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Computacenter PLC — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2026
Apr 8, 2026
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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Computacenter plc
Letter from the Chair and Notice of Annual General Meeting 2026
Computacenter plc
Registered in England No: 3110569
Registered Office
Hatfield Avenue
Hatfield
Hertfordshire
AL10 9TW
Computacenter
Letter from the Chair
To ordinary shareholders
8 April 2026
Dear shareholder,
Annual General Meeting 19 May 2026
I am pleased to be writing to you with details of our 2026 Annual General Meeting ('AGM') of Computacenter plc (the 'Company' and together with its subsidiaries, the 'Group'). This will be held at 11.00am on Tuesday 19 May 2026, at 100 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8HL.
Attached on pages 2 to 3 is the notice setting out the business to be conducted at this year's AGM ('Notice of AGM'). An explanation of the business of the AGM can be found within the appendices on pages 6 to 9.
If you are unable to attend the AGM in person or if you do not wish to do so, you can appoint a proxy to exercise all or any of your rights to attend, vote and speak at the AGM. Further information on the required process is detailed in the section of this letter entitled 'Action To Be Taken – Form of Proxy'.
Dividend
Your Board has recommended a final dividend for 2025 of 51.0 pence per ordinary share. Subject to approval by shareholders at the AGM, the dividend will be paid on 3 July 2026 to shareholders appearing on the register of members at the close of business on 5 June 2026.
Election and re-election of Directors
I am delighted that we have been able to welcome Keith Mortimer as Chief Financial Officer. He joined the Board in September 2025, and he will be seeking election by shareholders for the first time at this AGM. Keith brings valuable skills and experience to the Board, having been with the Company for over 20 years.
In accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code, the Board has decided that all of the Directors will offer themselves for election or re-election, and resolutions 4a to 4j are to elect or re-elect each of them as Directors.
Since the Company's 2025 AGM, the Board and each of its Directors have been subject to a formal evaluation process, details of which can be found in the Corporate Governance Report on page 94 of the 2025 Annual Report and Accounts. I am pleased to confirm that each Director continues to perform effectively and that all demonstrate continued commitment to their roles as members of the Board and, where relevant, its Committees.
Brief biographies of all the Directors standing for election and re-election at the AGM can be found on pages 89 to 91 of the 2025 Annual Report and Accounts.
Action to be taken – Form of Proxy
You will find enclosed a Form of Proxy. If you wish to appoint a proxy, please complete, sign and return the Form of Proxy as soon as possible in accordance with the instructions printed thereon. The Form of Proxy should be returned to Equiniti, the Company's Registrar, as soon as possible and, in any event, so it is received not later than 11.00am on Friday 15 May 2026.
Alternatively, shareholders may register proxy vote instructions electronically. If you wish to register your voting instructions in this way, please refer to the guidance in notes 1 to 8 to the Notice of AGM on page 4. Communications giving voting instructions by electronic means must be received by Equiniti not later than 11.00am on Friday 15 May 2026.
Recommendation
The Directors consider that the proposals being put to shareholders at the AGM are in the best interests of the Company and of the shareholders as a whole. Accordingly, the Directors recommend that you vote in favour of the resolutions set out in the attached Notice of AGM, as they intend to do in respect of their own interests (both beneficial and non-beneficial) amounting to 43,761,556 ordinary shares, representing approximately 41.19 per cent of the Company's issued share capital excluding treasury shares (as at 27 March 2026).
Pauline Campbell
Chair
Computacenter plc Notice of Annual General Meeting 2026
Notice of Annual General Meeting 2026
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Computacenter plc will be held at 11.00am on Tuesday 19 May 2026 at 100 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8HL, for the following purposes:
Ordinary Resolutions
To consider and if thought fit, pass the following Ordinary Resolutions:
- To receive the Financial Statements of the Company and the Group for the year ended 31 December 2025, together with the Reports of the Directors and Auditor thereon.
- To approve the Annual Statement from the Chair of the Remuneration Committee and the Annual Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2025, as set out on pages 111 to 113 and 121 to 134 respectively of the 2025 Annual Report and Accounts.
- To declare and approve a final dividend of 51.0 pence per ordinary share.
- To elect or re-elect, by separate resolutions, the following persons as Directors of the Company:
4a. P Campbell, who retires and being eligible, offers herself for re-election as a Non-Executive Director of the Company.
4b. R Carayol, who retires and being eligible, offers himself for re-election as a Non-Executive Director of the Company.
4c. P W Hulme, who retires and being eligible, offers himself for re-election as a Non-Executive Director of the Company.
4d. K Kuhn, who retires and being eligible, offers herself for re-election as a Non-Executive Director of the Company.
4e. S McNamara, who retires and being eligible, offers himself for re-election as a Non-Executive Director of the Company.
4f. L Mitic, who retires and being eligible, offers herself for re-election as a Non-Executive Director of the Company.
4g. K Mortimer, who retires and being eligible, offers himself for re-election as an Executive Director of the Company.
4h. M J Norris, who retires and being eligible, offers himself for re-election as an Executive Director of the Company.
4i. P J Ogden, who retires and being eligible, offers himself for re-election as a Non-Executive Director of the Company.
4j. A Walker, who retires and being eligible, offers himself for re-election as a Non-Executive Director of the Company.
- To reappoint Grant Thornton UK LLP as the Company's Auditor, to hold office until the conclusion of the next General Meeting of the Company at which accounts are laid.
- To authorise the Directors to agree the Auditor's remuneration.
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That, for the purposes of article 68 of the Company's articles of association, the maximum ordinary remuneration of the Directors of the Company be and hereby is increased from £500,000 per annum in aggregate to £700,000 per annum in aggregate.
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That the Directors be generally and unconditionally authorised under Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 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 ('Rights'), up to a nominal amount of £2,675,773.03, provided that this authority shall expire at the conclusion of the next AGM of the Company or, if earlier, on 30 June 2027, save that the Company shall be entitled to make offers or agreements before the expiry of such authority, which would or might require shares to be allotted or Rights to be granted after such expiry and the Directors shall be entitled to allot shares and grant Rights pursuant to any such offer or agreement as if this authority had not expired. All unexercised authorities previously granted to the Directors to allot shares and grant Rights be and are hereby revoked.
Special Resolutions
To consider and if thought fit, pass the following Special Resolutions:
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That, subject to the passing of Resolution 8, the Directors be given power to allot equity securities (as defined in Section 560 of the Companies Act 2006) for cash and/or to sell ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash, as if the pre-emption provisions of Section 561 of the said Act do not apply to such allotments or sale. The power shall be limited to the allotment of equity securities pursuant to the preceding Resolution 8 or sale of treasury shares, up to an aggregate nominal amount of £401,365.92, representing a maximum of 5,312,196 ordinary shares of 7% pence each, for the period referred to in Resolution 8, save that the Company shall be entitled to make offers or agreements before the expiry of such power, which would or might require equity securities to be allotted and treasury shares to be sold after such expiry and the Directors shall be entitled to allot equity securities and sell treasury shares pursuant to any such offer or agreement as if the power conferred hereby had not expired.
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That, subject to the passing of Resolution 8, the Directors be given power, in addition to any power granted under Resolution 9, to allot equity securities (as defined in Section 560 of the Companies Act 2006) for cash under the authority given by Resolution 8 and/or to sell ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash, as if Section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply to any such allotment for sale, such authority to be:
a. Limited to the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares up to a nominal amount of £401,365.92, representing a maximum of 5,312,196 ordinary shares of 7% pence each; and
b. Used for the purposes of financing (or refinancing, if the authority is to be used within twelve months after the original transaction) a transaction which the Directors determine to be an acquisition or other capital investment of a kind contemplated by the Statement of Principles on Disapplying Pre-Emption Rights most recently published by the Pre-Emption Group prior to this notice,
for the period referred to in Resolution 8, save that the Company shall be entitled to make offers or agreements before the expiry of such power, which would or might require equity securities to be allotted and treasury shares to be sold after such expiry and the Directors shall be entitled to allot equity securities and sell treasury shares pursuant to any such offer or agreement as if the power conferred hereby had not expired.
Computacenter plc Notice of Annual General Meeting 2026
Notice of Annual General Meeting 2026 continued
- That the Company be and is hereby unconditionally and generally authorised for the purposes of Section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 to make market purchases (as defined in Section 693(4) of that Act) of ordinary shares of 7¾ pence each ('ordinary shares') in the capital of the Company provided that:
a. the maximum aggregate number of ordinary shares which may be purchased is 10,624,393;
b. the minimum price (excluding expenses) which may be paid for each ordinary share is 7½ pence;
c. the maximum price (excluding expenses) which may be paid for any ordinary share, is the higher of:
i. an amount equal to 105 per cent of the average of the middle market quotations of the Company's ordinary shares as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which such share is contracted to be purchased; and
ii. an amount equal to the higher of the price of the last independent trade and the highest current independent bid for an ordinary share in the Company on the trading venues where the market purchases by the Company pursuant to the authority conferred by this Resolution 11 will be carried out; and
d. this authority shall expire at the conclusion of the AGM of the Company held in 2027 or, if earlier, 30 June 2027, unless such authority is renewed prior to that time (except in relation to the purchase of ordinary shares, the contract for which was concluded before the expiry of such authority and which might be executed wholly or partly after such expiry).
- That a general meeting (other than an AGM) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice, and that this authority shall expire at the conclusion of the AGM of the Company held in 2027.
Resolutions 1 to 8 (inclusive) will be proposed as ordinary resolutions while resolutions 9 to 12 (inclusive) will be proposed as special resolutions.
Computacenter plc
Registered Office
Hatfield Avenue, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9TW
By order of the Board
Simon Pereira
Company Secretary
8 April 2026
Computacenter plc Notice of Annual General Meeting 2026
Notes relating to the Notice of Annual General Meeting
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A member entitled to attend and vote at the AGM is entitled to appoint another person(s) (a proxy) to exercise all or any of his or her rights to attend, speak and vote instead of him or her. A member may appoint more than one proxy in relation to the AGM, provided that each proxy is appointed to exercise the rights attached to a different share or shares held by that member. If a member does appoint more than one proxy, he or she shall specify the number of shares held by him or her in respect of which each proxy is entitled to exercise his or her rights. Where two or more proxies are received in respect of the same share and the same AGM, the proxy which is sent last shall be treated as replacing and revoking the other. A proxy need not be a member of the Company. However, if a member wishes to appoint a proxy, they are strongly advised to appoint the Chair of the AGM as their proxy.
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A Form of Proxy is enclosed. The appointment of a proxy will not prevent a member from subsequently attending and voting at the AGM in person.
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A copy of this Notice has been sent, for information only, to persons who have been nominated by a member to enjoy information rights under Section 146 of the Companies Act 2006 ('Nominated Person'). The rights to appoint a proxy cannot be exercised by a Nominated Person. However, the Nominated Person may have a right, under an agreement between him or her and the member by whom he or she was nominated, to be appointed as a proxy for the AGM or to have someone else so appointed. If a Nominated Person has no such proxy appointment right, then he or she may, under any such agreement, have a right to give instructions to the member as to the exercise of voting rights.
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To be effective, the instrument appointing a proxy and any power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is executed (or a duly certified copy of any such power of attorney or authority) must be deposited at the office of the Company's Registrar not later than 11.00am on Friday 15 May 2026.
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Only those shareholders registered in the register of members of the Company at 6.30pm on Friday 15 May 2026 shall be entitled to attend or vote at the AGM in respect of the number of shares registered in their name at that time or, if the AGM is adjourned, shareholders must be entered on the Company's Register of Members as at 6.30pm two business days prior to the time fixed for the adjourned AGM.
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You may register your vote online or register the appointment of a proxy for this AGM by creating an online portfolio at www.shareview.co.uk and following on-screen instructions. You will need your Shareholder Reference Number shown on the Form of Proxy enclosed. Shareholders who have already registered with Equiniti's online portfolio service, Shareview, may appoint their proxy electronically by logging on to their portfolio at www.shareview.co.uk using their user ID and password. Once logged in simply click 'View' on the 'My Investments' page, click on the link to vote then follow the on-screen instructions. A proxy appointment made electronically will not be valid if sent to any address other than those provided or if received later than 11.00am on Friday 15 May 2026. Please note that any electronic communication found to contain a computer virus will not be accepted.
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CREST members who wish to appoint a proxy or proxies through the CREST electronic proxy appointment service may do so for the AGM and in respect of any adjournment(s) thereof by using the procedures described in the CREST Manual, which can be viewed at www.euroclear.com. CREST personal members or other CREST sponsored members and those CREST members who have appointed voting service provider(s), should refer to their CREST sponsor or voting service provider(s), who will be able to take the appropriate action on their behalf. In order for a proxy appointment or instruction 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 specifications and must contain the information required for such instructions, as described in the CREST Manual. The message, regardless of whether it relates to the appointment of a proxy or to 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 Equiniti (ID RA19) not later than 11.00am on Friday 15 May 2026. For this purpose, the time of receipt will be taken as the time (as determined by the timestamp applied to the message by the CREST Applications Host) from which Equiniti 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(s) through other means.
CREST members and, where applicable, their CREST sponsors or voting service providers should note that Euroclear UK & Ireland 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 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 this connection, 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.
Computacenter plc may treat as invalid any CREST Proxy Instruction it receives which falls within the circumstances set out in Regulation 35(5)(a) of the Uncertified Securities Regulations 2001.
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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. For further information regarding Proxymity, please go to www.proxymity.io. Your proxy must be lodged by 11.00am on Friday 15 May 2026 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.
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You may not use any electronic address provided either in this Notice of AGM or any related documents (including the Chair's Letter and Form of Proxy) to communicate for any purposes other than those expressly stated.
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Any corporation, which is a member, can appoint one or more corporate representatives who may exercise, on its behalf, all its powers as a member, provided that no more than one corporate representative exercises powers over the same shares.
Computacenter plc Notice of Annual General Meeting 2026
Notes relating to the Notice of Annual General Meeting continued
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As at 27 March 2026 (being the latest practicable date before the publication of this document) the Company's issued share capital consists of 117,687,970 ordinary shares, carrying one vote each, 11,444,039 of which are held in treasury. Treasury shares do not carry the right to vote. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company are 106,243,931.
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Under Section 319A of the Companies Act 2006, a shareholder (or their proxy) has the right to ask questions in relation to the business being dealt with at the AGM. However, the Company is not obliged to answer a question raised at the AGM if: (i) to do so would interfere unduly with the preparation for the AGM or involve the disclosure of confidential information; (ii) the answer has already been given on a website in the form of an answer to a question; or (iii) it is undesirable in the interests of the Company or the good order of the AGM that the question be answered.
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Under Section 527 of the Companies Act 2006, shareholders who meet the threshold requirements that are set out in that section 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 AGM at which the Annual Report and Accounts were laid in accordance with Section 437. The Company may not require the shareholders requesting any such website publication to pay its expenses in complying with either Sections 527 or 528. Where the Company is required to place a statement on a website under Section 527, it must forward the statement to the Company's Auditor not later than the time when it makes the statement available on the website. The business which may be dealt with at the AGM includes any statement that the Company has been required under Section 527 to publish on a website.
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A copy of this Notice together with the other information required by Section 311A of the Companies Act 2006 may be found at https://investors.computacenter.com/shareholder-centre/agm.
Computacenter plc Notice of Annual General Meeting 2026
Appendix 1 to the Notice of Annual General Meeting
Resolutions 1 to 8 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.
Resolution 9 to 12 are proposed as special resolutions. This means that for each of those resolutions to be passed, at least three-quarters of the votes cast must be in favour of the resolution.
Ordinary Resolution 1 – Financial Statements and Reports of the Directors and Auditor thereon
The business of the AGM will start with a resolution to lay before the shareholders, the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025 and the reports of the Directors and Auditor thereon.
Ordinary Resolution 2 – Annual Statement by the Chair of the Remuneration Committee and Annual Remuneration Report
Pages 111 to 113 and pages 121 to 134 of the 2025 Annual Report and Accounts constitute the Annual Statement from the Chair of the Remuneration Committee and the Annual Remuneration Report respectively for the year ended 31 December 2025, which shareholders are now being asked to approve. This is an advisory vote and will not affect the actual remuneration paid to any individual Director.
Ordinary Resolution 3 – Final dividend
The Board has recommended a final dividend of 51.0 pence per ordinary share, in respect of the year ended 31 December 2025. Members will be asked to approve this payment and if approved, the dividend will be payable on 3 July 2026, to those shareholders on the register of members at the close of business on 5 June 2026.
Ordinary Resolutions 4a to 4j – Election and Re-election of Directors
The Board has adopted a policy, in line with the UK Corporate Governance Code, whereby all Directors are required to seek re-election by shareholders on an annual basis. Accordingly, all Directors (apart from Keith Mortimer, who will be seeking election for the first time) will retire and offer themselves for re-election. All the Directors seeking election or re-election have been subject to a performance evaluation, as described in the Governance Report in the 2025 Annual Report and Accounts. Based on that evaluation, it is considered that each Director continues to be effective, and their contribution supports the long-term sustainable success of the Company. Each Director demonstrates the level of commitment required in connection with their role and the needs of the business (including making sufficient time available for Board and Committee meetings and other duties).
The skills and experience of each Director, which can be found below and on page 80 of the 2025 Annual Report and Accounts, demonstrate why their contribution is, and continues to be, important to the Company's long-term sustainable success.
Biographical details in support of each Director's election and re-election are provided below. In addition, the Committees on which each of the Non-Executive Directors serve are shown on pages 89 to 91 of the 2025 Annual Report and Accounts.
Pauline Campbell
Non-Executive Chair and Chair of the Nomination Committee. Appointed August 2021.
Skills and Experience:
Pauline is a former PricewaterhouseCoopers ('PwC') Audit Partner who brings over 30 years of experience in the profession. She has worked internationally across a broad range of sectors including IT services and support services amongst many others. Pauline also served on the Governance Board of the UK firm including the Public Interest Body and the equivalent body at PwC's Global Network, giving her a wealth of governance experience. Pauline was a Non-Executive Director of Micro Focus International plc, until its sale on 31 January 2023.
External Appointments
Deputy Chair of the Latymer Foundation.
Pauline is recommended for re-election.
Mike Norris
Chief Executive Officer. Appointed December 1994.
Skills and Experience:
Mike has been Computacenter's Chief Executive Officer since 1994. As well as spearheading the Group's strategy and growth ambitions, he is responsible for ensuring the company delivers value to its customers and shareholders. Mike joined Computacenter's sales team in 1984 after graduating from university. He went on to hold several roles before taking over the management reins in 1994.
Mike has a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of East Anglia and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Hertfordshire.
External Appointments
None
Mike is recommended for re-election.
Keith Mortimer
Chief Financial Officer. Appointed September 2025.
Skills and Experience:
Keith joined Computacenter's UK Finance division in September 1999 and has since held a variety of senior finance and commercial leadership roles at Group level, including Group Head of External Reporting and FP&A, and Director of Commercial Finance. Throughout his career, Keith has been instrumental in strengthening financial reporting, advancing strategic commercial planning, and delivering major change programmes. He played a central role in the implementation of the Group ERP platform and the rollout of the Group Operating Model.
Keith qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen in London. He holds a first-class bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Exeter.
External Appointments
None
Keith is recommended for election.
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Appendix 1 to the Notice of Annual General Meeting continued
Philip Hulme
Founder Non-Executive Director. Appointed 1998.
Skills and Experience:
Philip founded Computacenter with Peter Ogden in 1981 and worked for the Company on a full-time basis until stepping down as Executive Chairman in 2001. He was previously a Vice President and Director of the Boston Consulting Group.
External Appointments
None
Philip is recommended for re-election.
Peter Ogden
Founder Non-Executive Director. Appointed 1998.
Skills and Experience:
Peter founded Computacenter with Philip Hulme in 1981 and was Chairman of the Company until 1998, when he became a Non-Executive Director. Prior to founding Computacenter, he was a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley and Co.
External Appointments
None
Peter is recommended for re-election.
Ljiljana Mitic
Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Environmental, Social and Governance Committee. Appointed May 2019.
Skills and Experience:
Ljiljana has more than 25 years' experience in the IT industry. She was a Global Head of financial services and a member of the executive committee as Atos SE, following its take over of Siemens IT Solutions and Services GmbH where she headed the worldwide banking and insurance sales business. Ljiljana has also held senior roles at Hewlett-Packard and WestLB AG. Since 2016, she has focused on technology start-ups as a Senior Partner of Impact51 AG.
Ljiljana is a Non-Executive Director of Grenke AG, a global financing partner for small- and medium-sized companies and is Non-Executive Chair of Grenke Bank AG.
External Appointments
Non-Executive Director at Grenke AG.
Ljiljana is recommended for re-election.
René Carayol
Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee and Workforce Engagement Director. Appointed November 2022.
Skills and Experience:
After ten years at Marks & Spencer, including as a Senior IT Manager, René joined PepsiCo as IT Systems Director. He was subsequently CIO at IPC Magazines, until it was sold to AOL Time Warner. René is now an experienced Executive Leadership Coach and broadcaster, with much of his recent work focusing particularly on areas such as diversity and inclusion, inclusive leadership and cultural transformation across large organisations.
René was awarded an MBE for his outstanding contribution to the business community. He holds a degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Roehampton.
External Appointments
None
René is recommended for re-election.
Adam Walker
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee. Appointed August 2024.
Skills and Experience:
Adam is a Non-Executive Director of Currys plc, Chair of its Audit committee and a member of its Remuneration Committee. He is also the Audit Committee Chair of J Murphy & Sons and Chair of the Matt Hampson Foundation, a charity for young people with life-changing sport injuries.
Adam's former executive roles include EVP and CFO of IHS Holding Limited, the largest global telecommunications tower company, CFO of GKN plc, Group Finance Director at Informa plc, and Finance Director at National Express Group plc. Adam was Chair of Indra Renewable Technologies Limited, and also a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee at Kier Group plc and at Nasdaq-listed Tritium DCFC Limited.
External Appointments
Non-Executive Director at Currys plc.
Non-Executive Director at J Murphy & Sons.
Non-Executive Director at Matt Hampson Foundation.
Adam is recommended for re-election.
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Kelly Kuhn
Independent Non-Executive Director. Appointed September 2024.
Skills and Experience:
Kelly is a Non-Executive Director, Remuneration Committee Chair and Nomination Committee member at ISS A/S. She also advises WNS (Holdings) Ltd and the McChrystal Group and previously sat on the Board of LaSalle Hotel Properties, a NYSE listed real estate investment trust.
Kelly spent over 30 years in an Executive capacity at CWT, an Amex GBT solution. She led CWT's US government business division, before joining its Executive Leadership team and assuming responsibility for wider business performance in APAC and EMEA. and ultimately becoming the company's first Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer. From 2022 to 2025. Kelly served on the Board of SSP Group plc, where she was a member of both the Audit and Nomination Committees.
External Appointments
Non-Executive Director at ISS A/S.
Kelly is recommended for re-election.
Simon McNamara
Independent Non-Executive Director. Appointed January 2025.
Skills and Experience:
As NatWest Group's Chief Administration Officer for ten years, Simon led the transformation of its technology and services proposition, and oversaw more than 30,000 employees around the world. Prior to this, Simon was Global CIO of Standard Chartered Bank Consumer Bank based in Singapore, where he developed and implemented the Group Technology and Operations strategy for their Consumer, Business and Private Banks.
Simon has also held several other senior IT positions in global financial services, at Westpac Banking Corporation, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas and Midland Bank. He was also a founding partner in a successful software start-up, CATS INC, in Silicon Valley. Simon is currently a Board member of EpositBox. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Computer Science from the University of Hertfordshire.
External Appointments
Board Member, EpositBox
Simon is recommended for re-election.
Ordinary Resolution 5 – Reappointment of Auditor
Shareholders are being asked to confirm the reappointment of Grant Thornton UK LLP as the Company's Auditor, to hold office until the conclusion of the next General Meeting of the Company at which accounts are laid.
Ordinary Resolution 6 – Auditor's remuneration
This resolution asks shareholders to authorise the Directors to set the Auditor's remuneration.
Ordinary Resolution 7 – Directors' ordinary remuneration
The level of Directors' Fees was last reviewed in 2019, and at the Company's 2019 AGM shareholders approved an increase in the aggregate annual cap on Directors' ordinary remuneration from £300,000 per annum to £500,000 per annum. In line with the current market levels for non-executive directors' remuneration, it is now proposed that the annual aggregate cap be raised from £500,000 per annum to £700,000 per annum. As is currently the case, this cap will not include remuneration paid to a Director by virtue of holding an executive office, serving on a committee of Directors, the Chair's fee, or performing any services outside the scope of their ordinary course Directors' duties. Any increase in fees paid to the Non-Executive Directors will be in line with the most recent remuneration policy approved by shareholders.
Ordinary Resolution 8 – Renewal of authority to allot shares
This resolution asks shareholders to renew, by Ordinary Resolution, the Directors' authority under Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 to allot unissued shares and to grant rights to subscribe for, or to convert any security into, shares in the Company. This resolution is similar to the resolutions passed in previous years. This renewed authority will, if granted, expire at the conclusion of the AGM held in 2027 or, if earlier, on 30 June 2027, although offers or agreements can be made before the expiry of that period, which might require for shares to be allotted, or rights granted after the expiry of that period. In accordance with corporate governance best practice, the Directors' authority, if approved, will be limited to a maximum nominal amount of £2,675,773.03, representing a maximum of 35,414,643 ordinary shares, equivalent to approximately one-third of the issued share capital of the Company excluding treasury shares (as at 27 March 2026, being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this document). As at 27 March 2026, the Company held 11,444,039 treasury shares which represented 9.7 per cent of the total ordinary issued share capital, at that date. There are no present plans to allot unissued shares other than in connection with employee share and incentive schemes. However, the Directors believe that they should have the authority proposed in the resolution to enable such allotments to take place to finance business opportunities as they arise.
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Special Resolutions 9 and 10 – Disapplication of pre-emption rights
If the Directors wish to allot unissued shares and other equity securities for cash, Section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 requires that these shares are offered first to existing shareholders in proportion to their holdings. This is known as shareholders' pre-emption rights. There may be occasions, however, when the Directors need the flexibility to finance business opportunities as they arise without offering securities on a pre-emptive basis. The Companies Act 2006 allows a limited disapplication of these pre-emption rights in certain circumstances.
The purpose of Resolution 9 is to authorise the Directors to allot new shares (and sell treasury shares) for cash pursuant to the authority given by Resolution 8, up to a nominal value of £401,365.92, equivalent to five per cent of the total issued ordinary share capital of the Company excluding treasury shares (as at 27 March 2026), without the shares first being offered to existing shareholders in proportion to their existing holdings.
Resolution 10 seeks a separate and additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights in respect of an additional five per cent of the total issued ordinary share capital of the Company excluding treasury shares (as at 27 March 2026) for an acquisition or specified capital investment.
The Directors confirm that they will only allot shares representing more than five per cent of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company (excluding treasury shares) for cash pursuant to the authority referred to in Resolution 10, where the allotment is in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment, which is announced contemporaneously with the allotment or which has taken place in the preceding twelve-month period and is disclosed in the announcement of the issue. Where the authority granted under Resolution 10 is used, the circumstances that have led to its use and the consultation process undertaken will be disclosed by the Company in its next Annual Report.
Resolutions 9 and 10 will be proposed subject to Resolution 8 first being carried by the AGM. The authority sought, if granted, will be for the same period as that granted under Resolution 8.
In addition, the Board will not (except in relation to an issue pursuant to Resolution 10 in respect of the additional five per cent referred to above) allot shares for cash on a non-pre-emptive basis pursuant to the authority granted in Resolution 8 in excess of an amount equal to 7.5 per cent of the total issued ordinary share capital of the Company, excluding treasury shares, within a rolling three-year period, without prior consultation with shareholders.
The Board has no current intention to allot shares for cash on a non-pre-emptive basis, but the Directors consider that the authority sought is appropriate as it provides the Company with the necessary flexibility to take advantage of business opportunities as they arise.
Resolutions 9 and 10 will expire at the conclusion of the Company's AGM in 2027 or, if earlier, 30 June 2027, at which time the Board expects to seek its renewal.
Special Resolution 11 – Authority to purchase own shares in the market
The authority, under Section 701 of the Companies Act 2006, which will be proposed as a Special Resolution, would permit the Company to purchase, on the London Stock Exchange, up to 10,624,393 ordinary shares, which is equivalent to approximately 10 per cent of the issued share capital of the Company excluding treasury shares (as at 27 March 2026) and the Company's exercise of this authority is subject to the stated upper and lower limits on the price payable.
The Company was given authority at the 2025 AGM to make market purchases of up to 10,624,393 ordinary shares. To date, no shares have been purchased under this authority. The Directors will use the authority to purchase shares only after careful consideration, taking into account market conditions, other investment opportunities, appropriate gearing levels and the overall financial position of the Company. The Directors will only purchase such shares after taking into account the effects on earnings per share and the benefit for shareholders generally.
Any shares bought by the Company under this authority will either be held in treasury, with a view to possible reissue at a future date, or cancelled. The Directors will decide at the time of purchase whether to cancel the shares immediately or to hold them in treasury. In relation to treasury shares, the Board will also have regard to any investor guidelines, in relation to the purchase of shares intended to be held in treasury or in relation to their holding or resale, which may be in force at the time of any such purchase, holding or resale.
As at 27 March 2026, there were options outstanding over 3,878,347 ordinary shares, granted under all share options schemes operated by the Company, representing 3.65 per cent of the Company's issued ordinary share capital (excluding shares held in treasury). If the authority given by Resolution 11 was exercised in full, that percentage would increase to 4.06 per cent. There were no warrants outstanding as at 27 March 2026.
The authority under Resolution 11 will expire at the conclusion of the Company's AGM in 2027 or, if earlier, 30 June 2027, at which time the Board expects to seek its renewal.
Special Resolution 12 – 14 days' notice period for General Meetings
Section 307A of the Companies Act 2006 requires the notice period for General Meetings of the Company to be at least 21 days. For General Meetings, other than AGMs, a shorter notice period of not less than 14 clear days may be given, provided that shareholder approval was given at the most recently held AGM (or at a General Meeting held since the last AGM) to hold such meetings on a shorter notice period.
The Shareholders are being asked to authorise the convening of a General Meeting, other than an AGM, on a notice period of not less than 14 clear days. This authority, if granted, will expire at the conclusion of next year's AGM, when it is intended that a similar resolution will be proposed.
Whilst every effort will be made to give as much notice as possible for General Meetings, the Directors believe that the ability to convene a meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice gives a greater degree of flexibility when seeking shareholder approval. The Directors are therefore proposing this resolution, as a Special Resolution, to approve 14 clear days as the minimum period of notice for all General Meetings of the Company, other than AGMs.
Computacenter plc Notice of Annual General Meeting 2026
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