AGM Information • Dec 12, 2024
AGM Information
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The following resolutions were passed as special business at the Company's Annual General meeting held on 12 December 2024.
To consider, and if thought fit, pass the following resolution which will be proposed as an ordinary resolution:
THAT the Directors be 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 Company and to grant rights to subscribe for, or to convert any security into, shares in the Company:
(a) up to a maximum aggregate nominal amount of £4,957,603 (such amount to be reduced by any allotments or grants made under paragraph (b) below in excess of such sum); and
and so that the Directors may limits or restrictions and make any arrangements which they consider necessary or appropriate to deal with any treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates, legal, regulatory or practical problems in, or under the laws of, any territory or any other matter.
The authorities conferred on the Directors under paragraphs (a) and (b) above shall apply in substitution for all pre-existing authorities under that section and shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company (or, if earlier, at the close of business on 12 March 2026), unless previously revoked or varied by the Company, and such authority shall extend to the making before such expiry of an offer or an agreement that would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry, and the Directors may allot shares in the Company and grant rights to subscribe for, or to convert any security into, shares in the Company in pursuance of that offer or agreement as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired.
To consider, and if thought fit, pass the following resolutions which will be proposed as special resolutions:
THAT, if Resolution 16 above is passed, and in place of all existing powers, the Directors be authorised to allot equity securities (as defined in section 560 of the Act) pursuant to section 570 and 573 of 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:
(a) the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares in connection with an offer of, or invitation to apply for, equity securities (but in the case of the authority granted under paragraph (b) of Resolution 16, by way of a rights issue or other pre-emptive offers only):
and so that the Directors may imits or restrictions and make any arrangements which they consider necessary or appropriate to deal with any treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates, legal, regulatory or practical problems in, or under the laws of, any territory or any other matter;
such authority to expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company (or, if earlier, at the close of business on 12 March 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 Directors may allot equity securities (and sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if such authority had not expired.
THAT if Resolution 16 is passed, the Directors be authorised in addition to any authority granted under Resolution 17 to allot equity securities (as defined in section 560 of 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:
(a) limited to the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares up to a maximum aggregate nominal amount of £1,487,281; and
such authority to expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company (or, if earlier, at the close of business on 12 March 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 Directors may allot equity securities (and sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if such authority had not expired.
THAT the Company be and is generally and unconditionally authorised for the purposes of section 701 of the Act, to purchase ordinary shares in the capital of the Company by way of one or more market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of the Act) on such terms and in such manner as the Directors may determine subject to the following conditions:
(a) the maximum number of ordinary shares hereby authorised to be purchased is 11,898,248 shares, being approximately 10% of the ordinary shares in issue as at 25 October 2024;
unless previously renewed, varied or revoked, the authority to purchase conferred by this resolution shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or, if earlier, at the close of business on 12 March 2026 provided that any contract for the purchase of any shares, as aforesaid, which was concluded before the expiry of the said authority may be executed wholly or partly after the said authority expires and the relevant shares purchased pursuant thereto.
Simon Scougall Company Secretary 12 December 2024

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