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Barr (A.G.) PLC Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2024

Apr 23, 2024

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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement

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A.G. BARR p.l.c. 2024 Annual General Meeting

PROXY FORM

Notification of Availability A.G. Barr p.l.c.

23 April 2024

Dear Shareholder This is a notification to inform you that A.G. Barr's Annual Report 2024 and Notice of Annual General Meeting 2024 are available to view or download on the Company's corporate website at www.agbarr.co.uk.

The hard copy versions of these documents will be mailed to shareholders on 1 May 2024.

Attendance Card

2024 Annual General Meeting

The 2024 Annual General Meeting of A.G. BARR p.l.c. (the "Company") will be held at the offices of Ernst and Young LLP, G1 Building, 5 George Square, Glasgow G2 1DY at 12.00 p.m. on Friday 31 May 2024 (the "Annual General Meeting").

If you attend the meeting, please bring the attendance card with you. It will help to ensure that you gain admission as quickly as possible.

A.G. BARR p.l.c. 2024 Annual General Meeting PROXY FORM
If you wish, you can submit your proxy form electronically at www.shareview.co.uk by registering for an online
PLEASE READ THE NOTES OVERLEAF CAREFULLY BEFORE COMPLETING THIS FORM
portfolio using your Shareholder Reference Number shown above.
Shareholder Reference Number:
You may, if you prefer, return this card in a sealed envelope to FREEPOST RTHJ-CLLL-KBKU, Equiniti Limited, Aspect House,
Spencer Road, Lancing BN99 8LU. Please allow one week before the deadline to ensure your form arrives in time.
Where multiple Proxy Forms are completed, they should be returned together in the same envelope.
To be valid, your proxy instructions or signed and dated Proxy Form(s) must be received no later than 12.00 p.m. on
Wednesday 29 May 2024 at the offices of the Registrars at the address stated on this card.
I/we the undersigned, being a member/members of the Company, hereby appoint the Chair of the meeting or (see Note 1)
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as my/our proxy to attend, vote and speak for me/us on my/our behalf at the Annual General Meeting, and at any adjournment thereof.
* Insert number of shares your proxy may vote if less than total holding (see Notes 3 and 4).
Please indicate here with an "X" if this Proxy Form is one of multiple instructions being given (see Note 3).
I/we direct my/our proxy to vote on the resolutions set out in the notice convening the Annual General Meeting as follows (see Note 2): For Against Withheld*
year ended 28 January 2024 together with the directors' and auditor's reports thereon.
1. To receive and approve the audited accounts of the group and the Company for the
committee and the directors' remuneration report for the year ended 28 January 2024.
2. To receive and approve the annual statement by the chair of the remuneration
3. To declare a final dividend of 12.40 pence per ordinary share of 4 1/6 pence for the
year ended 28 January 2024.
4. To re-elect Mr Mark Allen OBE as a director of the Company.
5. To re-elect Mr Stuart Lorimer as a director of the Company.
6. To re-elect Ms Susan Verity Barratt as a director of the Company.
7. To re-elect Ms Zoe Louise Howorth as a director of the Company.
8. To re-elect Mr Nicholas Barry Edward Wharton as a director of the Company.
9. To re-elect Ms Julie Anne Barr as a director of the Company.
10. To elect Ms Louise Helen Smalley as a director of the Company.
11. To elect Mr Euan Angus Sutherland as a director of the Company. Cu
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12. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company and to authorise the audit and
risk committee to fix their remuneration.
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13. To adopt the Company's new Share Savings Scheme subject to the conditions set out
in the resolution.
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14. To authorise the directors to allot shares in the Company subject to the restrictions set out
in the resolution.
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15. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights subject to the limits set out in
the resolution.
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16. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares up to the specified amount. h
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Signature Date
Notes
1. represent you. If you wish your proxy to speak on your behalf at the meeting, you will need to
If you wish to appoint a proxy other than the Chair, please add his or her name in the blank
appoint your own choice of proxy (not the Chair) and give your instructions directly to them.
A proxy need not be a member of the Company but must attend the meeting in person to
space provided, delete the words "the Chair of the meeting or" and initial the alteration.
2. an "X". Unless you indicate otherwise, your proxy may vote or abstain from voting as he/she
To direct your proxy how to vote on the resolutions, please mark the appropriate box with
thinks fit.
3. rights attached to the same share(s). To appoint more than one proxy, you should photocopy
You may appoint more than one proxy provided each proxy is appointed to exercise rights
The total number of shares entered on all the Proxy Forms you submit must not exceed the
the Proxy Form. On each Proxy Form, please indicate in the box next to the proxy holder's
number of shares you hold in the Company. Please also indicate, by marking the relevant
name the number of shares in relation to which you authorise them to act as your proxy.
attached to different shares. You may not appoint any more than one proxy to exercise
box, if the proxy instruction is one of multiple instructions being given.
4. If no number of shares is entered, the proxy will be authorised to act on your behalf in relation
to your entire shareholding in the Company.
5. The vote 'Withheld' option is provided to enable you to abstain on any particular resolution.
calculation of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution. If no voting indication is given, your proxy
It should be noted that a vote withheld is not a vote in law and will not be counted in the
may vote or abstain from voting at his/her discretion.
6. or attorney of such body or executed under its common seal. If this Proxy Form is signed
under a power of attorney or other authority, that power of attorney or other authority
A Proxy Form for a body corporate must be either signed by a duly authorised officer
(or a certified copy thereof) must be provided with the signed Proxy Form.
7. Only one of the joint holders need sign the Proxy Form. If more than one joint holder tenders
a vote in person or by proxy, the vote of the person whose name stands first in the register
will be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holder(s).
8. Completion of this Proxy Form will not preclude you from attending and voting in person at
the meeting should you so wish (whereupon your proxy appointment will be automatically
terminated).
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your Shareholder Reference Number, which is printed on this form. Full instructions on how
to complete the voting process are provided on the Shareview website. Electronic proxies
Voting Service in accordance with the procedures set out in the CREST Manual and in the
Notice of AGM. Shareholders wishing to vote online may do so via the registrar's website,
www.shareview.co.uk You will need to register for a Shareview online portfolio by using
Shares held in uncertified form (i.e. in CREST) may be voted through the CREST Proxy
must be lodged on the website no later than 12.00 p.m. on Wednesday 29 May 2024.
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Before you can appoint a proxy via this process you will need to have agreed to Proxymity's
platform, a process which has been agreed by the Company and approved by the Registrar.
must be lodged by 12.00 p.m. on Wednesday 29 May 2024 in order to be considered valid.
For further information regarding Proxymity, please go to www.proxymity.io. Your proxy
Institutional investors may be able to appoint a proxy electronically via the Proxymity
associated terms and conditions.
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