No. 09818705
THE COMPANIES ACT 2006
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
RESOLUTIONS
of
HOSTELWORLD GROUP PLC
(Passed 26 April 2021)
At the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the above-named Company, duly convened and held at the offices of the Company, at Floor 2, One Central Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland on 26 April 2021 at 12.00 noon, the following resolutions were passed as ordinary and special resolutions.
ORDINARY RESOLUTION
- 11. THAT for the purposes of section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act") (and so that expressions used in this resolution shall bear the same meanings as in the said section 551):
- 11.1 the Directors be and are generally and unconditionally authorised to exercise all powers of the Company to allot shares and to grant such subscription and conversion rights as are contemplated by sections 551(1)(a) and (b) of the Act respectively up to a maximum nominal amount of €387,737.28 to such persons and at such times and on such terms as they think proper during the period expiring at the end of the Annual General Meeting of the Company in 2022 or, if earlier, at 6.00 p.m. on 26 July 2022 (unless previously renewed, revoked or varied by the Company in general meeting); and further
- 11.2 the Directors be and are generally and unconditionally authorised to exercise all powers of the Company to allot equity securities (as defined in section 560 of the Act) in connection with a rights issue in favour of the holders of equity securities and any other persons entitled to participate in such issue where the equity securities respectively attributable to the interests of such holders and persons are proportionate (as nearly as may be) to the respective number of equity securities held by them up to a maximum aggregate nominal amount of €387,737.28 during the period expiring at the end of the Annual General Meeting of the Company in 2022 or, if earlier, at 6.00 p.m. on 26 July 2022 (unless previously renewed, revoked or varied by the Company in general meeting) subject only to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may consider necessary or expedient to deal with treasury shares, fractional entitlements or legal or practical problems under the laws or requirements of any recognised regulatory body or stock exchange in any territory; and
11.3 the Company be and is hereby authorised to make prior to the expiry of such periods any offer or agreement which would or might require such shares or rights to be allotted or granted after the expiry of the said periods and the Directors may allot such shares or grant such rights in pursuance of any such offer or agreement notwithstanding the expiry of the authorities given by this Resolution,
so that all previous authorities of the Directors pursuant to the said section 551 be and are hereby revoked.
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
- 12. THAT, subject to the passing of Resolution 11 set out in the Notice convening this Meeting, the Directors be and are empowered in accordance with sections 570 and 573 of the Act to allot equity securities (as defined in section 560 of the Act) for cash pursuant to the authority conferred on them to allot such shares or grant such rights by Resolution 11 and/or where the allotment constitutes an allotment of equity securities by virtue of section 560(3) of the Act, as if section 561(1) and sub-sections (1) - (6) of section 562 of the Act did not apply to any such allotment, provided that the power conferred by this Resolution shall be limited to:
- 12.1 the allotment of equity securities in connection with an issue or offering (but in the case of the authority granted by sub-paragraph 11.2 of Resolution 11, by way of a rights issue only) in favour of holders of equity securities and any other persons entitled to participate in such issue or offering where the equity securities respectively attributable to the interests of such holders and persons are proportionate (as nearly as may be) to the respective number of equity securities held by or deemed to be held by them on the record date of such allotment, subject only to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may consider necessary or expedient to deal with treasury shares, fractional entitlements or legal or practical problems under the laws or requirements of any recognised regulatory body or stock exchange in any territory; and
- 12.2 to the allotment of equity securities (otherwise than under paragraph 12.1 above) up to a nominal amount of €58,160.59,
and this power (unless previously renewed, revoked or varied by the Company in general meeting) shall expire at the end of the Annual General Meeting of the Company in 2022 or, if earlier, at 6.00 p.m. on 26 July 2022 but shall extend to the making, before such expiry, of 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.
13. THAT the Company be and is hereby generally and unconditionally authorised for the purpose of section 701 of the Act to make market purchases (as defined in section 693 of the Act) of ordinary shares of €0.01 each in the capital of the Company ("ordinary shares") on such terms and in such manner as the Directors may determine provided that:
- 13.1 the maximum number of ordinary shares hereby authorised to be purchased is 11,632,118;
- 13.2 the minimum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for such ordinary shares is €0.01 per share, being the nominal amount thereof;
- 13.3 the maximum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for such ordinary shares shall be an amount equal to the higher of (i) 5% above the average of the middle market quotations for such shares taken from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which the purchase is made 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 as derived from the London Stock Exchange Trading System SETS;
- 13.4 the authority hereby conferred shall (unless previously renewed, revoked or varied by the Company in general meeting) expire at the end of the Annual General Meeting of the Company in 2022 or, if earlier, at 6.00 p.m. on 26 July 2022; and
- 13.5 the Company may make a contract to purchase its own ordinary shares under the authority conferred by this Resolution prior to the expiry of such authority, and such contract will or may be executed wholly or partly after the expiry of such authority, and the Company may make a purchase of its own ordinary shares in pursuance of any such contract.
- 15. That a general meeting of the Company other than an annual general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
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Company Secretary