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Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2018

Feb 22, 2018

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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement

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ATTENDANCE AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

If you attend the Annual General Meeting, bring this card with you to show as evidence of your right to be admitted.

NOTES

  1. A member may appoint a proxy or proxies (who need not be a member of the Company) to exercise all or any of his rights to attend, speak and vote at the meeting. If you wish to appoint a proxy other than the Chairman of the meeting, please delete the words 'the Chairman of the meeting or' and insert the name of your proxy in the space provided.

  2. If the proxy is being appointed in relation to less than your full voting entitlement, please enter in the box next to the proxy holder's name the number of shares in relation to which they are authorised to act as your proxy. If left blank, your proxy will be deemed to be authorised in respect of your full voting entitlement (or if this Form of Proxy has been issued in respect of a designated account for a shareholder, the full voting entitlement for that designated account).

  3. A member can appoint more than one proxy in relation to the meeting, provided that each proxy is appointed to exercise the rights attaching to different shares held by him. To appoint more than one proxy, you must complete a separate Form of Proxy for each proxy unless you are appointing your proxies electronically, in which case, please see Note 10 below. Additional Forms of Proxy may be obtained by contacting the Company's registrar on 0371 200 1536 (calls are charged at the standard geographic rate and will vary by provider. Lines are open 8.30am - 5.30pm Monday - Friday) or you may photocopy this Form of Proxy. Please indicate in the box next to the proxy holder's name the number of shares in relation to which they are authorised to act as your proxy. Please also indicate by ticking the box provided if the proxy instruction is one of multiple instructions being given. All Forms of Proxy must be signed and, if returned by post, should be included in the same envelope.

  4. The proxy must attend the meeting in person to represent you. The completion of this Form of Proxy does not preclude the member from attending or voting in person.

  5. Please indicate how you wish your proxy to vote on the resolutions by inserting 'X' in the appropriate box. Full details of the resolutions to be proposed at the meeting, with explanatory notes, are set out in the notice of meeting.

  6. The 'Withheld' option on this Form of Proxy is provided to enable you to abstain on any of the specified resolutions. Please note that a vote 'Withheld' has no legal effect and will not be counted in the votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.

  7. Any amendment or alteration made to this Form of Proxy should be initialled by the person signing it.

  8. In the case of a corporation, this Form of Proxy must be under its common seal (if any) or the hand of its duly authorised agent or officer. In the case of an individual, this Form of Proxy must be signed by the appointor or his agent, duly authorised in writing.

  9. In the case of joint holders, the signature of only one of the joint holders is required but, if more than one votes, the vote of the first named on the register of members will be accepted to the exclusion of other joint holders.

  10. In order to be valid, an appointment of proxy must be returned (together with any authority under which it is executed or a certified copy of the authority) by one of the following methods:

  11. by completing it online at www.moneysupermarket-shares.com by following the on-screen instructions to submit it (you will need to identify yourself with your personal investor code overleaf); or

  12. in hard copy form by hand or by courier to the Company's registrar, Link Asset Services, The Registry, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 4TU. If you prefer, you may return it in an envelope using the following address: FREEPOST PXS, 34 Beckenham Road, Kent BR3 9ZA. A stamp is not required if posted in Great Britain, Channel Islands or Northern Ireland. Please note that delivery using this service can take up to five business days; or
  13. in the case of CREST members, by utilising the CREST electronic proxy appointment service in accordance with the procedures set out in the notice of meeting and the CREST Manual on the Euroclear website (www.euroclear.com/ CREST),

and in each case the appointment of proxy must be received by the Company's registrar by no later than 10.00am on Tuesday 1 May 2018 or in the case of any adjournment by no later than 48 hours before the time of the adjourned meeting (excluding non-working days).

  1. Please note that the Company takes all reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in any electronic communication it sends out but the Company cannot accept responsibility for loss or damage arising from the opening or use of any email or attachments from the Company and recommends that shareholders subject all messages to virus checking procedures prior to use. Any electronic communication, including the lodgement of an electronic proxy appointment, that is found to contain any virus will not be accepted.

  2. You may not use any electronic address provided in this Form of Proxy to communicate with the Company for any purposes other than those expressly stated.


ADMISSION CARD

Please detach and retain this section. Do not post with the Form of Proxy.

MONEYSUPERMARKET.COM GROUP PLC

Annual General Meeting of Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC to be held at 10.00am on Thursday 3 May 2018 at The DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Spa, Warrington Road, Hoole, Chester, CH2 3PD.

Moneysupermarket

Group

Directions

Directions to The DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Spa, Warrington Road, Hoole, Chester, CH2 3PD can be obtained at the website: www.theclubandspachester.co.uk/contact/directions

Directions

FORM OF PROXY

Annual General Meeting of Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC

to be held at 10.00am on Thursday 3 May 2018

I/We HEREBY APPOINT the Chairman of the meeting or the following person (see Note 1)

Name of proxy

Number of shares proxy is appointed over (if less than your full voting entitlement)

Please leave this box blank if you have selected the Chairman. Do not insert your own name(s).

as my/our proxy to exercise all or any of my/our rights to attend, speak and vote in respect of my/our voting entitlement on my/our behalf at the Annual General Meeting of Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC to be held at 10.00am on Thursday 3 May 2018 and at any adjournment thereof. My/our proxy is to vote on the resolutions as follows:

☐ Please tick here if this proxy appointment is one of multiple appointments being made. For the appointment of more than one proxy, see Note 3.

Please indicate your vote on the resolutions by inserting 'X' in the appropriate box.

RESOLUTIONS: X NAME BETWEEN RESOLUTIONS: X NAME BETWEEN WITHHELD
1. To receive the reports and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2017 11. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as the auditors
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report, other than the Directors' remuneration policy, for the year ended 31 December 2017 12. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditors' remuneration
3. To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2017 13. To authorise the Directors to allot shares
4. To re-elect Bruce Carnegie-Brown as a Director 14. To disapply statutory pre-emption rights
5. To re-elect Andrew Fisher as a Director 15. To disapply statutory pre-emption rights – limited to an acquisition or specified capital investment
6. To re-elect Robin Freestone as a Director 16. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares
7. To re-elect Mark Lewis as a Director 17. To authorise the making of political donations and incurring of political expenditure
8. To re-elect Sally James as a Director 18. To authorise the calling of general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice
9. To re-elect Mathew Price as a Director
10. To re-elect Genevieve Shore as a Director

Date

Signature

If you fail to select any of the given options, the proxy is authorised to vote (or abstain from voting) at his/her discretion on the specified resolutions. The proxy is also authorised to vote (or abstain from voting) on any other business which may properly come before the meeting.