Post-Annual General Meeting Information • Jun 4, 2025
Post-Annual General Meeting Information
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At the Annual General Meeting of the Company duly convened and held on 4 June 2025 at the offices of Panmure Liberum, Level 12 Ropemaker Place, 25 Ropemaker Street, London EC2Y 9LY, the following Resolutions were duly passed:
(Resolutions numbered 1 to 11 and Resolutions 12 to 14 as special resolutions)
(a) up to an initial aggregate nominal amount of £288,148; and
(b) comprising equity securities (as defined in s560(1) of the Act) up to a further aggregate nominal amount of £288,148 but only in connection with a rights issue in favour of:
(i) ordinary shareholders in proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) to their existing holdings; and
(ii) holders of other equity securities as required by the rights of those securities or, subject to such rights as the Board otherwise considers necessary,
and so that the Board may impose any limits or restrictions and make any arrangements which it considers 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 this authority shall expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company after the passing of this Resolution or, if earlier, at 6:00pm on 3 September 2026, (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company at a general meeting) save that the Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require shares to be allotted or rights to be granted after such expiry and the Board may allot shares or grant rights in pursuance of such an offer or agreement as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired.
(a) in connection with an offer of, or invitation to apply for, equity securities (but in the case of the authority granted under paragraph (b) of Resolution 11 above, by way of a rights issue only) to:
(i) ordinary shareholders in proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) to their existing holdings; and
(ii) holders of other equity securities as required by the rights of those securities or, subject to such rights as the Board otherwise considers necessary,
and so that the Board may impose any limits or restrictions and make any arrangements which it considers 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) (otherwise than pursuant to sub-paragraph (a) above) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £43,222,
such authority to expire on the date of the next annual general meeting of the Company, or, if earlier, 6:00pm on 3 September 2026 (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company at a general meeting) save that the Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry and the Board may allot equity securities in pursuance of such an offer or agreement as if the authority conferred hereby had not expired.
(a) the Company does not purchase under this authority more than 8,644,462 ordinary shares;
(b) the Company does not pay less than 1p (exclusive of expenses) for each ordinary share;
(c) the Company does not pay more for each ordinary share (exclusive of expenses) than the higher of:
(i) 5% over the average of the middle market price of the ordinary shares for the five business days immediately preceding the date on which the ordinary share is purchased, based on share prices and currency exchange rates published in the Daily Official List of the London Stock Exchange; and
(ii) an amount equal to the higher of the price of the last independent trade and the highest current independent bid for an ordinary share on the trading venue where the market purchase made under this authority is carried out;
(d) this authority shall expire at the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Company or at 6:00 pm on 3 September 2026, whichever is sooner (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company at a general meeting); and
(e) 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.
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