AGM Information • May 7, 2020
AGM Information
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The following ordinary and special resolutions were passed at the Annual General Meeting of the Members of the Company, duly convened and held at 3 Forbury Place, 23 Forbury Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 3JH in the form of a hybrid meeting on 7 May 2020:
In accordance with section 551 of Companies Act 2006, to generally and unconditionally authorise the Directors to allot shares in the Company or grant rights to subscribe for, or convert any security into, shares in the Company:
but subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates, legal or practical problems in or under the laws of any territory or the requirements of any regulatory body or stock exchange.
This authority shall, unless renewed, varied or revoked by the Company, expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the passing of this Resolution, or, if earlier, at the close of business on 6 August 2021, save that 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 of the Company may allot equity securities (and sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.
This Resolution revokes and replaces all unexercised authorities previously granted to the Directors to allot equity securities but without prejudice to any allotment of shares or grant of rights already made, offered or agreed to be made pursuant to such authorities.
That, subject to the passing of Resolution 17, the Directors of the Company be generally empowered pursuant to section 570 and section 573 of the Companies Act 2006 to allot equity securities (as defined in section 560(1) of the Companies Act 2006) for cash pursuant to the authority given by Resolution 17 as if section 561(1) of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply to any such allotment, such authority to be limited:
but in each case subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates, legal or practical problems in or under the laws of any territory or the requirements of any regulatory body or stock exchange; and
b. in the case of authority granted under Resolution 17(a), to the allotment of equity securities for cash (otherwise than pursuant to the authority in Resolution 18(a) above) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £9,917,569.
This power applies in relation to a sale of shares which is an allotment of equity securities by virtue of section 560(3) of the Companies Act 2006 as if in the first paragraph of this Resolution the words "pursuant to the authority given by Resolution 17" were omitted.
The power granted by this Resolution will expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the passing of this Resolution, or, if earlier, at the close of business on 6 August 2021 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 of the Company may allot equity securities (and sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.
This Resolution revokes and replaces all unexercised authorities previously granted to the Directors to allot equity securities as if section 561(1) of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply but without prejudice to any allotment of shares or grant of rights already made, offered or agreed to be made pursuant to such authorities
That, subject to the passing of Resolution 17, the Directors of the Company be generally empowered pursuant to section 570 and section 573 of the Companies Act 2006, in addition to any authority to disapply pre-emption rights under Resolution 18 to allot equity securities (as defined in section 560(1) of the Companies Act 2006) for cash pursuant to the authority given by Resolution 17 as if section 561(1) of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply to any such allotment. This power shall be limited, in the case of the authority granted under Resolution 17(a), to the allotment of equity securities to an aggregate nominal amount of £9,917,569 and provided that the allotment is only for the purposes of financing (or refinancing, if the authority is to be used within six 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 the date of this Notice.
This power applies in relation to a sale of shares which is an allotment of equity securities by virtue of section 560(3) of the Companies Act 2006 as if in the first paragraph of this Resolution the words "pursuant to the authority given by Resolution 17" were omitted.
This authority shall, unless renewed varied or revoked by the Company, expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the passing of this Resolution, or, if earlier, at the close of business on 6 August 2021 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 of the Company may allot equity securities (and sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.
That the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised to make market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of the Companies Act 2006) of ordinary shares in the capital of the Company on such terms and in such manner as the Directors of the Company shall determine provided that:
derived from the London Stock Exchange Trading System at the time the purchase is carried out.
This authority shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the passing of this Resolution, or, if earlier, at the close of business on 6 August 2021 but, in each case, prior to its expiry the Company may enter into a contract to purchase ordinary shares which will or may be executed wholly or partly after the expiry of this authority.
That, and until the Company's next Annual General Meeting, a general meeting of the Company (other than an Annual General Meeting) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
Clare Bates Company Secretary 7 May 2020
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