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GlaxoSmithKline PLC — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2024
Mar 25, 2024
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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Annual General Meeting 2024 (AGM) Attendance Card
Royal Lancaster London, Lancaster Terrace, London W2 2TY on Wednesday 8 May 2024 at 2.30pm (UK time)
Notice of Availability
The GSK plc 2023 Annual Report and 2024 Notice of Annual General Meeting are now available to view and/or download in the Investors section of www.gsk.com. If attending the physical AGM, please bring this Attendance Card with you and try to arrive by 1.30pm to allow for registration and security clearance. You do not need to pre-register.
Electronic AGM
The AGM will also be broadcast live for you to join and participate electronically via the AGM website at https://web.lumimeet. com/113292292. Please refer to the enclosed AGM Guide or follow the instructions in the Notice of Meeting. You will need the following details to access the AGM website:
Meeting ID: 113-292-292
SRN:
PIN:
Shareholders are encouraged to check our website in advance of the AGM to ensure they are informed of any changes or restrictions on physical attendance: www.gsk.com/agm.
How to vote your shares at the AGM
Before completing the Proxy Form, please read the notes on appointing a proxy overleaf. You can submit your proxy instructions online (Option 1 below) or by completing and returning the Proxy Form to Equiniti (Option 2 below). In either case, your proxy instructions must be received by Equiniti by 2.30pm on Friday 3 May 2024. If you do not wish anyone other than GSK or Equiniti to see the Proxy Form, you may send it in an envelope to: FREEPOST RTHJ-CLLL-KBKU, Equiniti, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, BN99 8LU. No postage is required if posted within the United Kingdom. If the Proxy Form is posted outside of the United Kingdom, you should return it in an envelope, with the postage paid, to Equiniti, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, BN99 6DA.
| Task ID Shareholder reference number |
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| Shareholder reference number 2172-0359 |
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| AGM 2024 Proxy Form I/We, the undersigned, being a member/members of GSK plc, appoint the following person |
Number of shares or failing that person, the Chair of the Meeting, as my/our proxy to attend/speak and vote on my/our behalf at the GSK plc AGM to be held on Wednesday 8 May 2024 and at any adjournment thereof, and direct that my/our proxy will vote (or withhold my/our vote) on each of the resolutions referred to in the Notice of Annual General Meeting as indicated with a cross in the appropriate spaces below: |
| Option 2 I want to give voting instructions as follows Ordinary Business 1 To receive and adopt the 2023 Annual Report 2 To approve the Annual report on remuneration 3 To elect Wendy Becker as a Director 4 To elect Dr Jeannie Lee as a Director 5 To re-elect Sir Jonathan Symonds as a Director 6 To re-elect Dame Emma Walmsley as a Director 7 To re-elect Julie Brown as a Director 8 To re-elect Elizabeth McKee Anderson as a Director 9 To re-elect Charles Bancroft as a Director 10 To re-elect Dr Hal Barron as a Director 11 To re-elect Dr Anne Beal as a Director 12 To re-elect Dr Harry C Dietz as a Director 13 To re-elect Dr Jesse Goodman as a Director 14 To re-elect Dr Vishal Sikka as a Director |
Vote Vote Special Business For Against withheld For Against withheld 17 To authorise the company and its subsidiaries to make donations to political organisations and incur political expenditure 18 To authorise the allotment of shares 19 To disapply pre-emption rights – general power 20 To disapply pre-emption rights – in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment 21 To authorise the company to purchase its own shares 22 To authorise exemption from statement of name of senior statutory auditor 23 To authorise reduced notice of a general meeting other than an AGM |
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AGM 2024
Directions
By Underground:
Take the Central Line to Lancaster Gate. The hotel entrance is located on Westbourne Street. Turn left out of the Underground station onto Bayswater Road and take the first left onto Westbourne Street. Please use the Nine Kings Suite entrance.
By Train:
Take the train to Paddington Station. Paddington Train and Underground stations are less than 10 minutes walk from the hotel.
By Road:
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Parking at Royal Lancaster London is reserved for hotel guests only and must be booked in advance. There are a limited number of car parks nearby.
Notes on appointing a proxy
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- If you wish to appoint as your proxy someone other than the Chair of the Meeting, insert the name of your chosen proxy in the space provided in the first box on the Proxy Form (and, if your proxy is participating in the electronic meeting, refer to Note 10 for information on how to obtain log in details). If the proxy is being appointed in relation to part of your holding only, enter the number of shares over which the proxy is authorised to act as your proxy in the box next to the proxy's name. If this box is left blank, your proxy will be authorised in respect of your full voting entitlement.
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- To appoint more than one proxy, you should obtain additional Proxy Forms from the company's registrar, Equiniti, or you may photocopy the Proxy Form. Ensure that you specify the number of shares over which each proxy can act, as in Note 1 above. Multiple Proxy Forms must be returned together in the same envelope.
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- To be valid, the Proxy Form and the power of attorney or other authority (if any) under which it is signed and dated must be received by Equiniti by 2.30pm on Friday 3 May 2024.
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- The "Vote withheld" option is provided to enable a member to withhold their vote on any particular resolution. It should be noted that a vote withheld is not a vote in law and will not be counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
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- To register the appointment of a proxy electronically, log on to www.sharevote.co.uk using the Voting ID, Task ID and Shareholder reference number printed overleaf and follow the instructions provided. The proxy appointment must be registered on the website by 2.30pm on Friday 3 May 2024.
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- In the case of a corporate shareholder, the proxy appointment must be under seal or signed by a duly authorised officer, attorney or other person.
Security: For your personal safety, all bags will be subject to search and only small bags will be allowed in the auditorium. A cloakroom facility is available for your convenience, although please be advised capacity is limited.
Equipment such as video cameras and tape recorders may not be brought into the meeting room.
Disabled: The hotel entrance and auditorium are wheelchair accessible. The cloakrooms are accessible via lift.
For the hard of hearing: An induction loop system will be provided in the meeting room. For the visually impaired: Please sit nearer the front section of the meeting room.
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- In the case of joint holdings, the vote of the first named in the register of members will be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of other joint holders.
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- If no specific directions are given, the proxy will vote or abstain from voting as they think fit on the specified resolutions and, unless instructed otherwise, the person appointed proxy may also vote or abstain from voting as they think fit on any business (including amendments to resolutions) which may properly come before the Meeting.
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- A proxy need not be a member of the company, but must attend the Meeting to represent you. If no name is inserted in the box provided, the Chair of the Meeting will be deemed to be appointed as the proxy.
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- If your appointed proxy will be attending the Meeting electronically, once your proxy appointment has been received and processed by Equiniti, you or your appointed proxy should contact Equiniti to obtain log in details to enable your appointed proxy to access the electronic AGM. Equiniti can be contacted on +44 (0) 371 384 2991 (please use the country code if calling from outside the UK). Lines are open 8.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays in England & Wales).
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- Any alteration to the Proxy Form should be initialled by the person who signed it.
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- If you do not wish anyone other than GSK or Equiniti to see the Proxy Form you may send it in an envelope to: FREEPOST RTHJ-CLLL-KBKU, Equiniti, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, BN99 8LU (no stamp is needed if posted within the United Kingdom).
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- The completion and return of the Proxy Form will not prevent a member from participating in and voting at the Meeting, either electronically or in person, if they wish to do so.