Company may enter into a contract to purchase ordinary shares which will or may be completed or executed wholly or partly after the power ends and the Company may purchase ordinary shares pursuant to any such contract as if the power had not ended.
That a general meeting other than an annual general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
Dated 1 May 2019
Neill Abrams Company Secretary and Director Ocado Group plc
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