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Crest Nicholson Holdings PLC — AGM Information 2017
Mar 23, 2017
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AGM Information
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Company Number: 6800600
THE COMPANIES ACT 1985
PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
RESOLUTIONS
of
CREST NICHOLSON HOLDINGS PLC (the Company)
At an annual general meeting of the above-named Company, duly convened and held on 23 March 2017 the following resolutions were duly passed.
ORDINARY RESOLUTION
Resolution 15
That in substitution for all subsisting authorities to the extent unused, the Directors be and they are hereby, generally and unconditionally authorised, 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 up to an aggregate nominal amount of £4,239,842.
The authority hereby conferred on the Directors shall expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company after the date of the passing of this Resolution or 30th April 2018, whichever is the earlier, save that under this authority the Company may, before such expiry, make an offer or agreement which would or might require shares to be allotted or rights to subscribe for, or to convert any security into, shares to be granted after such expiry and the Directors may allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for, or to convert any security into, shares (as the case may be) in pursuance of such an offer or agreement as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired.
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
Resolution 16
That, subject to the passing of Resolution 15 above and in substitution for all subsisting authorities to the extent unused, the Directors be and they are hereby authorised, pursuant to section 570 and section 573 of the Companies Act 2006 (the 'Act'), to allot equity securities (within the meaning of section 560 of the Act) for cash either pursuant to the authority conferred by Resolution 15 or by way of a sale of treasury shares, as if section 561(1) of the Act did not apply to any such allotment, provided that this authority shall be limited to:
(a) the allotment of equity securities in connection with an offer of equity securities:
(i) to ordinary shareholders in proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) to their existing holdings; and
(ii) to holders of other equity securities as required by the rights of those securities or as the Directors otherwise consider necessary;
so that the Directors may impose any limits or restrictions and make any arrangements which they consider necessary or appropriate to deal with any treasury shares, fractional entitlements or securities represented by depositary receipts, record dates, legal, regulatory or practical problems in, or under the laws of, any territory or the requirements of any regulatory body or stock exchange or any other matter; and
(b) the allotment (otherwise than under paragraph (a) of this Resolution 16) of equity securities up to an aggregate nominal amount of £635,976,
shall expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company after the passing of this Resolution 16 or, if earlier, 30th April 2018, save that the Company may, before such expiry, make an offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry and the Directors may allot equity securities in pursuance of such offer or agreement as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired.
Resolution 17
That the Company be and is hereby generally and unconditionally authorised, for the purposes of section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 (the 'Act'), to make market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of the Act) of ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the capital of the Company (the 'Ordinary Shares') on such terms and in such manner as the Directors shall from time to time determine, provided that:
- (a) the maximum aggregate number of Ordinary Shares hereby authorised to be purchased is 25,439,053;
- (b) the minimum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for an Ordinary Share is 5 pence:
- (c) the maximum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for an Ordinary Share is the higher of (i) an amount equal to 105 per cent of the average of the middle market quotations for an Ordinary Share (as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List) for the five business days immediately preceding the date on which that Ordinary Share is contracted to be purchased; and (ii) an amount equal to the higher of the price of the last independent trade of an Ordinary Share and the highest current independent bid for an Ordinary Share on the trading venues where the purchase is carried out;
- (d) the authority hereby conferred shall expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company after the passing of this Resolution or 30th April 2018, whichever is the earlier, unless previously revoked, varied or renewed by the Company in general meeting prior to such time; and
- (e) the Company may at any time prior to the expiry of such authority enter into a contract or contracts under which a purchase of Ordinary Shares under such authority will or may be completed or executed wholly or partly after the expiration of such authority and the Company may purchase Ordinary Shares in pursuance of any such contract or contracts as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired.
Resolution 18
That a general meeting, other than an annual general meeting, may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
Krico $\sim$
Kevin Maguire Group Company Secretary
Crest Nicholson Holdings plc Date: 23 March 2017
Registered Office: Crest House Pyrcroft Road Chertsey Surrey KT16 9GN