Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • May 11, 2022
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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Alphawave IP Group plc (Incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 13073661)
Notice of Annual General Meeting and Explanatory Circular to Shareholders
MONDAY 6 JUNE 2022 AT 10.00 AM
Notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held at the offices of Linklaters LLP, One Silk St, London EC2Y 8HQ, United Kingdom on Monday 6 June 2022 at 10.00 am is set out in this document.
Your vote is important and whether or not you propose to attend the Annual General Meeting, please complete your voting instructions as soon as possible but, in any event, by no later than 10:00am on Tuesday 31 May 2022. In line with our ongoing paperless strategy, we ask that you vote in one of the following ways:
Completion and return of a proxy instruction will not prevent members from attending and voting in person should they wish to do so.
If you are unable to vote online, you may use the hard copy form of proxy enclosed with this Notice of Annual General Meeting, and return it in accordance with the instructions set out therein.
This document should be read as a whole. Your attention is drawn to the letter from the Executive Chairman of the Company set out on page 3 of this document, which contains the recommendation, by the Directors (excluding the Directors who are members of the Founder Concert Party for the purposes of the Rule 9 Waiver Resolution) to shareholders to vote in favour of the resolutions to be proposed at the Annual General Meeting.
Barclays is acting as financial adviser to the Company in connection with the Rule 9 Waiver Resolution and no-one else, and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company (whether or not a recipient of this document) for providing the protections afforded to clients of Barclays nor for providing advice in relation to the proposals described in this document or any other matter referred to in this document. Persons other than the Company are recommended to seek their own financial and other professional advice.
This document includes forward-looking statements concerning the Company. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about the Company. The Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise save to the extent required in accordance with the Company's continuing obligations under the Listing Rules, the Disclosure and Transparency Rules and applicable laws and regulations.
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| Part I Letter from the Executive Chairman | 3 |
| Part II Notice of Annual General Meeting | 5 |
| Part II Explanatory notes | 8 |
| Part II Notes to the Notice of AGM | 12 |
| Part III Approval of Waiver of Obligations under Rule 9 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers | 15 |
| Part IV Additional information | 17 |
| Part V Definitions | 26 |
Part I Letter from the Executive Chairman
(incorporated and registered in England and Wales under number 13073661)
Alphawave IP Group plc 6th Floor, 65 Gresham Street London EC2V 7NQ
10 May 2022
To Shareholders Notice of Annual General Meeting 2022
Dear Shareholder,
I am pleased to be writing to you with details of our first Annual General Meeting ("AGM") which we are holding at the offices of Linklaters LLP, One Silk Street, London EC2Y 8HQ, England on Monday 6 June 2022 at 10:00am. The formal notice of AGM is set out on pages 5 to 7 of this document.
If you would like to vote on the resolutions but cannot come to the AGM, please complete your voting instructions in accordance with the instructions set out on the cover page of this document as soon as possible. These must be received by 10:00am on Tuesday 31 May 2022.
At the present time, it is expected that UK Government rules and advice relating to the COVID-19 pandemic will permit a physical meeting to be held, but this may be subject to change at short notice. Any change affecting the holding of the AGM will be posted on the Company's website (https://www.awaveip.com/en/investors/regulatory-news/) and by way of announcement to the London Stock Exchange. Shareholders are advised to regularly check the Company's website for updates in relation to the AGM and to carefully consider the UK Government advice in effect at the time of the AGM.
As part of the preparation for submitting the formal Directors' Remuneration Policy (the "Policy") to a binding shareholder vote at the forthcoming AGM, the Remuneration Committee reviewed the full details of the Policy and affirmed its appropriateness. The Remuneration Committee also wrote to major shareholders to seek their views on the Policy and I would like to thank all those that took the time to provide their feedback.
The purpose of the AGM is to seek shareholders' approval for the Resolutions. It is also an opportunity for shareholders to express their views and to ask questions of the Directors of the Company (the "Board"). We, as your Board, are committed to open dialogue with our shareholders and our AGM is an excellent means to engage with you directly. If you have any questions in respect of the business of the AGM, please email them to [email protected] by 10:00am on Tuesday 31 May 2022.
An explanation of the business to be conducted at this year's AGM is set out in Part II of this document.
The Board continually assesses the Company's approach to capital allocation to ensure that value for Shareholders is maximised. In this context, the Board considers that it is appropriate for the Company to be in a position to buy back Shares in the coming year if it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to do so. Accordingly, the Directors are seeking approval of a market-standard authority to buy back Shares, as set out in Resolution 20 of the Notice of AGM (the ''Buy Back Authority").
Under Rule 9 of the City Code, any person who acquires an interest in shares (as defined in the City Code) which, taken together with shares in which that person or any persons acting in concert with them is already interested, carry 30 per cent. or more of the voting rights of a company which is subject to the City Code, is normally required to make a general offer to all the remaining shareholders to acquire their shares in the company. Similarly, when any person, together with persons acting in concert with that person, is interested in shares which in the aggregate carry not less than 30% of the voting rights of such a company but does not hold shares carrying more than 50% of the voting rights of the company, an offer will normally be required if any further interests in shares carrying voting rights are acquired by such person or any person acting in concert with that person. Under Rule 37.1 of the City Code, when a company redeems or purchases its own voting shares, any resulting increase in the percentage of shares carrying voting rights in which a shareholder and any persons acting in concert with them are interested will normally be treated as an acquisition for the purpose of Rule 9 of the City Code.
Letter from the Executive Chairman continued
The Founder Concert Party (of which I am a part) holds as of the Latest Practicable Date an interest in approximately 46.70 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company. Therefore, if the Buyback Authority is approved and repurchases are made by the Company, the Founder Concert Party would be in a position where, were it not to participate in any such repurchase pro rata to its existing shareholdings, its percentage shareholding would increase beyond its current level, thereby triggering a requirement to make a general offer for the balance of Shares not held by it, in accordance with Rule 9 of the City Code.
The Panel has agreed to waive the obligation to make a general offer in such context (the "Waiver"), subject to the approval of the Independent Shareholders. Accordingly, Independent Shareholders of the Company are also being asked to vote on Resolution 21 (the "Rule 9 Waiver Resolution") to approve a waiver of the obligation for the Founder Concert Party to make a general offer following exercise of the Buyback Authority. Passing the Rule 9 Waiver Resolution would give the Company flexibility to buy back its shares without the Founder Concert Party being obliged to make a general offer for the Company.
You should note that if the Company exercises the Buyback Authority in full to purchase Shares and the Rule 9 Waiver Resolution is passed, the Founder Concert Party could hold more than 50 per cent. of the Company's voting share capital. In those circumstances, the members of the Founder Concert Party would be permitted (for so long as they continue to be treated as acting in concert and subject to Note 4 on Rule 9.1) to further increase their aggregate shareholdings without incurring any obligation under Rule 9 of the City Code to make a general offer. They will also be able to block and pass ordinary resolutions of the Company as they would control in excess of 50 per cent. of its voting rights. However, individual members of the Founder Concert Party will not be able to increase their percentage interest in the Shares to 30 per cent. or more or, if already being interested in more than 30 per cent. of the Shares but holding less than 50 per cent., at all, without Panel consent or without also being required to make an offer under Rule 9 of the City Code.
It is noted that the Company already has, and since its IPO has had, the benefit of authorities equivalent to the Buyback Authority and Rule 9 Waiver Resolution, as documented in paragraph 21 of Part XIX of the IPO Prospectus. What is being sought in the Buyback Authority and the Rule 9 Waiver Resolution is essentially a renewal of those existing authorities.
In accordance with the provisions of the City Code, each member of the Founder Concert Party is considered to be interested in the outcome of the Rule 9 Waiver Resolution and, accordingly, each of them will not vote on this resolution. Tony Pialis and I have also not taken part in any decision of the Independent Directors relating to the Rule 9 Waiver Resolution, nor the recommendation noted below.
Further information on the Rule 9 Waiver Resolution is set out in Part III of this document.
The Board considers that all the resolutions to be put to the meeting are in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders as a whole and are therefore likely to promote the success of the Company, save that neither John Lofton Holt nor Tony Pialis makes any recommendation in relation to the Rule 9 Waiver Resolution. The Board, with the foregoing exception, recommends that you vote in favour of each of the resolutions being put to the AGM, as the Directors intend to do in respect of their own beneficial shareholdings (other than in respect of those matters in which they are interested).
The Independent Directors, who have been so advised by Barclays, believe that the Rule 9 Waiver Resolution is fair and reasonable and in the best interests of the Independent Shareholders and the Company as a whole. In providing advice to the Independent Directors, Barclays has taken into account the Independent Directors' commercial assessments.
Accordingly, the Independent Directors recommend that Independent Shareholders vote in favour of the Rule 9 Waiver Resolution as they intend to do in respect of their own shareholdings of 82,006,491 Shares, representing as at the Latest Practicable Date approximately 12.25 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company.
Thank you for your continued support.
Yours faithfully,
John Lofton Holt
Executive Chairman
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of Alphawave IP Group plc (the "Company") will be held on Monday 6 June 2022 at 10.00 am at Linklaters LLP, One Silk St, London EC2Y 8HQ to consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions.
Resolutions 1 to 17 and 21 will be proposed as ordinary resolutions. For an ordinary resolution to be passed, a simple majority of the votes cast must be in favour of the resolution. Resolutions 18 to 20 and 22 will be proposed as special resolutions. For a special resolution to be passed, at least 75 per cent. of the votes cast must be in favour of the resolution.
To receive the Company's audited Annual Report and Financial Statements and the reports of the Directors and auditors for the financial period ended 31 December 2021 (the "Annual Report").
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy) set out on pages 77 to 95 of the Annual Report.
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy set out on pages 82 to 89 of the Annual Report. If approved, the policy will take effect immediately upon the conclusion of the AGM.
To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company to hold office from the conclusion of the AGM until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company.
To authorise the Company's Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditors of the Company.
That:
during the period beginning with the date of the AGM and ending at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company; provided that the aggregate amount of any such donations and expenditure shall not exceed £100,000 (and the amount authorised under each of paragraphs (i) to (iii) above shall also be limited to such amount);
Notice of Annual General Meeting continued
That the Directors be generally and unconditionally authorised pursuant to and in accordance with Section 551 of the Act to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company or grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the Company:
such authorities to apply in substitution for all previous authorities pursuant to Section 551 of the Act and to expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company or on 30 June 2023, whichever is the earlier, but, in each case, so that the Company may, before such expiry, make offers and enter into agreements which would, or might, require shares to be allotted or rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares to be granted after the authority given by this resolution has expired.
For the purposes of this resolution, "rights issue" means an offer:
to subscribe for further securities by means of the issue of a renounceable letter (or other negotiable instrument) which may be traded for a period before payment for the securities is due, but subject in both cases to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary, expedient or appropriate in relation to treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates or legal, regulatory or practical problems in, or under the laws of, any territory.
That, subject to the passing of Resolution 17 above, the Directors be authorised to allot equity securities (as defined in Section 560(1) of the Act) wholly for cash:
as if Section 561(1) of the Act did not apply to any such allotment; such authority to expire at the end of the next annual general meeting of the Company, or on 30 June 2023, whichever is the earlier, but so that the Company may, before such expiry, make offers and enter into agreements which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted after the authority given by this resolution has expired, and the Directors may allot equity securities under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.
For the purposes of this resolution:
That, subject to the passing of Resolution 17 above and in addition to any authority granted under Resolution 18 above, the Directors be authorised to allot equity securities (as defined in Section 560(1) of the Act) wholly for cash pursuant to the authority granted by Resolution 17 above or where the allotment constitutes an allotment of equity securities by virtue of Section 560(3) of the Act as if Section 561(1) of the Act did not apply to any such allotment, such authority to be:
such authority to expire at the end of the next annual general meeting of the Company, or on 30 June 2023, whichever is earlier, but so that the Company may, before such expiry, 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 given by this resolution has expired, and the Directors may allot equity securities and sell treasury shares under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.
That, subject to the passing of Resolution 21, the Company be and is hereby unconditionally and generally authorised for the purposes of Section 701 of the Act to make market purchases (as defined in section 693(4) of the Act) of ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the capital of the Company provided that:
such authority to expire at the end of the next annual general meeting of the Company, or on 30 June 2023, whichever is earlier, but so that the Company may, before such expiry, contract to purchase ordinary shares under this authority and make a purchase of ordinary shares in pursuance of any such contract as if the authority had not expired.
That the waiver granted by the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers of any obligation which might otherwise fall on the Founder Concert Party, to make an offer to the shareholders of the Company pursuant to Rule 9 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers following any increase in its shareholding from approximately 46.70 per cent. to a maximum of 51.89 per cent. of the Company's share capital as a result of market purchases of ordinary shares by the Company pursuant to the authority granted under Resolution 20, be and is hereby approved.
That a general meeting of the Company, other than an annual general meeting, may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
By order of the Board
Company Secretary
10 May 2022
Registered in England and Wales No. 13073661
Registered Office: 6th Floor 65 Gresham Street London EC2V 7NQ
Resolutions 1 to 17 and 21 will be proposed as ordinary resolutions. For an ordinary resolution to be passed, a simple majority of the votes cast must be in favour of the resolution.
Resolutions 18 to 20 and 22 will be proposed as special resolutions. For a special resolution to be passed, at least 75 per cent. of the votes cast must be in favour of the resolution.
The first item of business is the receipt by shareholders of the Annual Report and Financial Statements of the Company for the period ended 31 December 2021. This contains the audited financial statements, the Directors' Report and the auditor's report on the accounts and on those parts of the Directors' Remuneration Report that are capable of being audited.
This resolution seeks shareholder approval of the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy) as set out on pages 77 to 95 of the Annual Report.
This resolution is subject to an "advisory vote" by shareholders and is therefore not binding on the Company.
The Directors are required to ask shareholders to approve the remuneration policy section of the Directors' Remuneration Report at the first annual general meeting following listing, and at least every three years thereafter. This will be the first time that the approval of shareholders is sought for the Directors' Remuneration Policy.
The Directors' Remuneration Policy is contained in the Directors' Remuneration Report and can be found at pages 82 to 89 of the Annual Report. It sets out the policy of the Company with respect to the making of remuneration payments and payments for loss of office to the Directors.
If approved, the Directors' Remuneration Policy will take effect upon the conclusion of the AGM. Once effective, all payments to Directors must be consistent with the terms of the policy.
In accordance with the Company's Articles of Association and the UK Corporate Governance Code, all Directors will retire and stand for re-election at the AGM.
The Nomination Committee has reviewed the independence of Paul Boudre, Susan Buttsworth, Michelle Senecal de Fonseca, Jan Frykhammar, Victoria Hull and Rosalind Singleton, and determined that they are all independent in character and judgement and there are no relationships or circumstances which are likely to affect their judgement. The Executive Chair also confirms that the Directors standing for election continue to demonstrate effective performance, that they continue to contribute to the Company's long-term sustainable success as a result of their commitment to their roles and their wide-ranging skills, and that they have sufficient time to meet their responsibilities.
John Lofton Holt, the Company's Executive Chair, was not considered independent upon appointment, as set out in more detail on page 61 of the Annual Report. However, with a majority of independent directors on the Board, Mr Holt's executive role is not expected to compromise the Board's overall independence and its firm commitment to the highest standards of corporate governance.
Biographical details of all the Directors are provided at pages 54 to 57 of the Annual Report.
The Company's auditors must be appointed or re-appointed at each general meeting at which the accounts are presented to shareholders. Resolution 14 therefore proposes, on the recommendation of the Audit Committee, the re-appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's auditors, until the conclusion of the next general meeting of the Company at which accounts are presented to shareholders.
Resolution 15 proposes to grant authority to the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration. This resolution seeks shareholder consent for the Audit Committee of the Company to set the remuneration of the auditors.
Resolution 16 seeks shareholder approval for the Company to make political donations up to an aggregate amount of £100,000. The Company does not intend to make political donations of any kind; this resolution acts as a precaution due to the wide legal interpretation of 'political donations' and 'political expenditure'.
Part 14 of the Act requires companies to obtain shareholders' authority for donations to registered political parties and other political organisations in the UK under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 totalling more than £5,000 in any 12-month period, and for any political expenditure, subject to limited exceptions. The definition of donation in this context is very wide and extends to bodies such as those concerned with policy review, law reform and the representation of the business community. There are further restrictions on companies incurring political expenditure (as defined in the Act) without first obtaining shareholders' consent.
The Company has not made any political donations and does not envisage making any; however, this resolution is proposed for approval as a precaution to avoid inadvertent breach of the legislation as a result of the wide meanings given to the terms "political donations" and "political expenditure".
This resolution, if passed, will authorise the Directors, on behalf of the Company and its subsidiaries, to make donations and incur expenditure which might otherwise be caught by the terms of the Act, up to an aggregate amount of £100,000. The authority will expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company.
The authority in paragraph 17(a) of the resolution will allow the Directors to allot new shares and grant rights to subscribe for, or convert other securities into, shares up to a nominal value of £2,231,470, which is equivalent to approximately one-third of the total issued ordinary share capital of the Company (exclusive of treasury shares) as at the Latest Practicable Date.
The authority in paragraph 17(b) will allow the Directors to allot new shares and grant rights to subscribe for, or convert other securities into, shares only in connection with a rights issue up to a further nominal value of £2,231,470, which is equivalent to approximately one-third of the total issued ordinary share capital of the Company (exclusive of treasury shares) as at the Latest Practicable Date.
As at the Latest Practicable Date, the Company did not hold any ordinary shares in treasury.
In total, the resolution will allow the Directors to allot a maximum aggregate of two-thirds of the issued share capital of the Company, in line with the Investment Association's Share Capital Management Guidelines issued in July 2016.
The Directors have no present intention to undertake a rights issue or to allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares pursuant to this authority, other than in connection with employee share and incentive plans. However, the Directors consider it desirable to have the flexibility to respond to market developments and to enable allotments to take place in appropriate circumstances.
If the resolution is passed, the authority will expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company or on 30 June 2023, whichever is earlier.
Resolutions 18 and 19 deal with the granting of authority to Directors to allot securities whilst disapplying pre-emption rights and seeks the additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights for purposes of acquisitions or capital investments.
If the Directors wish to allot new shares and other equity securities, or sell treasury shares, for cash (other than in connection with an employee share scheme), the Act requires that these shares are offered first to shareholders in proportion to their existing holdings (known as pre-emption rights).
Paragraphs (a)(i) and (b) of Resolution 18 seek shareholder approval to allot a limited number of ordinary shares or other equity securities, or sell treasury shares, for cash on a pre-emptive basis but subject to such exclusions or arrangements as the Directors may deem appropriate to deal with certain legal, regulatory or practical difficulties. For example, in a pre-emptive rights issue, there may be difficulties in relation to fractional entitlements or the issue of new shares to certain shareholders, particularly those resident in certain overseas jurisdictions.
The Board has no current intention of exercising the authority under paragraphs (a)(i) and (b) of Resolution 18 but considers the authority to be appropriate in order to allow the Company flexibility to finance business opportunities or to conduct a pre-emptive offer or pre-emptive rights issue having made appropriate exclusions or arrangements to address such difficulties.
In addition, there may be circumstances when the Directors consider it in the best interests of the Company to allot a limited number of ordinary shares or other equity securities, or sell treasury shares, for cash on a non pre-emptive basis. The Pre-Emption Group's Statement of Principles was last updated in March 2015. It supports the annual disapplication of pre-emption rights in respect of allotments of shares and other equity securities and sales of treasury shares for cash where these represent no more than 5 per cent. of the issued ordinary share capital (exclusive of treasury shares), without restriction as to the use of proceeds of those allotments.
Accordingly, the purpose of paragraph (a)(ii) of Resolution 18 is to authorise the Directors to allot new shares and other equity securities pursuant to the allotment authority given by Resolution 17, or sell treasury shares, for cash up to a nominal value of £334,720, without the shares first being offered to existing shareholders in proportion to their existing holdings. This amount is equivalent to 5 per cent. of the total issued ordinary share capital of the Company excluding treasury shares as at the Latest Practicable Date. As at the Latest Practicable Date, the Company did not hold any shares in treasury.
The Board intends to adhere to the Pre-emption Group's Statement of Principles and not to allot shares or other equity securities or sell treasury shares for cash on a non-pre-emptive basis pursuant to the authority in Resolution 18 in excess of an amount equal to 5 per cent. of the total issued ordinary share capital of the Company, excluding treasury shares, within a rolling three-year period, other than:
The Pre-Emption Group's Statement of Principles also support the annual disapplication of pre-emption rights in respect of allotments of shares and other equity securities and sales of treasury shares for cash where these represent no more than an additional 5 per cent. of issued ordinary share capital (exclusive of treasury shares), and are used only in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment. The Pre-Emption Group's Statement of Principles defines "specified capital investment" as meaning one or more specific capital investment related uses for the proceeds of an issue of equity securities, in respect of which sufficient information regarding the effect of the transaction on the Company, the assets the subject of the transaction and (where appropriate) the profits attributable to them is made available to shareholders to enable them to reach an assessment of the potential return.
Accordingly, the purpose of Resolution 19 is to authorise the Directors to allot new shares and other equity securities pursuant to the allotment authority given by Resolution 17, or sell treasury shares, for cash up to a further nominal amount of £334,720, only in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment which is announced contemporaneously with the allotment, or which has taken place in the preceding six-month period and is disclosed in the announcement of the issue. This amount is equivalent to 5 per cent. of the total issued ordinary share capital of the Company, exclusive of treasury shares, as at the Latest Practicable Date. If the authority given in Resolution 19 is used, the Company will publish details of its use in its next annual report. Resolution 19 has been drafted in line with the template resolutions published by the Pre-Emption Group in May 2016.
The Board has no current intention of exercising the authorities in Resolutions 18 and 19 but considers them to be appropriate in order to allow the Company flexibility to finance business opportunities or to conduct a pre-emptive offer or rights issue without the need to comply with the strict requirements of the statutory pre-emption provisions.
If the resolutions are passed, the authorities will expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company or on 30 June 2023, whichever is earlier.
Resolution 20 seeks authority for the Company to purchase ordinary shares in the Company, should the Directors see fit, up to an aggregate total of 10 per cent. of issued share capital.
The effect of Resolution 20 is to renew the authority granted to the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares, up to a maximum of 66,944,130 ordinary shares, until the next annual general meeting or 30 June 2023, whichever is the earlier. This represents 10 per cent. of the ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) as at the Latest Practicable Date. The Company's exercise of this authority is subject to the stated upper and lower limits on the price payable, the upper limit being the price stipulated in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 as referred to in Article 5(6) of the UK Market Abuse Regulation (MAR), and the UK Listing Rules.
Pursuant to the Act, the Company can hold any shares which have been repurchased itself as treasury shares and either re-sell them for cash, cancel them, either immediately or at a point in the future, or use them for the purposes of its employee share schemes. The Directors believe that it is desirable for the Company to have this choice and therefore intend to hold any shares purchased under this authority as treasury shares. Holding the repurchased shares as treasury shares will 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. No dividends will be paid on, and no voting rights will be exercised in respect of, treasury shares. Shares will only be repurchased for use for the purposes of employee share schemes, or if the Directors consider such purchases to be in the best interests of shareholders generally and that they can be expected to result in an increase in earnings per share. The authority will only be used after careful consideration, taking into account market conditions prevailing at the time, other investment opportunities, appropriate gearing levels and the overall financial position of the Company. Shares held as treasury shares will not automatically be cancelled and will not be considered in future calculations of earnings per share (unless they are subsequently re-sold or transferred out of treasury).
As at the Latest Practicable Date, there were no outstanding warrants or options to subscribe for ordinary shares in the Company, and the Company also did not hold any ordinary shares in treasury within the meaning of the Act.
Resolution 20 is conditional on the passing of Resolution 21 below.
The Panel on Takeovers and Mergers has agreed to waive the obligation to make an offer that would otherwise arise under Rule 9 of the City Code as a result of any purchase of Shares by the Company in exercise of the Buyback Authority, subject to the approval of Independent Shareholders. Accordingly, Resolution 21 is being proposed to approve the Waiver in the context of the Buyback Authority and will be taken on a poll of Independent Shareholders. Each member of the Founder Concert Party will not be entitled to vote on Resolution 21.
Further information relating to this resolution is set out in Part III of this document.
Resolution 22 shortens the minimum notice period required for general meetings of the Company (other than the annual general meeting) to 14 days.
Under the Act, the notice period required for all general meetings of the Company is 21 days. Annual general meetings will continue to be held on at least 21 clear days' notice, though shareholders can approve a shorter notice period for other general meetings, as long as this is not less than 14 clear days. The shorter notice period would not be used as a matter of routine, but only where the flexibility is merited by the business of the general meeting to be held and is thought to be to the advantage of shareholders. In order to maintain flexibility for the Company, Resolution 22 seeks such shareholder approval. The approval will be effective until the Company's next annual general meeting, when it is intended that a similar resolution will be proposed.
Only those shareholders whose name appears in the Company's register of members as at 6.30pm on Tuesday, 31 May 2022 or, if the meeting is adjourned, not more than 48 hours before the time fixed for the adjourned meeting (excluding non-working days), shall be entitled to vote and attend the AGM. In each case, changes to the register of members after the relevant deadline shall be disregarded.
Each of the resolutions to be put to the AGM will be voted on by poll and not by a show of hands. A poll reflects the number of voting rights exercisable by each member and so the Board considers it a more democratic method of voting. The results of the poll will be published on the Company's website and announced via a Regulatory Information Service.
A shareholder who is entitled to attend, speak and vote at the meeting is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend, speak and vote on his/her behalf. Proxies need not be shareholders. If more than one proxy is appointed, each proxy must be appointed to exercise the rights attached to different shares. A proxy will have the same number of votes on a show of hands as if the shareholder who appointed the proxy was at the meeting.
Where no specific instruction is given, your proxy may vote at his/her own discretion or refrain from voting, as he or she sees fit. You can appoint more than one proxy in relation to the meeting provided that each proxy is appointed to exercise the rights attaching to a different share or shares held by you. The appointment of a proxy will not prevent you from subsequently attending and voting at the meeting in person.
You may use the Form of Proxy enclosed with this Notice of Annual General Meeting. To be valid, the Form of Proxy, together with any power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed or a notarially certified or office copy of the same, must be received by post or (during normal business hours only) by hand at Equiniti Limited, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex BN99 6DA, so as to arrive no later than 10:00 am on 31 May 2022.
You may register the appointment of your proxy electronically by using the internet to log on to www.sharevote.co.uk using the Voting ID, Task ID and Shareholder reference number printed on your enclosed Form of Proxy and following the instructions provided. Alternatively, if you have already registered with the Registrar's online portfolio service, Shareview, you can submit your proxy electronically by logging onto your portfolio at www.shareview.co.uk using your user ID and password. Once logged in simply click "View" on the "My Investments" page, click the link to vote and follow the instructions on the screen. Please note that any electronic communication sent to the Company's registrar in respect of the appointment of a proxy that is found to contain a computer virus will not be accepted.
Voting online is quicker, more environmentally sustainable, and more secure than paper voting.
The right to appoint a proxy does not apply to persons whose shares are held on their behalf by another person and who have been nominated to receive communications from the Company in accordance with Section 146 of the Act ("nominated persons"). Nominated persons may have a right under an agreement with the member who holds the shares on their behalf to be appointed (or to have someone else appointed) as a proxy. Alternatively, if nominated persons do not have such a right, or do not wish to exercise it, they may have a right under such an agreement to give instructions to the person holding the shares as to the exercise of voting rights.
If you are an institutional investor, you may be able to appoint a proxy electronically via the Proxymity platform, a process which has been agreed by the Company and approved by the Registrar, Equiniti Limited. For further information regarding Proxymity, please go to www.proxymity.io. Your proxy must be lodged by 10:00am on 31 May 2022 in order to be considered valid. Before you can appoint a proxy via this process you will need to have agreed to Proxymity's associated terms and conditions. It is important that you read these carefully as you will be bound by them and they will govern the electronic appointment of your proxy.
CREST members who wish to appoint a proxy or proxies through the CREST electronic proxy instruction service may do so for the AGM and any adjournment thereof by using the procedure described in the CREST manual (available via www.euroclear.com). CREST personal members or other CREST sponsored members, and those CREST members who have appointed voting service providers, should refer to their CREST sponsors or voting service providers, who will be able to take the appropriate action on their behalf.
For a proxy appointment or instructions made using the CREST service to be valid, the appropriate CREST message (a "CREST proxy instruction") must be properly authenticated in accordance with Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited's ("EUI") specifications and must contain the information required for such instructions, as described in the CREST manual. The message, regardless of whether it constitutes the appointment of a proxy or an amendment to the instruction given to a previously appointed proxy, must, in order to be valid, be transmitted so as to be received by the issuer's agent (ID RA19) no later than 10:00am on 31 May 2022, or, in the event of an adjournment of the meeting, 48 hours before the adjourned meeting. For this purpose, the time of receipt will be taken to be the time (as determined by the timestamp applied to the message by the CREST applications host) from which the issuer's agent is able to retrieve the message by enquiry to CREST in the manner prescribed by CREST. After this time, any change of instructions to proxies appointed through CREST should be communicated to the appointee through other means.
CREST members and, where applicable, their CREST sponsors or voting service providers should note that EUI does not make available special procedures in CREST for any particular messages. Normal system timings and limitations will 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/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 thereto, CREST members (and, where applicable, their CREST sponsors or voting service providers) are referred, in particular, to those sections of the CREST Manual concerning practical limitations of the CREST system and timings.
The Company may treat as invalid a CREST proxy instruction in the circumstances set out in Regulation 35(5)(a) of the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001.
Any corporation which is a shareholder can appoint one or more corporate representatives who may exercise, on its behalf, all of its powers as a shareholder provided that they do not do so in relation to the same shares.
Under section 527 of the Act, shareholders meeting the threshold requirements set out therein 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 auditor's 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. The request must be received by the Company by 30 May 2022, (being at least one week before the meeting). The Company may not require the shareholders requesting any such website publication to pay its expenses in complying with Sections 527 or 528 (requirements as to website availability) of the Act.
Where the Company is required to place a statement on a website under Section 527 of the Act, the Company must also forward the statement to the Company's auditors no later than the time the statement is made available on the Company's website. The business which may be dealt with at the AGM includes any website statement that the Company has been required under Section 527 of the Act to publish on a website.
The Chairman will ensure that any such question relating to the business being dealt with at the AGM receives a response, but in accordance with section 319A of the Act, no response will need to be given if:
The Chairman may also determine the order in which questions are raised by shareholders present at the AGM.
A copy of this Notice of AGM and other information required by Section 311A of the Act can be found at https://www.awaveip. com/en/investors/results-reports-presentations/
Copies of the following documents will be available for inspection during normal business hours at the registered office of the Company at 65 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7NQ, as well as at the place of the AGM from 9.45am on the day of the AGM until the conclusion of the AGM: (1) copies of the service agreements of the Executive Directors with the Company; and (2) copies of the terms of engagement of the Non-Executive Directors with the Company.
As at the Latest Practicable Date, the Company's issued ordinary share capital consisted of 669,441,307 ordinary shares of nominal value £0.01 each, carrying one vote each on a poll. The Company does not hold any shares in treasury. As at the Latest Practicable Date (being 6 May 2022), the total voting rights in the Company were 669,441,307.
All dates and times stated in this Notice and any further announcements regarding the AGM are in British Summer Time, unless stated otherwise.
Under Section 338 and Section 338A of the Act, shareholders meeting the threshold under those sections have the right to require the Company: (i) to give, to shareholders of the Company entitled to receive notice of the AGM, notice of a resolution which may properly be proposed and is intended to be proposed at the AGM; and/or (ii) to include in the business to be dealt with at the AGM any matter (other than a proposed resolution) which may be properly included in the business.
A resolution may properly be proposed, or a matter may properly be included in the business unless: (a) (in the case of a resolution only) it would, if passed, be ineffective (whether by reason of inconsistency with any enactment or the Company's constitution or otherwise); (b) it is defamatory of any person; or (c) it is frivolous or vexatious. Such a request may be in hard copy form or in electronic form, must identify the resolution of which notice is to be given or the matter to be included in the business, must be authorised by the person or persons making it, must be received by the Company not later than six weeks before the meeting, and (in the case of a matter to be included in the business only) must be accompanied by a statement setting out the grounds for the request.
Except as provided above, shareholders who have general queries about the AGM should use the following means of communication (no other methods of communication will be accepted):
You may not use any electronic address provided either in the Notice of AGM or any related documents to communicate with the Company for any purposes other than those expressly stated.
Linklaters LLP One Silk St London EC2Y 8HQ

Approval of Waiver of Obligations under Rule 9 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers
The three co-founders of the Company, Tony Pialis, Jonathan Rogers and Raj Mahadevan, and its Executive Chairman, John Lofton Holt, and the entities through which they hold their interests in the Company (together, the "Founder Concert Party") have an interest in 312,624,044 Shares, representing as at the Latest Practicable Date approximately 46.70 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company. Following discussions with the Panel, the Company considers that the Founder Concert Party is presumed to be acting in concert (as defined in, and for the purposes of, the City Code).
The City Code applies to the Company. Under Rule 9 of the City Code, when (i) any person acquires, whether by a series of transactions over a period of time or not, an interest in shares which, taken together with shares in which persons acting in concert with that person are interested, carry 30 per cent or more of the voting rights of a company subject to the City Code, or (ii) any person who, together with persons acting in concert that person, is interested in shares which in aggregate carry not less than 30 per cent of the voting rights of a company, but does not hold shares carrying more than 50 per cent of such voting rights and such person, or any person acting in concert with that person, acquires an interest in any other shares which increases the percentage of the shares carrying voting rights in which that person is interested, then, in either case, that person is normally required to make an offer to all the remaining shareholders to acquire their shares. An offer under Rule 9 must be made in cash at the highest price paid by the person required to make the offer, or any person acting in concert with such person, for any interest in shares of the company during the 12 months prior to the announcement of the offer. Under Rule 37.1 of the City Code, when a company redeems or purchases its own voting shares, any resulting increase in the percentage of shares carrying voting rights in which a shareholder and any persons acting in concert with them are interested will normally be treated as an acquisition for the purpose of Rule 9 of the City Code.
As noted above, the Founder Concert Party has an interest in approximately 46.70 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company. Therefore, if the Buyback Authority is granted and repurchases are made by the Company, the Founder Concert Party would be in a position where, were it not to participate in any such repurchase pro rata to its existing shareholdings, its percentage shareholding would increase beyond its current level, thereby triggering a requirement to make a general offer for the balance of Shares not held by it, in accordance with Rule 9 of the City Code.
The Panel has agreed to waive the obligation to make an offer that would otherwise arise as a result of increases in the shareholding of the Founder Concert Party following exercise of the Buyback Authority, subject to the approval of the Independent Shareholders. Accordingly, the Rule 9 Waiver Resolution is being proposed at the AGM and the Buyback Authority is conditional on the passing of the Rule 9 Waiver Resolution. Passing the Rule 9 Waiver Resolution would give the Company flexibility to buy back its shares without the Founder Concert Party being obliged to make a general offer for the Company. A representative of each member of the Founder Concert Party may attend the AGM but each member of the Founder Concert Party (nor any nominee or representative of them) will not be entitled to vote on the Rule 9 Waiver Resolution. The Rule 9 Waiver Resolution will therefore be taken on a poll of Independent Shareholders.
The members of the Founder Concert Party will not be restricted from making an offer for the Company following the approval of the Rule 9 Waiver Resolution by the Independent Shareholders at the AGM.
You should note that if the Company exercises the Buyback Authority in full to purchase Shares and the Rule 9 Waiver Resolution is passed, the Founder Concert Party could hold more than 50 per cent. of the Company's voting share capital. In those circumstances, the members of the Founder Concert Party would be permitted (for so long as they continue to be treated as acting in concert and subject to Note 4 on Rule 9.1) to further increase their aggregate shareholdings without incurring any obligation under Rule 9 of the City Code to make a general offer. They will also be able to block and pass ordinary resolutions of the Company as they would control in excess of 50 per cent. of its voting rights. However, individual members of the Founder Concert Party will not be able to increase their percentage interest in the Shares to 30 per cent. or more or, if already being interested in more than 30 per cent. of the Shares but holding less than 50 per cent., at all, without Panel consent or without also being required to make an offer under Rule 9 of the City Code.
Approval of Waiver of Obligations under Rule 9 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers continued
It is noted that the Company already has, and since its IPO has had, the benefit of authorities equivalent to the Buyback Authority and Rule 9 Waiver Resolution, as documented in paragraph 21 of Part XIX of the IPO Prospectus. What is being sought in the Buyback Authority and the Rule 9 Waiver Resolution is essentially a renewal of those existing authorities.
The Independent Directors, who have been so advised by Barclays, believe that the Rule 9 Waiver Resolution is fair and reasonable and in the best interests of the Independent Shareholders and the Company as a whole. In providing advice to the Independent Directors, Barclays has taken into account the Independent Directors' commercial assessments as well as the confirmations of the Founder Concert Party's future intentions expressed in paragraph 2 above.
Accordingly, the Independent Directors unanimously recommend that Independent Shareholders vote in favour of the Rule 9 Waiver Resolution, as the Independent Directors intend to do in respect of their own shareholdings of 82,006,491 Shares, representing as at the Latest Practicable Date approximately 12.25 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company.
In accordance with the provisions of the City Code, each member of the Founder Concert Party is considered to be interested in the outcome of the Rule 9 Waiver Resolution and, accordingly, each of them will not vote on this resolution. They have also not taken part in any decision of the Independent Directors relating to the Waiver.
Your attention is drawn to the further information set out in Part IV (Additional Information) of this document.
Part IV Additional information
3.1 The Directors of the Company and their respective functions at the date of this document are as follows:
| John Lofton Holt | Executive Chairman |
|---|---|
| Tony Pialis | President and Chief Executive Officer |
| Daniel Aharoni | Chief Financial Officer |
| Sehat Sutardja | Executive Director |
| Jan Frykhammar | Senior Independent Non-Executive Director |
| Michelle Senecal de Fonseca | Independent Non-Executive Director |
| Paul Boudre | Independent Non-Executive Director |
| Victoria Hull | Independent Non-Executive Director |
| Susan Buttsworth | Independent Non-Executive Director |
| Rosalind Singleton | Independent Non-Executive Director |
The Founder Concert Party is constituted by the three co-founders of the Company, Tony Pialis, Jonathan Rogers and Raj Mahadevan, and its Executive Chairman, John Lofton Holt, and their related entities (as described in paragraph 5.3 below).
John Lofton Holt is a Director of the Company and has served as strategic adviser to management since 2019. He was appointed as the Company's Executive Chairman in 2021.
John has been a semiconductor executive since the late 1990s and has founded, funded, scaled and led multiple semiconductor businesses, driving billions of dollars in value for shareholders. He has 25 years of experience as an investor and senior executive, including considerable experience in chairing boards. He previously served as Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Achronix Semiconductor Corporation and was also a Founder and Managing Partner of Holt Brothers Capital LLC where he managed a portfolio of investments in semiconductors, hardware, robotics, renewables and real estate. John started his career in the late 1980s at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, where he worked as a design engineer focusing on optics and electronics for remote sensing and LiDAR applications.
John holds a BSE in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University and an MSE in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University.
Tony Pialis co-founded Alphawave in 2017 and is a Director of the Company as well as its President and Chief Executive Officer.
Tony has extensive experience as an entrepreneur in the semiconductor industry, having co-founded three semiconductor IP companies, including Snowbush Microelectronics Inc, which was sold in 2007 to Gennum/ Semtech and is currently part of Rambus. He also founded V Semiconductor Inc. where he served as President and CEO, and which was acquired by Intel Corporation in 2012. Tony served as Vice President of Analog and Mixed-Signal IP at Intel Corporation between 2012 and 2017. During his tenure at Intel, Tony and his team won the prestigious Intel Achievement Award for successfully delivering next generation Ethernet and PCIe SerDes solutions on Intel's 22nm and 14nm process technologies.
Tony holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto.
Raj Mahadevan co-founded Alphawave in 2017 and has since served as the Group's Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Officer.
Raj has more than two decades of engineering executive experience in the semiconductor IP industry, including leading roles in design, architecture, operations, and design methodology development. Prior to Alphawave, he co-founded V Semiconductor Inc. where he was a Director and also Snowbush Microelectronics Inc.
Raj holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Science and a Master of Applied Science in Engineering from the University of Toronto.
Jonathan co-founded Alphawave in 2017 and has since served as the Group's Senior Vice President of Engineering, leading its research and development function.
He has 14 years' experience as an engineering executive, including as Director of Engineering and Senior Principal Engineer at Intel Corporation between 2012 and 2017, and Director of Design Engineering at V Semiconductor and Gennum. He was also the Director of IP Development and IC Designer at Snowbush Microelectronics Inc. Jonathan holds a B.A Sc in Engineering Science and an M.A Sc in Engineering from the University of Toronto.
The Founder Concert Party holds its beneficial interests in Shares as follows:
| Percentage of issued ordinary |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| Shareholder | Number of Shares |
share capital (%) |
|
| Tony Pialis(1) | 95,333,160 | 14.24 | |
| Rajeevan Mahadevan(2) | 95,333,160 | 14.24 | |
| Jonathan Rogers(3) | 95,333,140 | 14.24 | |
| John Lofton Holt(4) | 26,624,584 | 3.98 | |
| Total | 312,624,044 | 46.70 |
(1) Tony Pialis' interests in Shares are held through The Tony Pialis (2017) Family Trust of which Tony is the trustee and a discretionary beneficiary, and through Pitech Investments Inc. Pitech Investments Inc. is a person closely associated with Mr Pialis (within the meaning of the UK Market Abuse Regulation).
(2) Rajeevan Mahadevan's interests in Shares are held through The Rajeevan Mahadevan (2017) Family Trust of which Rajeevan is the trustee and (through a wholly owned company) a discretionary beneficiary, and through Jeevan Capital Inc. Jeevan Capital Inc. is a person closely associated with Mr Mahadevan (within the meaning of the UK Market Abuse Regulation).
(3) Jonathan Rogers' interests in Shares are held through 2641239 Ontario Inc., a company whose voting shares are wholly owned by The Jonathan Rogers (2018) Family Trust of which Jonathan is the trustee.
(4) John Lofton Holt's interests in Shares are held through July Twelve Capital Limited. July Twelve Capital Limited is a person closely associated with Mr Holt (within the meaning of the UK Market Abuse Regulation). In addition to the interests listed in this table, July Twelve Capital Limited also has an option to purchase up to 51,531,420 shares in aggregate from the other members of the Founder Concert Party.
Assuming the Buyback Authority was exercised in full and none of the Shares held by the Founder Concert Party were purchased by the Company, the members of the Founder Concert Party will be interested in 312,624,044 Shares, representing 51.89 per cent. of the voting rights of the Company. A table showing the respective individual and aggregate interests in Shares of the members of the Founder Concert Party on completion of the buyback is set out below:
| Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | of share | |
| of Shares capital following | ||
| following | buyback(1) | |
| Shareholder | buyback(1) | (%) |
| Tony Pialis | 95,333,160 | 15.82 |
| Rajeevan Mahadevan | 95,333,160 | 15.82 |
| Jonathan Rogers | 95,333,140 | 15.82 |
| John Lofton Holt | 26,624,584 | 4.42 |
| Total | 312,624,044 | 51.89 |
(1) Assuming the Buyback Authority was exercised in full and none of the Shares held by the Founder Concert Party were purchased by the Company.
5.3.3 Public information and ratings
For the purposes of this paragraph 6:
As at the Latest Practicable Date, the Directors and their respective related parties had an interest in, a right to subscribe in or a short position in certain relevant securities. The nature of the interests or rights concerned and number of relevant securities to which these apply are listed below:
| Percentage of | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name of Director | Nature of interest |
Number of shares |
issued ordinary share capital (%) |
||
| John Lofton Holt(1) | Shares | 26,624,584 | 3.98 | ||
| Tony Pialis(2) | Shares | 95,333,160 | 14.24 | ||
| Daniel Aharoni(3) | Shares | 2,800,000 | 0.42 | ||
| Sehat Sutardja(4) | Shares | 78,896,880 | 11.79 | ||
| Jan Frykhammar | Shares | 48,780 | 0.01 | ||
| Michelle Senecal de Fonseca | Shares | 50,782 | 0.01 | ||
| Paul Boudre | Shares | 48,780 | 0.01 | ||
| Victoria Hull | Shares | 102,821 | 0.02 | ||
| Susan Buttsworth | Shares | 48,780 | 0.01 | ||
| Rosalind Singleton | Shares | 9,668 | 0.00 |
(1) John Lofton Holt's interests in Shares are held through July Twelve Capital Limited. In addition to the interests listed in this table, July Twelve Capital Limited also has an option to purchase up to 51,531,420 shares in aggregate from the other member of the Founder Concert Party.
(2) Tony Pialis' interests in Shares are held through The Tony Pialis (2017) Family Trust of which Tony is the trustee and a discretionary beneficiary, and through Pitech Investments Inc. Pitech Investments Inc. is a person closely associated with Mr Pialis (within the meaning of the UK Market Abuse Regulation)
(3) These shares result from arrangements made before the IPO. They normally vest in 36 equal instalments on a monthly basis as from December 2021 and cannot normally be sold until vesting. If Mr Aharoni leaves (other than for certain listed good leaver reasons), he may be required to sell the shares for the lesser of the price paid for them or their then market value.
(4) Sehat Sutardja's interests in Shares is held through Sutardja Family LLC. Sehat Sutardja holds 10 per cent. of the shares in Sutardja Family LLC. The remaining shares are held by his family members.
Save as disclosed in this document, as at the Latest Practicable Date,
had an interest in, a right to subscribe in respect of, or any short position in relation to relevant securities;
7.1 The main terms on which the Executive Directors are employed are set out below:
| Current | Notice by | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| salary per | Notice by the |
Executive Director |
|||
| Effective date | annum | ||||
| Name | of contract | (£) | Company | (months) | |
| John Lofton Holt | 11 January 2021 | 450,000 | 12 | 12 | |
| Tony Pialis | 18 May 2021 | 450,000 | 12 | 12 | |
| Daniel Aharoni | 11 January 2021 | 365,000 | 12 | 12 | |
| Sehat Sutardja | 18 May 2021 | 85,000 | 1 | 1 |
(1) The Executive Directors are eligible to participate in such incentive schemes as the Company may determine from time to time (except that Sehat Sutardja will not participate in any such schemes and John Lofton Holt and Tony Pialis have waived their participation in the Long Term Incentive Plan for both the 2021 and 2022 financial years).
(2) In addition to the fixed salary noted above, Daniel Aharoni was paid a bonus of £273,750 in respect of 2021. His maximum bonus for 2022 (subject to achievement of performance conditions) will be 150 per cent. of his 2022 salary level and he is expected to be granted an award under the company's Long Term Incentive Plan over shares with a value, at the time of grant, of 205 per cent. of his 2022 salary.
7.2 The main terms on which the Independent Non-Executive Directors are employed are set out below:
| Total fees per year (£) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Date | Initial term (years) |
|
| of appointment | |||
| Jan Frykhammar | 16 April 2021 | 3 | 120,000 |
| Michelle Senecal de Fonseca(1) | 16 April 2021 | 3 | 89,000 |
| Paul Boudre | 16 April 2021 | 3 | 75,000 |
| Victoria Hull | 16 April 2021 | 3 | 90,000 |
| Susan Buttsworth | 16 April 2021 | 3 | 75,000 |
| Rosalind Singleton | 16 April 2021 | 3 | 65,000 |
(1) The total fees payable to Michelle Senecal de Fonseca increased from £75,000 to £89,000 per annum from February 2022 given her appointment as the Company's Workforce Engagement Director.
7.3 Save as described above in relation to the fees payable to Michelle Senecal de Fonseca, none of the Directors' service contracts or letters of appointment have been entered into or amended during the period of six months prior to the date of this document.
Set out below are the closing middle-market quotations for a Share, as derived from the Daily Official List of the London Stock Exchange, for the first dealing day of each of the six months preceding the date of this document and for the Latest Practicable Date.
| Date | Price per Share (pence) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 December 2021 | 212.00 | |
| 4 January 2022 | 190.30 | |
| 1 February 2022 | 160.80 | |
| 1 March 2022 | 193.60 | |
| 1 April 2022 | 173.00 | |
| 3 May 2022 | 149.20 | |
| 6 May 2022 | 122.60 |
Barclays has given and not withdrawn its written consent to the issue of this document with the inclusion herein of the references to its name in the form and context in which it appears.
Copies of the following documents will be available from the date of this document on the Company's website at www.awaveip.com up to and including the date of the AGM and will be available for inspection during normal business hours at the registered office of the Company at 65 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7NQ, as well as at the place of the AGM from 9.45am on the day of the AGM until the conclusion of the AGM:
The following additional information is incorporated by reference into this document pursuant to Rule 24.15 of the Code, so as to provide the information required pursuant to the Code:
| Document | Section | Page reference in relevant document |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 financial statements | ||
| (included in the Annual Report) | Independent auditor's report | 101 to 109 |
| Consolidated statement of comprehensive income | 110 | |
| Consolidated statement of financial position | 111 | |
| Company statement of financial position | 112 | |
| Consolidated statement of cash flows | 113 to 114 | |
| Consolidated statement of changes in equity | 115 | |
| Company statement of changes in equity | 116 | |
| Notes forming part of the consolidated financial statements | 117 to 159 | |
| 2020 financial statements | ||
| (included in the IPO Prospectus) | Accountant's report on the consolidated historical financial information | 102 to 105 |
| Consolidated statement of income and comprehensive income | 106 | |
| Consolidated statement of financial position | 107 | |
| Consolidated statement of changes in equity | 108 | |
| Consolidated statement of cash flows | 109 | |
| Notes to the consolidated financial statements | 110 to 135 |
The information is available in "read-only" format and for reviewing and downloading free of charge from the Company's website at www.awaveip.com.
A copy of any such documents or information incorporated by reference in this document will not be sent to such persons unless requested from the Registrar, Equiniti, at Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex BN99 6DA, United Kingdom or by telephone on 0371 384 2030 or, if you are outside the United Kingdom, +44 121 415 7047. If requested, copies will be provided, free of charge, within two Business Days of request.
Neither the content of the Company's website, nor the content of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website, is incorporated into, or forms part of, this document.
Part V Definitions
The following definitions apply throughout this document, unless the context otherwise requires:
| Annual General Meeting or AGM | the annual general meeting of the Company convened for 10:00 a.m. on 6 June 2022 at the offices of Linklaters LLP at One Silk Street, London EC2Y 8HQ, and any adjournment thereof, for the purpose of considering the matters set out in the Notice of AGM |
|---|---|
| Barclays | Barclays Bank PLC, acting through its investment bank |
| Business Day | a day (other than Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays in the UK) on which banks are normally open for business in the City of London |
| Buyback Authority | the authority for the Directors to make market purchases of Shares as set out in Resolution 20 |
| City Code | the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers |
| Companies Act | the Companies Act 2006 |
| Company or Alphawave | Alphawave IP Group plc, a public company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 13073661 |
| Directors or Board | the board of directors of the Company, or, where the context so requires, the directors of the Company from time to time |
| Executive Directors | the executive directors of the Company, as listed in paragraph 3 of Part IV of this document |
| FCA | the Financial Conduct Authority acting in its capacity as the competent authority for the purposes of Part VI of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 |
| Founder Concert Party | John Lofton Holt, Tony Pialis, Jonathan Rogers and Rajeevan Mahadevan, and the entities through which they hold their interests in the Company, (each of them being "a member of the Founder Concert Party"), which the Company considers, following discussions with the Panel, are presumed to be acting in concert (as defined in, and for the purposes of, the City Code), further details of which are set out in paragraph 4 of Part IV of this document |
| Independent Directors | the directors of the Company other than John Lofton Holt and Tony Pialis |
| Independent Shareholders | the Shareholders other than the members of the Founder Concert Party |
| IPO | the admission of the Company's shares to the standard listing segment of the Official List and to trading on the main market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange plc |
| IPO Prospectus | the prospectus published by the Company on 13 May 2021 in connection with the IPO |
| Latest Practicable Date | 6 May 2022, being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this document |
|---|---|
| Notice of AGM | the notice convening the AGM, which is set out at Part II of this document |
| Official List | the Official List maintained by the FCA |
| Panel | the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers |
| pounds sterling or £ | pounds sterling, the lawful currency of the UK (and references to pence or p shall be construed accordingly) |
| Rule 9 Waiver Resolution | the ordinary resolution of the Independent Shareholders to be taken on a poll concerning the Waiver to be proposed at the Annual General Meeting and set out in the Notice of AGM as Resolution 21 |
| Shareholders | holders of Shares from time to time |
| Shares | the existing unconditionally allotted or issued and fully paid (or credited as fully paid) ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the capital of the Company |
| Waiver | the waiver granted by the Panel (subject to the passing of the Rule 9 Waiver Resolution) in respect of the Founder Concert Party to make a mandatory offer for the entire issued share capital of the Company not already held by the Founder Concert Party which might otherwise be imposed on the Founder Concert Party under Rule 9 of the City Code as a result of the purchase of Shares by the Company pursuant to the Buyback Authority, as more particularly described in Part III of this document |

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