Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Mar 19, 2025
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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All Correspondence to: Computershare Investor Services PLC The Pavilions, Bridgwater Road, Bristol, BS99 6ZY
The Chair of Coats Group plc (the 'Company') informs you of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held at FTI Consulting, 200 Aldersgate, Aldersgate Street, London, EC1A 4HD on 21 May 2025 at 2.30 pm.
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| You will be asked to enter the Control Number, Shareholder Reference Number (SRN) and PIN shown opposite and agree to certain terms and conditions. |
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| To view the Company's Annual Report and the Notice of Annual General Meeting ('AGM') online go to www.coats.com/agm2025 |
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To be effective, all proxy appointments must be lodged with the Company's Registrars at: Computershare Investor Services PLC, The Pavilions, Bridgwater Road, Bristol BS99 6ZY by 19 May 2025 at 2.30 pm.
Kindly Note: This form is issued only to the addressee(s) and is specific to the unique designated account printed hereon. This personalised form is not transferable between different: (i) account holders; or (ii) uniquely designated accounts. The Company and Computershare Investor Services PLC accept no liability for any instruction that does not comply with these conditions.
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Please complete this box only if you wish to appoint a third party proxy other than the Chair. Please leave this box blank if you want to select the Chair. Do not insert your own name(s).
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| I/We hereby appoint the Chair of the meeting as my/our proxy to attend, speak and vote in respect of the number of my/our shares specified above or, if no number is so specified, my/our full voting entitlement on my/our behalf at the AGM of Coats Group plc to be held at FTI Consulting, 200 Aldersgate, Aldersgate Street, London, EC1A 4HD on 21 May 2025 at 2.30 pm, and at any adjourned meeting. |
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| * For the appointment of more than one proxy, please refer to Explanatory Note 4 (see front). | Please use a black pen. Mark with an X | ||||||||
| Please mark here to indicate that this proxy appointment is one of multiple appointments being made. | inside the box as shown in this example. | ||||||||
| Ordinary Resolutions | For | Against | Vote Withheld |
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| 1. | To receive the Accounts and Reports of the Directors and the Auditor for the year ended 31 December 2024. |
11. To elect David Paja as a Director. | |||||||
| 2. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report in the form set out in the Company's Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2024. |
12. To elect Srinivas Phatak as a Director. | |||||||
| 3. | To approve the payment of a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2024 of 2.19 US cents per Ordinary Share. |
13. To re-appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditor of the Company, to hold office until the conclusion of the next General Meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company. |
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| 4. | To re-elect David Gosnell as a Director. | 14. To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the Auditor. |
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| 5. | To re-elect Sarah Highfield as a Director. | 15. To authorise the Directors generally to allot relevant securities. |
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| 6. | To re-elect Hongyan Echo Lu as a Director. | 16. To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure. |
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| 7. | To re-elect Stephen Murray as a Director. | Special Resolutions 17. To authorise the disapplication of statutory pre emption rights. |
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| 8. | To re-elect Frances Philip as a Director. | 18. To authorise the disapplication of statutory pre emption rights in connection with acquisitions and specified capital investments. |
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| 9. | To re-elect Jakob Sigurdsson as a Director. | 19. To authorise the Company generally to purchase its own shares. |
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| 10. To elect Hannah Nichols as a Director. | 20. To authorise that a General Meeting, other than an Annual General Meeting of the Company, may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice. |
I/We instruct my/our proxy as indicated on this form. Unless otherwise instructed the proxy may vote as he or she sees fit or abstain in relation to any business of the meeting.
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In the case of a corporation, this proxy must be given under its common seal or be signed on its behalf by an attorney or officer duly authorised, stating their capacity (e.g. director, secretary).
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