AGM Information • Jul 23, 2019
AGM Information
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At the Annual General Meeting of the Company, held at The Connaught Hotel, Carlos Place, Mayfair, London W1K 2AL on 11 July 2019, the following resolutions relating to the Special Business of the meeting were duly passed:
That, in substitution for all existing authorities, the Directors be generally and unconditionally authorised, in accordance with section 551 of the Companies Act, to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company or grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the Company:
such authorities to apply until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company (or, if earlier, until the close of business on 30 September 2020) unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting but, in each case, so that the Company may make offers and enter into agreements before the authority expires 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 the authority expires and the Directors may allot shares or grant such rights under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired. References in this resolution 14 to the nominal amount of rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares (including where such rights are referred to as equity securities as defined in section 560(1) of the Companies Act) are to the nominal amount of shares that may be allotted pursuant to the rights.
For the purposes of this resolution 14 "rights issue" means an offer to:
to subscribe for further securities by means of the issue of a renounceable letter (or other negotiable document) which may be traded for a period before payment for the securities is due, including an offer to which the Directors may impose any limits or restrictions or make any other arrangements which they consider necessary or appropriate to deal with treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates, legal, regulatory or practical problems in, or under the laws of, any territory or any other matter.
That, in substitution for all existing authorities and subject to the passing of resolution 14 set out above, the Directors be generally empowered pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act, to:
(a) allot equity securities (as defined in section 560(1) of the Companies Act) of the Company for cash pursuant to the authorisation conferred by that resolution; and/or
(b) sell ordinary shares (as defined in section 560(1) of the Companies Act) held by the Company as treasury shares for cash,
in each case as if section 561 of the Companies Act did not apply to any such allotment or sale, provided that this power shall be limited to the allotment of equity securities for cash and the sale of treasury shares:
and this power shall expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting (or if earlier, on 30 September 2020) unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting, save that, in each case, the Company may before the expiry of such power make an offer or enter into agreements which would or might require equity securities to be allotted, or treasury shares to be sold, after such expiry and the Directors may allot equity securities or sell treasury shares in pursuance of such offer or agreement as if the power conferred hereby had not expired.
For the purpose of this resolution 15, "rights issue" has the same meaning as resolution 14 above.
That, in addition to any authority granted under resolution 15, and subject to the passing of resolution 14, the Directors be given power pursuant to sections 570(1) and 573 of the Companies Act to:
and shall expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company (or, if earlier, on 30 September 2020) unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting, save in each case that the Company may before such expiry make any offer or agreement that would or might require equity securities to be allotted, and/or treasury shares to be sold, after such expiry and the Directors may allot equity securities, and/or sell treasury shares in pursuance of any such offer or agreement as if the power conferred hereby had not expired.
That the Company is generally and unconditionally authorised for the purpose of section 701 of the Companies Act to make one or more market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of the Companies Act) of any of its Ordinary Shares in the capital of the Company on such terms and in such manner as the Directors may from time to time determine and, where such shares are held as treasury shares, the Company may use them for the purposes of its employee share schemes, provided that:
To authorise the Directors, in accordance with the Company's existing Articles of Association, to call a general meeting of the Company (other than an annual general meeting) on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
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