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Barr (A.G.) PLC AGM Information 2012

May 21, 2012

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COMPANIES ACT 2006

PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

A.G. BARR p.l.c.

(Registered No: SC005653)

At the one hundred and eighth annual general meeting of A.G. BARR p.l.c. ("the Company") held at the offices of KPMG LLP, 191 West George Street, Glasgow G2 2LJ on 21 May 2012 the shareholders of the Company passed the following resolutions:

1. Resolution 13 – authority to allot shares (ordinary resolution)

"THAT the board of directors of the Company (the "Board") be and it is hereby generally and unconditionally authorised pursuant to and in accordance with section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act") to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares in the capital of the Company and to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the Company:

  • (a) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £1,621,788.50; and
  • (b) up to a further aggregate nominal amount of £1,621,788.50 provided that (i) they are equity securities (within the meaning of section 560 of the Act); and (ii) they are offered by way of a rights issue in favour of the holders of shares (excluding the Company in its capacity as a holder of treasury shares) on the register of members of the Company on a date fixed by the Board where the equity securities respectively attributable to the interests of such holders are proportionate (as nearly as practicable) to the respective numbers of shares held by them on that date subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Board deem necessary or expedient to deal with (a) equity securities representing fractional entitlements; (b) treasury shares; or (c) legal or practical problems arising in any overseas territory, the requirements of any regulatory body or any stock exchange or any other matter whatsoever,

provided that this authority shall expire on the earlier of 31 July 2013 or at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company after the passing of this resolution, save that the Company may before such expiry make an offer or enter into an agreement which would or might require shares to be allotted, or rights to subscribe for or to convert securities into shares to be granted, after such expiry and the Board may allot shares or grant such rights in pursuance of such an offer or agreement as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired."

2. Resolution 14 – All Employee Share Ownership Plan (ordinary resolution)

"THAT the Company"s All Employee Share Ownership Plan (the "AESOP") originally approved by shareholders at the Company"s annual general meeting held on 21 May 2001, be and hereby is reapproved and the Company be and hereby is authorised to continue to make awards under, and otherwise operate, the AESOP in accordance with its terms until the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2022."

3. Resolution 15 – approve share subdivision (ordinary resolution)

"THAT each of the Company"s ordinary shares of 12.5 pence each (each an "Existing Ordinary Share") be and hereby is subdivided into three ordinary shares of 4 1/6 pence each, having the rights and being subject to the restrictions set out in the articles of association of the Company from time to time in force (the "Share Subdivision") provided that the Share Subdivision will not become effective until HM Revenue & Customs ("HMRC") approves the appropriate consequential adjustments to option awards which have already been made for the purposes of the Company"s HMRC approved employee share schemes."

4. Resolution 16 – disapplication of statutory pre-emption rights (special resolution)

"THAT, subject to the passing of resolution 13 set out in the notice of the annual general meeting of the Company convened for 21 May 2012 ("Resolution 13"), the board of directors of the Company (the "Board") be and is hereby generally empowered, pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act"), to allot equity securities (within the meaning of section 560 of the Act) (including the grant of rights to subscribe for, or to convert any securities into, ordinary shares of either: (i) 4 1/6 pence each in the capital of the Company if resolution 15 set out in the notice of the annual general meeting of the Company convened for 21 May 2012 ("Resolution 15") becomes effective; or (ii) 12.5 pence each in the capital of the Company if Resolution 15 does not become effective ("Ordinary Shares")), wholly for cash either pursuant to the authority conferred on them by Resolution 13 or by way of a sale of treasury shares (within the meaning of section 560(3) of the Act) as if section 561(1) of the Act did not apply to any such allotment or sale, provided that this power shall be limited to:

  • (a) the allotment of equity securities, for cash, in connection with a rights issue, open offer or other pre-emptive offer in favour of holders of Ordinary Shares (excluding the Company in its capacity as a holder of treasury shares) on the register of members of the Company on a date fixed by the Board where the equity securities respectively attributable to the interests of such holders are proportionate (as nearly as practicable) to the respective numbers of Ordinary Shares held by them on that date subject to such exclusions or other arrangements in connection with the rights issue, open offer or other offer as the Board deem necessary or expedient to deal with (i) equity securities representing fractional entitlements; (ii) treasury shares; or (iii) legal or practical problems arising in any overseas territory, the requirements of any regulatory body or any stock exchange or any other matter whatsoever; and
  • (b) the allotment (otherwise than pursuant to sub-paragraph (a) above) of equity securities up to an aggregate nominal amount of £243,268,

provided that this authority shall expire on the earlier of 31 July 2013 or at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company after the passing of this resolution, save that the Company may before such expiry make an offer or enter into an agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after the expiry of this authority and the Board may allot equity securities pursuant to such an offer or agreement as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired."

5. Resolution 17 – authority to purchase own shares (special resolution)

"THAT the Company be and is hereby generally and unconditionally authorised for the purposes of section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act") to make one or more market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of the Act) of ordinary shares of either: (i) 4 1/6 pence each in the capital of the Company if resolution 15 set out in the notice of the annual general meeting of the Company convened for 21 May 2012 ("Resolution 15") becomes effective; or (ii) 12.5 pence each in the capital of the Company if Resolution 15 does not become effective ("Ordinary Shares"), on such terms and in such manner that the directors think fit, provided that:

  • (a) the maximum aggregate number of Ordinary Shares hereby authorised to be purchased shall be 10% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company as at the date of the passing of this resolution;
  • (b) the maximum price which may be paid for an Ordinary Share is an amount equal to the higher of (i)105% of the average of the middle market quotations for an Ordinary Share as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five dealing days immediately preceding the day on which the Ordinary Share is purchased; and (ii) the higher of the price of the last independent trade and the highest current independent bid on the trading venue where the purchase is carried out, and the minimum price which may be paid for an Ordinary Share is an amount equal to its nominal value (in each case exclusive of associated expenses);

  • (c) unless previously renewed, varied or revoked, the authority hereby conferred shall expire on the earlier of 31 July 2013 or at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company after the passing of this resolution, but a contract to purchase Ordinary Shares may be made before such expiry which will or may be completed wholly or partly thereafter, and a purchase of Ordinary Shares may be made in pursuance of any such contract; and

  • (d) an Ordinary Share so purchased shall be cancelled or, if the directors so determine and subject to the provisions of applicable laws or regulations of the United Kingdom Listing Authority, held as a treasury share."