AGM Information • Nov 27, 2017
AGM Information
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At an Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the above named Company, duly convened and held at The Dalton & Joule Room, Manchester Museum of Science and Industry, Liverpool Road, Manchester M3 4FP on 27 November 2017, the following resolutions were passed:
THAT, in substitution for any existing authority, the Directors of the Company be and they are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised (in substitution for all subsisting authorities to the extent unused), pursuant to and 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 ("Rights"):
and so that Directors may impose any limits or restrictions and make any 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,
provided that the authorities conferred on the Directors by paragraphs (a) and (b) above shall, unless renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting, expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the passing of this resolution, save that the Company may before such expiry make offers or agreements which would or might require Shares to be allotted or Rights to be granted after such expiry and so the Directors of the Company may allot Shares or grant Rights in pursuance of such offers or agreements as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired.
Subject to the passing of Resolution 11, to give power to the Directors to allot equity securities (as defined in Section 560(1) of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act")) for cash under the authority given by that resolution and/or where the allotment constitutes an allotment of equity securities by virtue of section 560(3) of the 2006 Act, free of the restriction in section 561 of the Act, such power to be limited:
and so that the Directors may impose any limits or restrictions and make any 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; and
b. to the allotment (otherwise than under (a) above) of equity securities (including the allotment, sale or transfer of Shares from Treasury) up to a nominal amount of £554,069,
such power to apply until the conclusion of the next AGM of the Company, save that the Company may make offers and enter into agreements before the authority expires, which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted after the authority expires and the Directors may allot equity securities under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.
Subject to the passing of Resolution 12, to generally and unconditionally authorise and empower the Directors in compliance with the Listing Rules to sell, transfer and allot Shares held by the Company in Treasury (whether or not those Shares are held in Treasury at the date this Resolution is passed or repurchased pursuant to the authority sought under Resolution 14 below) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £554,069 for cash and that such Shares may be allotted or sold or transferred for a price which represents a discount to the most recently published NAV per Share as at the date of such allotment or sale provided that such discount does not exceed the weighted average discount to NAV per Share at which the Shares were purchased and provided that any Shares sold from Treasury for cash are sold at higher prices (including expenses) than the weighted average price at which those Shares were bought into Treasury. The authority hereby granted shall require renewal from Shareholders and expire at the conclusion of the next AGM of the Company after the passing of this Resolution, save that the Company may before such expiry enter into offers or agreements which would or might require Shares held in Treasury to be sold or allotted after such expiry and the Company may sell or allot Shares pursuant to any such offer or agreement as if the authority hereby granted had not expired.
In place of all existing authorities, to unconditionally and generally authorise the Company, pursuant to section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act"), to make one or more market purchases (within the meaning of section 693 of the Act) of any of its own Ordinary Shares of 25p provided that:
To call a general meeting, other than an annual general meeting, on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
To retain the two Debentures currently owned by the Company in The All England Lawn Tennis Ground Limited.
THAT the Company be authorised, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006, to send, convey or supply all types of notices, documents or information to Shareholders by electronic means, including making such notices, documents or information available on a website.
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