CQS NATURAL RES GROWTH & INCOME PLC

AGM Information • Dec 16, 2021

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author: Melissa LE CHEMINANT
date: 2020-12-01 13:36:00+00:00

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RESOLUTIONS

OF

CQS NATURAL RESOURCES GROWTH AND INCOME PLC

(a closed-ended investment company Registered in England and Wales, Company number 02978531

)

At an Annual General Meeting of CQS Natural Resources Growth and Income plc (the “Company”) held at held at One Fleet Place, London EC4M 7WS at 11.00am on Tuesday 14th December 2021, the following resolutions were duly passed as special business:

Special Resolution

1. That the Company continues as an investment trust pursuant to the undertaking given by the Board in 2003.

2. That, in substitution for any existing authority, but without prejudice to the exercise of any such authorisation prior to the date of this resolution, the Directors of the Company be and they are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised, in accordance with Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (“the Act”), to allot shares in the Company and to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the Company (together being “relevant securities”), up to an aggregate nominal amount of £1,672,000, such authorisation to expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2022, unless previously revoked, varied or renewed by the Company in general meeting, save that the Company may, at any time prior to the expiry of such authorisation, make an offer or enter into an agreement which would or might require relevant securities to be allotted or granted after the expiry of such authority and the Directors of the Company may allot or grant relevant securities in pursuance of such an offer or agreement as if such authorisation had not expired.

3. That, subject to the passing of resolution 12 above, and in substitution for any existing power but without prejudice to the exercise of any such power prior to the date of this resolution, the Directors of the Company be and they are hereby empowered, in accordance with Sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006 (the ‘Act’), to allot equity securities (as defined in Section 560 of the Act) either pursuant to the authorisation under Section 551 of the Act conferred on the Directors of the Company by such resolution numbered 12, or by way of a sale of treasury shares, in each case for cash, as if Section 561(1) of the Act did not apply to any such allotment:

(i) other than pursuant to sub-paragraph (ii) below, up to an aggregate nominal amount of £836,100 (representing approximately 5 per cent of the present issued share capital of the Company); or

(ii) in connection with an offer of equity securities open for acceptance for a period fixed by the Directors of the Company to the holders of ordinary shares in the share capital of the Company on a fixed record date in proportion (or as nearly as practicable) to their respective holdings of ordinary shares (but subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors of the Company may consider necessary or expedient to deal with any legal problems under or resulting from the application or apparent application of the laws of any territory or the requirements of any regulatory body or any stock exchange in any territory or in connection with fractional entitlements or otherwise howsoever);

such power to expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2022 unless previously revoked, varied or renewed by the Company in general meeting, save that the Company may, at any time prior to the expiry of such power, make an offer or enter into an agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after the expiry of such power and the Directors of the Company may allot equity securities in pursuance of such an offer or agreement as if such power had not expired.

1. That, in substitution for any existing authority but without prejudice to the exercise of any such authority prior to the date of this resolution, the Company be and is hereby authorised in accordance with Section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 (the “Act”) to make market purchases (within the meaning of Section 693 of the Act) of ordinary shares of 25p each in the capital of the Company and to cancel or hold in treasury such shares provided that:

the maximum number of ordinary shares hereby authorised to be purchased shall be 14.99 per cent of the issued share capital of the Company as at the date of the passing of this resolution;

the minimum price which may be paid for an ordinary share is 25p;

the maximum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for an ordinary share shall not be more than the higher of (i) 5 per cent above the average of the middle market quotations for an ordinary share on the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days immediately preceding the date on which any such purchase is made and (ii) the higher of the last independent trade and the highest current bid on the London Stock Exchange;

the authority hereby conferred shall expire on 31 December 2022 or, if earlier, at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2022 unless such authority is renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting prior to such time; and

the Company may make a contract to purchase ordinary shares under the authority hereby conferred prior to the expiry of such authority which will or may be executed wholly or partly after the expiration of such authority and may make a purchase of ordinary shares pursuant to any such contract.

1. That, a general meeting other than an Annual General Meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days’ notice.

Dean Plowman

For and on behalf of

BNP Paribas Securities Services S.C.A. Jersey Branch

Company Secretary