Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Mar 17, 2025
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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If you are in any doubt as to any aspect of the proposals referred to in this document or as to the action you should take, you should seek your own advice from a stockbroker, solicitor, accountant, or other independent financial adviser authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 if you are resident in the UK or, if you reside elsewhere, another appropriately authorised financial adviser.
If you have sold or otherwise transferred all of your shares in Breedon Group plc (the 'Company' or the 'Group'), please pass this document together with the accompanying documents to the purchaser or transferee, or to the person who arranged the sale or transfer so they can pass these documents to the person who now holds the shares.
Notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Company, which will take place at Pinnacle House, Breedon Quarry, Breedon on the Hill, DE73 8AP (what3words: hood.looks. statement) on Tuesday 29 April 2025 at 2.00pm, is set out on pages 3 to 5 of this document.
Whether or not you intend to attend the Annual General Meeting, please complete and submit an online form of proxy in accordance with the instructions set out in this document. Alternatively, you may request a hard copy form of proxy from the Company's Registrar, MUFG Corporate Markets, which should be completed in accordance with the instructions printed on the form.
If you are an institutional investor, you may also be able to appoint a proxy electronically via the Proxymity platform or if you hold shares in CREST, by using the CREST electronic proxy appointment service.
All proxy appointments must be received by the Company's Registrar, MUFG Corporate Markets, no later than 2.00pm on Friday 25 April 2025. Appointment of a proxy will not preclude shareholders from attending and voting at the Annual General Meeting should they choose to do so.
Further instructions relating to proxy appointments are set out on pages 10 to 12 of this document.
Breedon Group plc, incorporated in England and Wales under the Companies Act 2006 with registered number: 14739556
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(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales No. 14739556)
17 March 2025
Registered office: Pinnacle House Breedon Quarry Main Street Breedon on the Hill Derby DE73 8AP
Dear Shareholder
I am pleased to be writing to you with details of the Annual General Meeting of the Company ('AGM' or the 'Meeting') which will be held as a physical meeting at Pinnacle House, Breedon Quarry, Breedon on the Hill, DE73 8AP (what3words: hood.looks.statement) on Tuesday 29 April 2025 at 2.00pm.
Details of the resolutions to be proposed at the AGM are set out in the Notice of AGM on pages 3 to 5 of this document, with Resolutions 1 to 15 being ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 16 to 19 being special resolutions. An explanation of all the resolutions can be found on pages 6 to 9 of this document.
In August 2025 I will have been a member of the Board of Breedon Group plc for nine years, the last six years as Chair. I am eager to continue to contribute to our ongoing development and am therefore seeking re-election (Resolution 7) at the forthcoming AGM. The Board fully support my re-election and the Senior Independent Director engaged with shareholders representing over half of our issued share capital where they recognised my experience, commitment and passion for the business. Further details can be found on pages 6 and 7 of this AGM notice and on page 118 of the Annual Report and Accounts.
The purpose of the AGM is to seek shareholders' approval of the resolutions set out in the Notice of AGM. It is also an opportunity for shareholders to express their views and to ask questions of the Directors of the Company (the 'Board'). The Board is committed to open dialogue with its shareholders and the AGM is an excellent means for the Board to engage with you directly.
As we appreciate some shareholders may prefer not to attend, or may be unable to attend, in person, shareholders are encouraged to submit any questions they may have for the Board in connection with the AGM in advance. A designated questions and answers facility has been created, which can be accessed through our AGM webpage www.breedongroup.com/agm. Questions must be submitted by 9.00am on Friday 25 April 2025 and the Board will endeavour to respond to relevant questions either at the AGM or by return email. Where deemed appropriate by the Board, responses will also be provided on the AGM webpage following the AGM. If shareholders require a response to a question prior to the proxy voting deadline, please ensure that the question is received by the Company by 9.00am on Wednesday 16 April 2025, in which case the Board will endeavour to respond to the shareholder by Wednesday 23 April 2025 to provide shareholders with time to consider the response ahead of the proxy voting deadline on Friday 25 April 2025.
If you have not asked to be sent a copy of the 2024 Annual Report and Accounts ('Annual Report and Accounts') by post, you can find it on our website at www.breedongroup.com/investors. The majority of our shareholders now receive shareholder information electronically and I would encourage shareholders who have elected to receive information from the Company in hard copy to consider opting to receive publications, including the Annual Report and Accounts, in electronic form. You can register for electronic communications at www.breedonshares.com or contact our Company's Registrar, MUFG Corporate Markets.
It is important to the Company that shareholders have the opportunity to vote on the AGM resolutions, even if they are unable to attend in person. Shareholders can submit proxies for the 2025 AGM electronically by logging on to www.breedonshares.com, via the MUFG Corporate Markets shareholder app Vote+, or, if you hold shares in CREST, by using the CREST electronic proxy appointment service. If attending in person, please ensure that you bring your ID to gain entry or your proxy brings their ID.
The Company is committed to reducing paper and improving efficiency in its shareholder communications and therefore, you will not receive a hard copy form of proxy for the 2025 AGM. You may request a hard copy form of proxy directly from the Registrar. Full details on how to vote online, use Vote+ and to request and complete a hard copy form of proxy are set out on pages 10 and 11 of this document.
If you are an institutional investor, you may be able to appoint a proxy electronically via the Proxymity platform. For further information regarding Proxymity, please go to www.proxymity.io.
All proxy instructions must be received by the Company's Registrar by no later than 2.00pm on Friday 25 April 2025 (or not less than 48 hours before the time fixed for any adjourned meeting).
The Board considers that each of the resolutions to be put to the AGM is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders as a whole and would promote the success of the Company. Your Board will be voting in favour of them in respect of their own shareholdings currently amounting to 0.15% of the issued share capital of the Company and unanimously recommends that you do so as well.
The results of the voting on all resolutions will be announced via the Regulatory News Service and published on our website www.breedongroup.com/investors as soon as practicable following the conclusion of the AGM.
Amit Bhatia Chair
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Breedon Group plc (the 'Company') will be held as a physical meeting at Pinnacle House, Breedon Quarry, Breedon on the Hill, Derby, DE73 8AP at 2.00pm on Tuesday 29 April 2025. You will be asked to consider and vote on the resolutions below.
Resolutions 1 to 15 will be proposed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 16 to 19 will be proposed as special resolutions. For further information on all of the resolutions, please refer to the Explanatory Notes, which can be found on pages 6 to 9.
provided that the aggregate amount of such political donations and political expenditure shall not exceed £100,000. For the purposes of this resolution, the expressions 'political donations', 'political party', 'political organisations', 'independent election candidate' and 'political expenditure' have the meanings set out in Part 14 of the Act.
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.
The authorities conferred on the Directors to allot securities under paragraphs (a) and (b) shall, unless renewed, varied or revoked by the Company at a general meeting, expire at the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2026 or at 6.00pm on 28 July 2026, whichever is sooner. The Company may, before such expiry, make an offer or enter into an agreement which would or might require such securities to be allotted after such expiry and the Directors may allot such securities in pursuance of that offer or agreement as if the power conferred by this resolution had not expired.
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;
(b) the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares (otherwise than pursuant to paragraph (a) above) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £343,654.97; and
(c) the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares (otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b) above) up to a nominal amount equal to 20% of any allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares from time to time under paragraph (b) above, such authority to be used only for the purposes of making a follow-on offer which the Directors determine to be of a kind contemplated by paragraph 3 of Section 2B of the Statement of Principles on Disapplying Pre-Emption Rights published by the Pre-Emption Group in November 2022;
such authorities to expire (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company at a general meeting) at the conclusion of the Company's annual general meeting to be held in 2026 or at 6.00pm on 28 July 2026, whichever is sooner. The Company may, before these authorities expire, make an offer or enter into an agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted (and treasury shares to be sold) after such expiry and the Directors may allot equity securities (and sell treasury shares) in pursuance of that offer or agreement as if the power conferred by this resolution had not expired.
such authorities to expire (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company at a general meeting) at the conclusion of the Company's annual general meeting to be held in 2026 or at 6.00pm on 28 July 2026, whichever is sooner. The Company may, before this authority expires, make an offer or enter into an agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted (and treasury shares to be sold) after such expiry and the Directors may allot equity securities (and sell treasury shares) in pursuance of that offer or agreement as if the power conferred by this resolution had not expired.
By order of the Board James Atherton-Ham Company Secretary
Registered office: Pinnacle House Breedon Quarry Main Street Breedon on the Hill Derby DE73 8AP
Registered No: 14739556
17 March 2025
Resolutions 1 – 15 (inclusive) are proposed as ordinary resolutions. For each of these to be passed, more than half of the votes cast must be in favour of the relevant resolution. Resolutions 16 to 19 are proposed as special resolutions. For each of these to be passed, at least three quarters of the votes cast must be in favour of the relevant resolution.
An explanation of each of the resolutions is set out below.
The Directors are required to present to the AGM the audited accounts and the Directors' and Auditors' Reports of the Company before the shareholders for the financial year ended 31 December 2024.
The Company is required to appoint an auditor at each general meeting at which accounts are laid to serve until the next such meeting. The current appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's auditor will end at the conclusion of the AGM and it has indicated its willingness to continue in office. The Audit & Risk Committee has evaluated the effectiveness and independence of the Company's auditor, and the Board proposes as Resolution 2 that KPMG LLP be re-appointed as auditor of the Company. Details of how the effectiveness and independence has been assessed and monitored is set out on page 115 to 116 of the Annual Report and Accounts.
It is normal practice for a company's directors to be authorised to agree how much the Auditors should be paid and Resolution 3 authorises the Directors to negotiate and agree the remuneration of the auditor. Details of the remuneration paid to the Company's external auditor for 2024 can be found on page 175 of the Annual Report and Accounts.
The Directors' Remuneration Report, which can be found on pages 129 to 146 of the Annual Report and Accounts comprises the Annual Statement to shareholders by the Remuneration Committee Chair and the Annual Report on Remuneration. The Annual Report on Remuneration sets out details of Directors' remuneration for the year ended 31 December 2024 and proposed implementation of Directors' Remuneration Policy for 2025. The Company's auditor has audited those parts of the Directors' Remuneration Report required to be audited and their report may be found on pages 152 to 161 of the Annual Report and Accounts.
In accordance with section 439 of the Companies Act 2006 ('the Act'), shareholders are requested to approve the Directors' Remuneration Report. The vote is advisory and the Directors' entitlement to receive remuneration is not conditional on it.
Resolution 5 is a resolution seeking authority from shareholders to approve the Breedon Group Employee Stock Purchase Plan ('ESPP').
The Company currently operates the Breedon Group SAYE schemes ('the SAYE') in the UK and Ireland. The ESPP is an employee share purchase plan, which provides preferential tax treatment to participants in the US (assuming certain requirements are satisfied) when operated for US employees. The ESPP allows all qualifying US employees to purchase the Company's shares at a discounted price out of net salary or wages. The ESPP will be operated on similar terms to the SAYE, amended to reflect the requirements of the relevant US legislation.
A summary of the principal terms of the ESPP is set out at the Appendix to this Notice.
A final dividend of 10.0 pence per ordinary share of 1.0 pence in the Company for the year ended 31 December 2024 is recommended by the Directors. If approved, the recommended final dividend will be paid on 16 May 2025 to all shareholders whose names appear on the Company's Register of Members at 6.00pm on 4 April 2025.
In accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code, all of the Directors are subject to annual re-election by shareholders at the AGM irrespective of their date of appointment and length of service on the Board. Separate resolutions will be proposed for each of these re-elections.
The Directors believe that the Board offers an appropriate balance of knowledge and skills and that the Non-executive Directors are independent in character and judgement. The Chair confirms that the Non-executive Directors continue to demonstrate effective performance and commitment to the role and have sufficient time to meet their responsibilities. The continued effectiveness of the Board, its Committees and the Directors was assessed through an external evaluation process in 2023 and an internal evaluation was carried out in 2024, as further detailed on page 119 of the Annual Report and Accounts. Following this evaluation, the Board recommends the re-election of all Directors. The biographical details of all Directors are set out below, on pages 102 and 103 of the Annual Report and Accounts and on the Group's website at www.breedongroup.com/ directors. In the Board's view, these illustrate why each Director's contribution is, and continues to be, important to the Company's long-term sustainable success.
RESOLUTION 7 to re-elect Amit Bhatia, Non-executive Chair. Amit has over 20 years' corporate finance and private equity experience He is a founding Partner at Summix Capital, a strategic land and property fund. He was Executive
Chairman of Hope Construction Materials until it was acquired by Breedon Group in August 2016 when he joined the Board as a non-executive. Amit has a strong strategic and entrepreneurial approach which he brings to the Board together with his governance and stewardship experience which, as Chair, continues to ensure the long-term success of the Group.
Mr Bhatia will have completed nine years as a director in August 2025. Provision 19 of the Code states that the Chair should not remain in post beyond nine years from their first appointment to the Board. To facilitate effective succession planning and the development of a diverse board, this period may be extended for a limited time, particularly where the Chair was an existing non-executive director on appointment.
Mr Bhatia was appointed Chair in May 2019, three years after his appointment to the Board in August 2016. The Board considers it important to extend the Chair's term so as to provide stability and assurance at this time of growth. The Board does not envision this extension to last longer than three years, so as to provide the Board with continued successful leadership following the recent acquisition of BMC, the growth of the third platform and the move to the FTSE 250.
The Board is of the view that Mr Bhatia's continued role as Chair in no way compromises his independence of judgement and character and the overall composition of the Board remains a matter of continuous review. The Board believes that the Chair's extensive strategic knowledge and expertise together with his passion and commitment will provide stability at such an important time in our growth. This view is supported by shareholders representing over half of our issued share capital, following formal engagement undertaken by our Senior Independent Director.
RESOLUTION 8 to re-elect James Brotherton, Chief Financial Officer. James joined Breedon in January 2021. Previously he was CFO of Tyman plc between 2010 and 2019, prior to which he was Director of Corporate Development.
Earlier in his career, James worked in investment banking roles at Citi and HSBC, after qualifying as a chartered accountant at Ernst & Young. James has considerable international construction sector and corporate experience in the areas of finance, strategy, operational efficiency, systems development, mergers and acquisitions and business integration and has contributed significantly to the financial longevity and strategic success of the Group.
RESOLUTION 9 to re-elect Carol Hui, OBE, Non-executive Director. Carol was the Non-executive Chairman at Robert Walters plc, an Executive Board Director at Heathrow Airport Limited and held senior executive positions at large companies including Amey plc and British Gas plc. Previously she was a corporate finance lawyer with Slaughter and May. Carol is an experienced non-executive director having served on varied boards in major infrastructure, real estate, tourism, charities, consultancy and education. She has received numerous legal and business awards throughout her career. Carol received an OBE in 2024 for her services to tourism. Carol brings a diverse perspective to the Board and provides it with valuable insight from her extensive strategic, commercial, legal and sustainability expertise.
RESOLUTION 10 to re-elect Pauline Lafferty, Non-executive Director. Pauline brings significant experience from an international career spanning manufacturing and supply, executive search and human resources. Since retiring from her role as Chief People Officer at Weir Group plc, where she was responsible for progressing the Group's agenda on all aspects of strategic HR, she has embarked on a non-executive portfolio that includes being the Chair of the Remuneration Committee for XP Power Limited and Scottish Events Campus Limited and on the board at Centurion Group. Prior to Weir Group plc, Pauline was a Partner with The Miles Partnership and an Executive Director at Russell Reynolds Associates in the UK and Australia, and Asia Pacific Director of Materials & Supply at Digital Equipment Corporation in Hong Kong. Pauline brings to
the Board significant experience with regards to human resources, particularly in the key areas for the Board of talent, development and retention, employee engagement and cultural change. Pauline is a strong advocate on the Board for both employee engagement and positive culture changes.
RESOLUTION 11 to re-elect Helen Miles, Non-executive Director. Helen brings with her a breadth of operational and commercial experience having worked within regulated businesses together with her broader infrastructure experience developed across Telecoms, Leisure and Banking. As a member of the UK Board, Helen was instrumental in delivering HomeServe's future growth strategy and ensuring a sustainable, customer-focused business. As an experienced finance professional, Helen was previously Chief Financial Officer for Openreach, part of BT Group plc, and has extensive experience of delivering major business transformation across the Group. Prior to BT Group, Helen worked in a variety of sectors and organisations such as Bass Taverns Limited, Barclays Bank plc, and Compass Group plc. Helen's strong expertise in the Board's key areas of growth strategy and sustainability and her customer-focused business and transformation experience, fully supports and complements the Board's skill set. Helen brings skills associated with her current appointment as an executive on a FTSE 100 Board.
RESOLUTION 12 to re-elect Clive Watson, Non-executive Director. Clive has considerable finance experience, having previously been the Group Finance Director of Spectris plc, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President for business support at Borealis, Group Finance Director at Thorn Lighting Group and held a variety of finance roles at Black & Decker. In 2019, Clive retired as a Non-executive Director of Spirax Sarco Engineering plc, where he was Chair of the Audit Committee and Senior Independent Director. Clive is both a chartered accountant and member of the Chartered Institute of Tax with significant finance experience in a variety of industries which allows him to continue to support the Board with its long-term success.
RESOLUTION 13 to re-elect Rob Wood, Chief Executive Officer. Rob has over 20 years' experience in the international building materials industry. He qualified as a chartered accountant with Ernst & Young and subsequently joined Hanson plc where he held a number of senior positions including Finance Director Brick Continental Europe, Finance Director Building Products UK and Chief Financial Officer Australia and Asia Pacific. Following the acquisition of Hanson plc by HeidelbergCement AG, Rob returned to the UK and joined Drax Group plc as Group Financial Controller. During his time at Drax he also spent a period of time as Head of Mergers & Acquisitions. Rob has held an executive position on the Board for a number of years bringing solid and invaluable operational leadership, as both Group Finance Director and Chief Executive Officer and fully understands the challenges and opportunities for the Group.
Resolution 14 is to approve the limit of financial political contributions that the Company can make. It is not the Company's policy to make donations to, or incur expenditure on behalf of, political parties, other political organisations or independent election candidates and the Directors have no intention of using the authority for that purpose. However, it is possible that certain routine activities undertaken by the Company and its subsidiaries might unintentionally fall within the wide definition of matters constituting political donations and expenditure in the Act.
Shareholder approval is therefore being sought on a precautionary basis only, to ensure that neither the Company nor any company, which at any time during the period for which this resolution has effect, is a subsidiary of the Company, commits a technical breach of the Act when carrying out activities in furtherance of its legitimate business interests.
The Directors are therefore seeking authority to make political donations to political parties, other political organisations, and independent election candidates not exceeding £100,000 in total. In line with guidance published by the Investment Association, this resolution is put to shareholders annually rather than every four years as required by the Act. This authority will expire at the conclusion of the Company's next annual general meeting or at 6.00pm on 28 July 2026, whichever is sooner.
Resolution 15 is proposed to renew the Directors' power to allot shares. Resolution 15(a) seeks to grant the Directors authority to allot, pursuant to section 551 of the Act, shares and grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the Company up to a maximum nominal amount of £1,145,516.58. This represents 114,551,658 one third of the Company's issued ordinary share capital as at 7 March 2025 (being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this Notice).
In accordance with The Investment Association's Share Capital Management Guidelines (the 'Guidelines'), Resolution 15(b) seeks to grant the Directors authority to allot ordinary shares in connection with a fully pre-emptive offer in favour of ordinary shareholders up to an aggregate nominal value of £1,145,516.58. This represents 114,551,658 ordinary shares of 1.0 pence each, which is approximately one third of the Company's issued ordinary share capital as at 7 March 2025, (being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this Notice).
The authorities sought under paragraphs (a) and (b) of this resolution will expire at the conclusion of the Company's next annual general meeting or at 6.00pm on 28 July 2026, whichever is sooner. The Directors have no present intention of exercising either of the authorities under this resolution, but the Board wishes to ensure that the Company has maximum flexibility in managing the financial resources of the Company.
As at close of business on 7 March 2025, the Company did not hold any treasury shares.
Resolutions 16 and 17 are to approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights. The passing of these resolutions would allow the Directors to allot shares for cash under the authority given by Resolution 15 and/or sell treasury shares without first having to offer such shares to existing shareholders in proportion to their existing holdings.
The authority under Resolution 16 would be limited to:
Resolution 17 would give the Directors authority to (i) allot a further 10% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company as at 7 March 2025 (being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this Notice) for the purposes of financing a transaction which the Directors determine to be an acquisition or other capital investment contemplated by the Statement of Principles on Disapplying of Pre-emption Rights most recently published by the Pre-Emption Group prior to the date of this Notice (the 'Statement of Principles') and (ii) allot or sell shares (otherwise than under paragraph (i)) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £68,730.99, which represents approximately 2% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital as at 7 March 2025 (being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this Notice) to be used only for the purposes of making a follow-on offer to retail investors or existing investors not allocated shares in the offer.
The disapplication authorities under Resolutions 16 and 17 are in line with the guidance set out in the Statement of Principles. The Statement of Principles allow a board to allot shares for cash otherwise than in connection with a pre-emptive offer (i) up to 10% of a company's issued share capital for use on an unrestricted basis, (ii) up to a further 10% of a company's issued share capital for use in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment announced either contemporaneously with the issue, or which has taken place in the preceding twelve-month period and is disclosed in the announcement of the issue and (iii) in the case of both (i) and (ii), up to an additional 2% in connection with a follow-on offer to retail investors or existing investors not allocated shares in the offer. The Directors confirm that, in considering the exercise of the authority under Resolutions 16 and 17, they intend to follow the shareholder protections set out in Part 2B of the Pre-emption Group's Statement of Principles to the extent reasonably practicable.
The authorities contained in Resolutions 16 and 17 will expire at the conclusion of the Company's next annual general meeting or at 6.00pm on 28 July 2026, whichever is sooner.
This resolution seeks authority for the Company to make market purchases of its own ordinary shares as permitted by the Act. If passed, the authority limits the number of shares that could be purchased to a maximum of 34,365,497 ordinary shares (equivalent to 10% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital as at 7 March 2025 (being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this Notice)) and sets a minimum and maximum price. The authority will expire at the conclusion of the Company's next annual general meeting or at 6.00pm on 28 July 2026, whichever is sooner. Although the Directors do not currently have any intention of exercising the authority granted by this resolution, this
resolution provides the flexibility to allow them to do so in the future. In considering whether to use this authority, the directors will take into account market conditions, appropriate gearing levels, the Company's share price, other investment opportunities and the overall financial position of the Company. The Directors will only exercise the authority to purchase ordinary shares where they consider that such purchases will be in the best interests of shareholders generally and could be expected to result in an increase in earnings per ordinary share of the Company.
Any shares purchased in the market under this authority may be either cancelled or held as treasury shares, which may then be cancelled, sold for cash or used to satisfy obligations under its employee share schemes. No dividends are paid on shares while they are in treasury and no voting rights attach to treasury shares. The Directors believe that it is desirable for the Company to have this choice as holding the purchased shares as treasury shares would give the Company the ability
to re-sell or transfer them in the future and so provide the Company with additional flexibility in the management of its capital base.
As at 7 March 2025 (being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this Notice), the total number of options to subscribe for ordinary shares in the Company amounted to 6,591,935 ordinary shares, representing 1.9% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital. If the authority granted by this resolution were exercised in full, the options would represent 2.1% of the issued ordinary share capital as at 7 March 2025.
This resolution is to approve the calling of general meetings of the Company (other than an annual general meeting) on 14 clear days' notice. The notice period required by the Act for general meetings of the Company is 21 clear days unless (i) shareholders agree to a shorter notice period and (ii) the Company has met the requirements for electronic voting under the Companies (Shareholders' Rights) Regulations 2009. Annual general meetings must always be held on at least 21 clear days' notice.
The Directors confirm that the shorter notice period would not be used as a matter of routine, but only where flexibility is merited by the business of the meeting, the proposals are time-sensitive and it is thought to be to the advantage of shareholders as a whole. An electronic voting facility will be made available to all shareholders for any meeting held on such notice. The approval will be effective until the Company's next annual general meeting, when it is intended that a similar resolution will be proposed.
Instruction (as described in note 19 below) or proxy appointment via the Proximity platform (as described in note 22 below) will not prevent a shareholder attending the AGM and voting in person if they wish to do so.
12.A member may appoint a proxy online by visiting www.breedonshares.com or via the MUFG Corporate Markets shareholder app Vote+ which is a free app for smartphone and tablet. It offers shareholders the option to submit a proxy appointment quickly and easily online, as well as real-time access to their shareholding records. The app is available to download on both the Apple App Store and Google Play, or by scanning the relevant QR code below.


therefore apply in relation to the input of CREST Proxy Instructions. It is the responsibility of the CREST member concerned to take (or, if the CREST member is a CREST personal member or sponsored member or has appointed a voting service provider(s), to procure that his or her CREST sponsor or voting service provider(s) take(s)) such action as shall be necessary to ensure that a message is transmitted by means of the CREST system by any particular time. In connection with this, CREST members and, where applicable, their CREST sponsors or voting service provider(s) are referred, in particular, to those sections of the CREST Manual concerning practical limitations of the CREST system and timings.
29.Any corporation which is a member can appoint one or more corporate representatives who may exercise on its behalf all of its powers as a member provided that they do not do so in relation to the same shares.
34.As at 7 March 2025 (being the latest practicable date before publication of this Notice), the total number of ordinary shares of 1.0 pence each in the capital of the Company in issue was 343,654,976 ordinary shares, with each ordinary share carrying the right to one vote. The total number of voting rights in the Company as at such date was therefore 343,654,976. There are no shares held in treasury.
If you would like to inspect any of the above documents, please send your request to [email protected] and we will make suitable arrangements.
36.The rules of the ESPP will also be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism from the date of sending this Notice.
40.Under section 527 of the Act, members meeting the threshold requirements set out in that section have the right to require the Company to publish on a website a statement setting out any matter relating to: (i) the audit of the Company's accounts (including the auditors' report and the conduct of the audit) that are to be laid before the AGM; or (ii) any circumstance connected with an auditor of the Company ceasing to hold office since the previous meeting at which annual accounts and reports were laid in accordance with section 437 of the Act.
Any members' statements, members' resolutions and members' matters of business received by the Company after the date of this Notice will be added to the information already available on the website as soon as reasonably practicable and will also be made available for the following two years.
to communicate with the Company for any purposes other than those expressly stated.
The ESPP will be administered by the Remuneration Committee of the Breedon Group Board ('Committee'), or any committee of at least two directors appointed by the Committee, and references in this summary to Committee should be read accordingly.
The ESPP is an employee stock purchase plan which is designed to achieve tax benefits for US participants under Section 423 of the US Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended ('the Code'). Under the ESPP, the Company must offer all eligible employees of a US subsidiary corporation designated by the Committee from time to time as eligible to have its employees participate in the ESPP ('Designated Subsidiaries') the opportunity to buy or subscribe for ordinary shares in the Company ('Shares') out of their post-tax salary or wages except any classes of employees excluded by the Committee as described under 'Eligibility' below.
Upon the effective date of the ESPP, any employee who is employed by a Designated Subsidiary at the beginning of an Offering Period will be invited to participate in the ESPP subject to the potential exclusion of particular classes of employees as discussed below. An 'Offering Period' is a period of approximately two years (or such other period as may be established by the Committee from time to time but not exceeding 27 months or such other maximum as may be prescribed by the Code) during which employee contributions are deducted from payroll and accumulated prior to the exercise of an ESPP option. Subject to the terms of the ESPP, the Committee may provide for overlapping Offering Periods and for separate Offering Periods for different Designated Subsidiaries.
The Committee may exclude from participation in any Offering Period of the ESPP employees (i) who have been employed for less than a period of up to two years; (ii) whose customary employment is 20 hours or less per week; (iii) whose customary employment is not for more than five months in any calendar year; and/or (iv) who are 'highly compensated' (as defined by the Code). With respect to any Offering Period that begins prior to shareholder approval of the ESPP, any employees of the Company's US subsidiaries who may be executive directors of the Company will also be excluded from participation. The Company believes that no executive directors of the Company are so employed by US subsidiaries. In addition, members of collective bargaining units whose union representatives have not chosen to permit their unionised employees to participate in the ESPP will be treated as ineligible Employees.
Additionally, no employee shall be eligible to participate if such employee owns more than 5% of the Company's outstanding stock or if the granting of an option would cause the employee to own more than 5% of such stock.
Eligible employees who choose to participate in the ESPP must authorise the deduction of a set amount out of their post-tax salary or wages up to a maximum determined by the Committee prior to the beginning of an Offering Period. The Company intends to set limits by reference to the local currency equivalent of the monthly limit applied under the SAYE schemes operated in the UK and Ireland (currently £500 and €500 per month respectively). This amount will be deducted from an employee's salary or wages on a pro rata basis (monthly, bi-weekly, or weekly depending upon the frequency of regular payroll) for the duration of the Offering Period.
In any event, as required by the Code, no employee will be able to acquire Shares exceeding \$25,000 in any calendar year (determined at the time an option is granted).
Each participant shall be granted an option at the beginning of an Offering Period to purchase shares at the end of that Offering Period. Participants will consent to deductions from their post-tax salary or wages and the deductions from pay will be accumulated over the Offering Period. At the end of the Offering Period, the accumulated savings (without interest) will be used to exercise an option to acquire Shares. The maximum number of Shares purchasable by any participant will be equal to the employee's elected contributions divided by 85% of the fair market value of Shares on the first day of the Offering Period.
The purchase price payable for Shares acquired under the ESPP shall be no less than 85% (or such other percentage as may be permitted by the relevant US legislation from time to time) of the lower of the fair market value of the Shares on the date of grant and on the date of exercise. The Committee may increase the purchase price on a prospective basis for future Offering Periods, as permitted by the Code from time to time.
Unless a participant withdraws from the ESPP earlier, at the end of the Offering Period his or her option will be automatically exercised and the maximum whole number of Shares purchasable with the participant's accumulated contributions for that Offering Period will be purchased on the exercise date. No fractional Shares will be purchased. Options may only be exercised by the participant. Upon a participant ceasing to be an employee for any reason at any time before the end of the Offering Period (including by reason of death), he or she shall be deemed to have elected to withdraw from the ESPP, and the payroll deductions credited to such participant's account during such Offering Period shall be returned to such participant, or in the case of the participant's death, to participant's estate, without interest and such participant's option shall be immediately terminated. No option may be exercised more than 27 months after the date of grant of the option.
The Company may impose a holding period for any Shares acquired at the end of an Offering Period. The holding period will be a period of up to 12 months, commencing on the acquisition of Shares. This will align the ESPP with the approach under the SAYE schemes and will ensure that intended beneficial tax treatment is obtained by the employees. Employees will not be able to sell their Shares during the holding period.
Upon a takeover scheme of arrangement, merger, demerger or other reorganisation of the Company, options may be (i) automatically exercised early; (ii) cancelled and all contributions returned to participants without interest; or (iii) substituted for options to purchase Shares in the successor company (containing such terms and conditions as shall be required to substantially preserve the rights and benefits of the options previously held by the participants).
The aggregate number of Shares available under the ESPP may not exceed 5,000,000 Shares, subject to adjustment for variation of the Company's share capital. No award which involves the issue of new Shares may be made on any date under the ESPP if the number of Shares to which it relates, when aggregated with: (i) the number of Shares issued or remaining issuable by virtue of awards or other rights granted or made in the preceding ten years under the ESPP and any other employees' share scheme adopted by the Company; and (ii) the number of shares issued or remaining issuable by virtue of awards or other rights granted or made in the preceding ten years under any employees' share scheme adopted by the Group's previous Jersey holding company, would together exceed 10% of the issued share capital at that time.
For the purposes of the 10% limit, no account will be taken of rights to acquire Shares or interests in Shares which have lapsed or have been surrendered or released. However, Shares subscribed by the trustees of the Company's employee benefit trusts (from time to time) to satisfy rights under any employees' share scheme do count and (whilst it continues to be good practice to do so) so do Shares transferred from treasury.
In the event of any variation of the Company's share capital, including by way of capitalisation, rights issue, sub-division, consolidation or reduction, the Board may make such adjustments as it considers appropriate to the maximum number of Shares that may be purchased under the ESPP, the number of shares subject to an option and the purchase price applicable to an option.
The Board may amend the ESPP and any options at any time and from time to time; provided, however, (i) that except for any alteration or addition to the ESPP as may be necessary to ensure that it satisfies the conditions of Section 423 of the Code, an amendment not contemplated or authorised under the terms of the ESPP may not materially impair any rights and obligations under options previously granted under the ESPP without the consent of the majority of the affected participants who vote on such amendment, and (ii) that any amendment that increases the number of Shares reserved for issuance upon exercise of options under the ESPP (except for variation of capital), or changes the definition of the corporations or class of corporations that qualify as a Designated Subsidiary under the ESPP, shall be subject to approval by the shareholders of the Company to the extent required by the Code. For avoidance of doubt, the Committee may, from time to time, add or remove Designated Subsidiaries that may participate in the ESPP without shareholder approval.
The Board may amend the ESPP in any respect that the Board deems necessary or advisable to provide eligible employees with the benefits provided or to be provided under the provisions of the Code relating to employee stock purchase plans and/or to bring the ESPP and/or the options into compliance with those provisions and regulations.
No amendment providing additional benefits to any present or future participants or employees regarding eligibility, plan limits, any purchase price, the basis of individual entitlement, or the provisions affecting any variations of share capital shall be made without the prior approval by shareholders of the Company in general meeting unless the amendment is made to obtain approval under the Code or any other enactment, or to take account of the provisions of any proposed or existing legislation, law or other regulatory requirements, or to take advantage of any changes to the legislation, law or other regulatory requirements, or to obtain or maintain favourable taxation, exchange control or regulatory treatment of the Company, any subsidiary or any participant or to make minor amendments to render more efficient the administration of the ESPP.
Shares allotted under the ESPP will rank equally with all other shares of the Company for the time being in issue and the Company will apply for admission of any new Shares issued under the ESPP to the Official List of the London Stock Exchange. Such Shares will rank pari passu with all other issued shares of the Company except for any rights determined by reference to a date preceding the date on which the Shares are issued. Benefits received under the ESPP will not be pensionable unless otherwise required by law or the express written terms of a benefit plan.
Unless terminated sooner, the ESPP terminates on the tenth anniversary of the date of its adoption by the Board or such later date as may be specified by the Board.
The ESPP includes specific provisions for employees resident in the State of California ('Californian employees') to satisfy securities laws requirements. These provisions relate to the maximum number of Shares which may be issued to Californian employees and a requirement that options will be adjusted in the event of any variation of the company's share capital including a share split, reverse share split, share dividend, recapitalisation or reclassification or distribution of the Shares.

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16 Breedon Group plc Notice of Annual General Meeting and explanatory notes to shareholders
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