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GRESHAM TECHNOLOGIES PLC

AGM Information May 11, 2022

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Gresham Technologies plc

Resolutions Passed at Annual General Meeting 10 May 2022

The following is a copy of the resolutions that were passed at the Annual General Meeting of Gresham Technologies plc (the "Company") held today. All resolutions were duly passed by shareholders by means of a poll vote.

Ordinary resolutions

    1. To receive the Company's financial statements together with the reports of the directors and the auditor for the year ended 31 December 2021.
    1. To declare a final dividend of 0.75 pence per ordinary share of the Company in respect of the year ended 31 December 2021.
    1. To approve the directors' remuneration report (excluding the remuneration policy) for the year ended 31 December 2021.
    1. To re-appoint BDO LLP as auditor of the Company to hold office from the conclusion of the meeting until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which the accounts are laid before members.
    1. To authorise the directors to agree the remuneration of the auditor of the Company.
    1. To re-elect Peter Simmonds as a director.
    1. To re-elect Jennifer Knott as a director.
    1. To re-elect Ruth Wandhöfer as a director.
    1. To re-elect Andrew Balchin as a director.
    1. To re-elect Ian Manocha as a director.
    1. To re-elect Thomas Mullan as a director.
    1. To generally and unconditionally authorise the directors for the purposes of section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act") to allot shares (or to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares) in the Company up to an aggregate nominal amount of £1,389,407. Such authority, unless previously renewed, extended, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting, shall expire on the earlier of the date falling 15 months after the passing of this resolution and the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2023, provided that the Company may, prior to the expiry of such period, make an offer or agreement which would or might require shares in the Company to be allotted after such expiry and the directors may allot shares pursuant to such offer or agreement notwithstanding the expiry of the authority given by this resolution.
    1. To amend the annual entitlement of the non-executive directors to the payment of fees contained in Article 99 of the Articles of Association of the Company by increasing the aggregate amount of £100,000 stated therein, and payable to them at any time prior to or after the passing of this resolution, to £300,000.

Special resolutions

  1. To generally empower the directors of the Company pursuant to section 570 of the Act to allot equity securities (as defined in section 560(1) of the Act) which are the subject of the authority granted by resolution 12 above for cash, as if section 561(1) of the Act did not apply to any such allotment, such authority being limited to:

  2. a. the allotment of equity securities where such securities have been offered (whether by way of rights issue, open offer or otherwise) to holders of shares in the capital of the Company in proportion (as nearly as may be) to their existing holdings of shares but subject to the directors having a right to make such exclusions or other arrangements in connection with the offer as they deem necessary or expedient to deal with treasury shares, equity securities representing fractional entitlements, record dates and/or legal or practical problems under the laws of, or the requirements of any recognised regulatory body or any stock exchange in, any territory; and

  3. b. the allotment of equity securities up to an aggregate nominal amount of £208,411 otherwise than pursuant to paragraph (a) above

The power conferred hereby shall, unless previously renewed, extended, varied or revoked by special resolution of the Company in general meeting, expire on the earlier of the date falling 15 months after the passing of this resolution and the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2023, provided that the Company may, prior to the expiry of such authority, make an offer or agreement which would or might require shares in the Company to be allotted after the expiry thereof and the directors may allot shares in the Company in pursuance of such offer or agreement notwithstanding the expiry of the authority given by this resolution.

    1. Subject to the passing of resolution 12 above, to authorise the directors of the Company (in addition to any authority granted under resolution 14), to allot equity securities (as defined in section 560(1) of the Act) for cash under the authority given by that resolution and/or to sell ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash as if section 561(1) of the Act did not apply to any such allotment or sale, such authority being:
  • a. limited to the allotment of equity securities or the sale of treasury shares up to an aggregate nominal amount of £208,411; and
  • b. used 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 of the Company 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 Financial Reporting Council's Pre-Emption Group prior to the date of this notice.

The power conferred hereby shall, unless previously renewed, extended, varied or revoked by special resolution of the Company in general meeting, expire on the earlier of the date falling 15 months after the passing of this resolution and the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2023, provided that the Company may, prior to the expiry of such authority, make an offer or agreement which would or might require shares in the Company to be allotted (or treasury shares to be sold) after the expiry thereof and the directors may allot shares in the Company (and sell treasury shares) in pursuance of such offer or agreement notwithstanding the expiry of the authority given by this resolution.

    1. To generally and unconditionally authorise the Company for the purposes of section 701 of the Act to make one or more 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 provided that:
  • a. the maximum aggregate number of ordinary shares authorised to be purchased is 8,336,445;
  • b. the minimum price (excluding expenses) which may be paid for an ordinary share is 5 pence;
  • c. the maximum price (excluding expenses) which may be paid for an ordinary share is the highest of (i) an amount equal to 105% of the average of the middle-market quotations for an ordinary share in the Company, as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which that ordinary share is purchased, and (ii) 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; and

  • d. this authority shall expire on the earlier of the date falling 15 months after the passing of this resolution and the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2023 provided that the Company may enter into a contract to purchase ordinary shares before the expiry of the authority granted by this resolution, which will or may be executed wholly or partly after the expiry of the authority, and purchase ordinary shares in pursuance of any such contract.
    1. To authorise the Company to call general meetings (other than an Annual General Meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice, provided that this authority shall expire at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2023.

Voting Results

Annual General Meeting 10 May 2022

All resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting ("AGM") dated 29 March 2022 were duly passed by shareholders by means of a poll vote at the AGM held on 10 May 2022. The results of the poll for each resolution are set out below.

No. Resolution For % For Against % Against Withheld %
Withheld
Total %
Instructed
01 Report and
Financial
Statements
59,905,723 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 71.86%
02 Final Dividend 59,905,723 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 71.86%
03 Remuneration
Report
45,698,087 76.28% 14,207,636 23.72% 0 0.00% 71.86%
04 Reappoint
Auditors
59,902,723 99.99% 3,000 0.01% 0 0.00% 71.86%
05 Auditors
Remuneration
59,902,073 99.99% 3,650 0.01% 0 0.00% 71.86%
06 Peter Simmonds 59,898,561 99.99% 7,162 0.01% 0 0.00% 71.86%
07 Jennifer Knott 58,174,655 97.11% 1,731,068 2.89% 0 0.00% 71.86%
08 Ruth Wandhöfer 59,897,273 99.99% 8,450 0.01% 0 0.00% 71.86%
09 Andrew Balchin 59,897,911 99.99% 7,812 0.01% 0 0.00% 71.86%
10 Ian Manocha 59,902,723 99.99% 3,000 0.01% 0 0.00% 71.86%
11 Thomas Mullan 59,902,723 99.99% 3,000 0.01% 0 0.00% 71.86%
12 Allot Shares 59,901,773 99.99% 3,650 0.01% 300 0.00% 71.86%
13 Articles
Amendments
59,901,033 99.99% 4,390 0.01% 300 0.00% 71.86%
14 Pre-emption
Rights
59,898,273 99.99% 7,150 0.01% 300 0.00% 71.86%
15 Pre-emption
Rights -
Acquisitions
59,901,773 99.99% 3,650 0.01% 300 0.00% 71.86%
16 Market
Purchases
59,902,423 99.99% 3,000 0.01% 300 0.00% 71.86%
17 General Meetings 59,899,223 99.99% 3,000 0.01% 3,500 0.01% 71.86%

Notes:

  • The full text of each of the resolutions is contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 29 March 2022, which is available on the Company's website at https://www.greshamtech.com.
  • Proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman of the AGM have been included in the "For" total for the appropriate resolution.
  • A "Withheld" vote is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes cast "For" or "Against" a resolution.
  • The proportion of "Total % Instructed" is the total of votes instructed for that resolution (i.e. the total votes "For", "Against" and "Withheld" for that resolution) expressed as a percentage of the issued share capital.

• The issued share capital of the Company as at 10 May 2022 was 83,364,458 ordinary shares of 5p each. No shares are held in treasury.

Enquiries

Gresham Technologies plc
Ian Manocha / Tom Mullan
+44 (0) 207 653 0200
Singer Capital Markets (Financial Adviser and Broker)
Shaun Dobson / Tom Salvesen / Jen Boorer
+44 (0) 207 496 3000
Alma PR
Josh Royston / Hilary Buchanan / Hannah Campbell
+44 (0) 203 405 0205

Note to editors

Gresham Technologies plc is a leading software and services company that specialises in providing real-time solutions for data integrity and control, banking integration, payments and cash management. Listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange (GHT.L) and headquartered in the City of London, its customers include some of the world's largest financial institutions and corporates, all of whom are served locally from offices located in the UK, Europe, North America and Asia Pacific.

Gresham's award-winning Clareti software platform is a highly flexible and scalable platform, available on-site or in the cloud, designed to address today's most challenging financial control, risk management, data governance and regulatory compliance problems. Learn more at www.greshamtech.com.

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