AGM Information • May 8, 2025
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THE COMPANIES ACT 2006 (the “Act”)
A PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
RESOLUTIONS OF
JUST GROUP PLC
At the Annual General Meeting of Just Group plc (the “Company”) duly convened and held at 10:00am on Thursday 8 May 2025 at 1 Angel Lane, London EC4R 3AB, the following special business resolutions were duly passed. Resolutions 14, 18 and 21 were passed as ordinary resolutions, and resolutions 15 to 17, 19 and 20 were passed as special resolutions.
ORDINARY RESOLUTION
Resolution 14: Authority to allot shares
THAT, in substitution for all existing unexercised authorities and in addition to any authority conferred by Resolution 18, the Directors of the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised for the purposes of section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the “Act”) to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company, or to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the Company:
and so that the Directors of the Company 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, or the requirements of any relevant regulatory body or stock exchange territory or any other matter, such authorities to expire (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked) at the conclusion of the Company’s next AGM or, if earlier, at the close of business on 30 June 2026, but, in each case, so that the Company may make offers and enter into agreements before the authorities expire which would, or might, require shares to be allotted, or rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares to be granted, after expiry of these authorities and the Directors of the Company may allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares under any such offer or agreement as if such authorities had not expired.
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
Resolution 15: Disapplication of pre-emption rights
THAT, if Resolution 14 is passed, the Board be authorised to allot equity securities (as defined in the Companies Act 2006) (the “Act”) for cash under the authority given by that Resolution and/or to sell ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash as if section 561 of the Act did not apply to any such allotment or sale, such authority to be limited to:
(i) holders of ordinary shares in proportion (or as nearly may be practicable) to their existing holdings; and;
(ii) holders of other equity securities as required by the rights of those securities or, subject to such rights, if the Directors of the Company consider otherwise necessary, and so that the Directors may impose any limits or restrictions and make 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, or the requirements of any relevant regulatory body or stock exchange in, any territory or any other matter.
Company determines to be of a kind contemplated by paragraph 3 of section 2B of 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 end of the next AGM of the Company, or, if earlier, at the close of business on 30 June 2026 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 Board may allot equity securities (and sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.
Resolution 16: Additional power to disapply pre-emption rights
THAT if Resolution 14 is passed, the Board be authorised in addition to any authority granted under Resolution 15 to allot equity securities (as defined in the Companies Act 2006) (the “Act”) for cash under the authority given by that Resolution and/or to sell ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash as if section 561 of the Act did not apply to any such allotment or sale, such authority shall be limited to:
such authority to expire at the end of the next AGM of the Company (or, if earlier, at the close of business on 30 June 2026 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 Board may allot equity securities (and sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.
Resolution 17: Purchase of own shares
THAT the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised to make one or more market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of the Companies Act 2006) of its ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the capital of the Company, subject to the following conditions:
ORDINARY RESOLUTION
Resolution 18: Authority to allot shares in relation to contingent convertible securities
THAT, in addition to the authority granted under Resolution 14, the Directors of the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised for the purposes of section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the “Act”) 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:
Unless previously renewed, revoked or varied, the authority conferred by this Resolution shall apply in addition to all other authorities under section 551 of the Act until the conclusion of the Company’s next AGM (or, if earlier, at the close of business on 30 June 2026) provided that the Company may make offers and enter into agreements before the authority expires which would, or might, require shares to be allotted or rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares to be granted after the authority expires and the Directors of the Company may allot shares or grant such rights under such an offer or agreement as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired.
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
Resolution 19: Disapplication of pre-emption rights in relation to contingent convertible securities
THAT, subject to and conditional on the passing of Resolution 18 and in addition to the authorities granted under Resolutions 15 and 16, the Directors of the Company be given the power, pursuant to section 570 of the Companies Act 2006 (the “Act”), to allot equity securities (as defined in section 560 of the Act) for cash pursuant to the authorities conferred by Resolution 18, as if section 561 of the Act did not apply to such allotment.
Unless previously renewed, revoked or varied, the power conferred by this Resolution shall apply until the conclusion of the Company’s next AGM (or, if earlier, at the close of business on 30 June 2026) provided that the Directors of the Company may enter into agreements before this authority expires which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted after the power expires and the Directors of the Company may allot equity securities under such an offer or agreement as if the power conferred by this authority had not expired.
Resolution 20: Notice for General Meetings
THAT a General Meeting of the Company, other than an Annual General Meeting, may be called on not less than 14 clear days’ notice.
THAT the trust deed and rules of the Just Group plc Share Incentive Plan (the “SIP”), produced in draft to the meeting and a summary of the main provisions of which is set out in Appendix 3 to this Notice, be approved and the Directors be authorised to:
Simon Watson
Group Company Secretary
8 May 2025
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