AGM Information • May 5, 2022
AGM Information
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THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. If you are in any doubt about the contents of this document or as to the action you should take, you are recommended to immediately seek your own independent financial advice from your stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other independent financial adviser duly authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended), if you are resident in the United Kingdom or, if not, from another appropriately authorised independent financial adviser in a territory outside the United Kingdom.
If you have sold or otherwise transferred all of your holding of ordinary shares of £0.10 each in the capital of Bisichi PLC (Company) (Ordinary Shares), please forward this document as soon as possible to the purchaser or transferee or to the stockbroker, bank manager or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was effected for onward transmission to the purchaser or transferee. However, such documents should not be distributed, forwarded to or transmitted in or into, any jurisdiction in which such act would constitute a violation of the relevant laws or regulations in such jurisdiction. If you have sold or otherwise transferred only part of your holding of Ordinary Shares, you should retain these documents and consult the stockbroker, bank manager or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was effected.
(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales with registered number 00112155)
If you are not voting at the meeting, we request that you submit your vote online via the shareholders' portal at www.signalshares.com. If you have not done so already, you will need to register your account using your Investor Code, which can be found on your share certificate. Alternatively, you may request a paper form of proxy from our Registrar, Link Group and details of how to contact them are set out in the Notice of AGM. In order to vote online, you will need to visit www.signalshares.com, search 'Bisichi PLC' and use your Investor Code to log in or register. Once you have logged in, simply click the 'Vote Online Now' button and follow the procedure as instructed. You may also vote via the new shareholder app, LinkVote+, by downloading the app on Apple App Store or Google Play and following the instructions.
Copies of this document will be available free of charge from the Company's website at https://bisichi.co.uk/
(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales with registered number 00112155)
NOTICE is hereby given that the hundred and tenth annual general meeting ("Annual General Meeting") of Bisichi PLC (the "Company") will be held at Meeting Room 2, 12 Charles II Street, St James, London SW1Y 4QU on Thursday, 16 June 2022 at 11.00 a.m. for the transaction of the following business (which is described under the heading "Explanatory notes to the notice of annual general meeting" below):
To consider and, if thought fit, pass resolutions 1 to 10, in each case as an ordinary resolution:
| 1 | To receive and adopt the Company's annual accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| together with the directors' report and the auditors' report on those accounts. | (Resolution 1) | |
| 2 | To approve the remuneration report for the year ended 31 December 2021. | (Resolution 2) |
| 3 | To declare and approve a dividend of 4p per Ordinary Share. | (Resolution 3) |
| 4 | To declare and approve a special dividend of 2p per Ordinary Share. | (Resolution 4) |
| 5 | To re-elect as a director Sir Michael Heller. | (Resolution 5) |
| 6 | To re-elect as a director Mr CA Joll. | (Resolution 6) |
| 7 | To re-elect as a director Mr JA Sibbald. | (Resolution 7) |
| 8 | To reappoint Kreston Reeves LLP as auditors of the Company to hold office from the conclusion of this meeting until the conclusion of the next meeting at which the accounts are laid before the Company. |
(Resolution 8) |
| 9 | To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors. | (Resolution 9) |
but subject to such exclusions and other arrangements as the directors may consider necessary or appropriate in relation to fractional entitlements, record dates, treasury shares or any legal, regulatory or practical problems in or under the laws of any territory (including the requirements of any regulatory body or stock exchange) or any other matter;
Garrett Casey CA (SA) Secretary
Bisichi PLC 12 Little Portland Street, 2nd Floor, London W1W 8BJ 13 April 2022
Registered in England and Wales - Number 112155
9 To change your proxy instructions simply submit a new proxy appointment using the methods set out in Notes 4 and 5. Note that the cut-off time for receipt of proxy appointments (see above) also applies in relation to amended instructions; any amended proxy appointment received after the relevant cut-off time will be disregarded. Where you have appointed a proxy using the hard-copy proxy form and would like to change the instructions using another hard-copy proxy form, please contact at PXS1, Link Group, Central Square, 29 Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 4DL.
10 If you submit more than one valid proxy appointment, the appointment received last before the latest time for the receipt of proxies will take precedence.
CREST members and, where applicable, their CREST sponsor or voting service provider should note that Euroclear UK & International Limited 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, to procure that his or her CREST sponsor or voting service provider takes) such action as shall be necessary to ensure that a message is transmitted by means of the CREST system by any particular time. In this connection, CREST members and, where applicable, their CREST sponsor or voting service provider 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.
15 Only those members entered on the register of members of the Company at close of business on 14 June 2022 or, in the event that this meeting is adjourned, in the register of members as at close of business on the day two days before the date of any adjourned meeting, shall be entitled to attend or vote at the meeting in respect of the number of ordinary shares registered in their names at that time. Changes to the entries on the register of members after the close of business on 14 June 2022 or, in the event that this meeting is adjourned, in the register of members after the close of business on the day two days before the date of the adjourned meeting, shall be disregarded in determining the rights of any person to attend or vote at the meeting.
16 Under section 338 of the Companies Act 2006, a members or members, may, subject to conditions, require the Company to give to members notice of a resolution which may properly be moved and is intended to be moved at that meeting.
The conditions are that:
• The request:
The conditions are that:
Shareholders should note that it is possible that pursuant to Chapter 5 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 (sections 527 to 531), the Company may be required to publish on its website, a statement setting out any matter that such member or members propose to raise at the meeting relating to 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 meeting.
Where the Company is required to publish such a statement on its website:
19 Any corporation which is a member can appoint one or more corporate representatives who may exercise on its behalf all of its powers as a member provided that they do not do so in relation to the same shares.
20 Any member attending the meeting has the right to ask questions. The Company has to answer any questions raised by members at the meeting which relate to the business being dealt with at the meeting unless:
The notes on the following pages give an explanation of the proposed resolutions.
Resolutions 1 to 10 are proposed as ordinary resolutions. This means that for each of those resolutions to be passed, more than half of the votes cast must be in favour of the resolution.
The Directors will present their report and the audited accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021 together with the auditors' report thereon.
Resolution 2 is to approve the Remuneration Report on pages 32 to 39 of the Company's annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021 ("Annual Report"). Section 439 of the Companies Act 2006 requires that a remuneration report is put to a vote of shareholders at the Annual General Meeting. This vote is advisory and the directors' entitlement to receive remuneration is not conditional on it.
Dividends are approved by the shareholders of the Company but cannot be more than the amount recommended by the directors. The directors are recommending a dividend for the year ended 31 December 2021 of 4.0 pence per Ordinary Share due and payable on 29 July 2022 to the Shareholders on the register at close of business on 8 July 2022. This resolution seeks shareholders' approval of the proposed dividend.
Dividends are approved by the shareholders of the Company but cannot be more than the amount recommended by the directors. The directors are recommending a special dividend for the year ended 31 December 2021 of 2.0 pence per Ordinary Share due and payable on 29 July 2022 to the Shareholders on the register at close of business on 8 July 2022. This resolution seeks shareholders' approval of the proposed dividend.
The Articles of Association of the Company require that directors should submit themselves for re-election at least once every three years. This year, each of Sir Michael Heller, Mr Christopher A Joll and Mr John Sibbald will retire and offer himself for re-election. Biographical details relating to each of Sir Michael Heller, Mr Christopher A Joll and Mr John Sibbald, can be found on page 25 to 26 of the Annual Report.
The Company is required to appoint auditors at each general meeting at which accounts are laid before shareholders, to hold office until the next such meeting. The directors are satisfied with the performance and terms of appointment of Kreston Reeves LLP and accordingly the resolution proposes that Kreston Reeves LLP be appointed as auditors for the current year.
This resolution proposes that the directors be authorised to set the remuneration of the auditors.
In certain circumstances it is important for the Company to be able to allot shares up to a maximum amount without needing to seek shareholder approval every time an allotment is required. Paragraph 10.1.1 of Resolution 10 would give the directors the authority to allot shares in the Company and grant rights to subscribe for, or convert any security into, shares in the Company up to an aggregate nominal value of £355,894. This represents approximately 1/3 (one third) of the ordinary share capital of the Company in issue (excluding treasury shares) at 13 April 2022 (being the last practicable date prior to the publication of this document). Paragraph 10.1.2 of Resolution 10 would give the directors the authority to allot shares in the Company and grant rights to subscribe for, or convert any security into, shares in the Company up to a further aggregate nominal value of £355,894, in connection with a pre-emptive rights issue. This amount represents approximately 1/3 (one third) of the ordinary share capital of the Company in issue (excluding treasury shares) at 13 April 2022 (being the last practicable date prior to the publication of this document).
Therefore, the maximum nominal value of shares or rights to subscribe for, or convert any security into, shares which may be allotted or granted under resolution 10 is £711,788 representing approximately 2/3 (two thirds) of the ordinary share capital of the Company in issue (excluding treasury shares) at 13 April 2022 (being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this document).
Resolution 10 complies with guidance issued by the Institutional Voting Information Service (the voting advisory service of the Investment Association) ("IVIS").
The authority granted by Resolution 10 will expire on 31 August 2023 or, if earlier, the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company. The directors have no present intention to make use of this authority. However, if they do exercise the authority, the directors intend to follow best practice as regards its use as recommended by the IVIS.
The directors consider that all of the resolutions to be put to the meeting are in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders as a whole. The board of directors of the Company recommends that shareholders vote in favour of all resolutions.
Bisichi PLC 12 Little Portland Street, 2nd Floor, London W1W 8BJ
email: [email protected]
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