Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Apr 5, 2024
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2024
A letter from the Chair of Morgan Advanced Materials plc is set out on page 1 of this document.
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Notice of the Annual General Meeting of Morgan Advanced Materials plc to be held at the offices of Slaughter and May, One Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8YY on Thursday 9 May 2024 at 10.30am is set out on pages 2 and 3 of this document.
Please complete and submit a proxy appointment in accordance with the Notes to the Notice of the Annual General Meeting set out on pages 8 and 9. To be valid, the proxy appointment must be received at the address for delivery specified in the Notes by 10.30am on Tuesday 7 May 2024.
Registered Office: York House Sheet Street Windsor Berkshire SL4 1DD 5 April 2024
To holders of Ordinary shares of 25p each (Ordinary shares) and for information only to holders of 5.5% Cumulative First Preference shares of £1 each (First Preference shares) and 5.0% Cumulative Second Preference shares of £1 each (Second Preference shares).
Dear Shareholder
I am pleased to be writing to you with details of our 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) which we are holding at the offices of Slaughter and May, One Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8YY at 10.30am on Thursday 9 May 2024.
Notice of the AGM can be found on pages 2 and 3 of this document and contains the proposed resolutions on which you are invited to vote. The Explanatory Notes to the business of the AGM are set out on pages 4 to 7.
Only holders of Ordinary shares or their proxies or duly authorised representatives may vote at the AGM. All of your votes are important to us and, once again this year, you will be asked to vote on each of the resolutions on a poll, as permitted by the Articles of Association. This will result in a more accurate reflection of the views of members by ensuring that every vote is recognised. On a poll, each member has one vote for every share held.
If you are unable to attend the AGM, you can still be represented at the meeting by appointing a proxy to act on your behalf and by giving instructions on how you wish to vote. Whether or not you propose to attend the AGM, I would encourage you to vote on the proposed resolutions by appointing a proxy to ensure that your vote is counted if you are unable, for any reason, to attend on the day. Appointing a proxy will not prevent you from attending the meeting and voting in person if you so choose.
You can appoint a proxy by:
If you would prefer to use a paper proxy form to appoint your proxy, you may request one from the Company's registrar, Equiniti, by calling +44 (0) 371 384 2412. Further information on how to appoint a proxy to vote on your behalf is set out in the Notes to the Notice of AGM. In each case, any proxy appointments must be submitted to Equiniti no later than 10.30am on Tuesday 7 May 2024 in order for your vote to be registered.
The Board recognises the importance of the AGM to shareholders and is keen to ensure you are able to exercise your rights to engage and participate in the meeting. Shareholders or their appointed proxies or duly authorised representatives who attend the AGM will be able to ask questions on the business of the meeting. All shareholders (irrespective of whether or not they propose to attend) are also invited to ask questions on the business of the AGM in advance of the meeting. You can ask your questions in advance by emailing [email protected], or by writing to the Company Secretary at our registered office address. The Company Secretary will respond to those questions and publish answers on the Company's website. To ensure the answers are published before the proxy appointment deadline, questions must be received before 5.00pm UK time on Monday 29 April 2024.
Your Directors consider that the proposed resolutions as set out in the Notice and to be put to the meeting will promote the success of the Company and are in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders as a whole, and accordingly, unanimously recommend that you vote in favour of them as they intend to do so in respect of their own beneficial shareholdings (other than in respect of resolutions in which they hold an interest).
Thank you for your continued support.
Yours faithfully
Ian Marchant Chair
(Registered in England and Wales No. 286773)
Notice is given that the ninetieth AGM of Morgan Advanced Materials plc (the "Company") will be held at the offices of Slaughter and May, One Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8YY on Thursday 9 May 2024 at 10.30am to transact the business set out below. Resolutions 1 to 15 will be proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 19 will be proposed as special resolutions.
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c) to incur political expenditure,
up to an aggregate total amount of £100,000, with the amount authorised for each of paragraphs a) to c) above being limited to the same total.
Any such amounts may comprise sums paid or incurred in one or more currencies. Any sum paid or incurred in a currency other than sterling shall be converted into sterling at such rate as the Board may decide is appropriate.
Terms used in this resolution have, where applicable, the meanings that they have in Part 14 of the Companies Act 2006 on 'Control of political donations and expenditure'.
but subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates or any legal or practical problems under the laws of any territory or the requirements of any regulatory body or stock exchange, provided that (unless previously revoked, varied or renewed) this authority shall expire at the close of business on 30 June 2025 or, if earlier, at the conclusion of the Company's AGM to be held in 2025, save that the Company may make any offer or agreement before such expiry which would or might require shares to be allotted or rights to be granted after such expiry and the Directors may allot shares or grant rights under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired. All authorities vested in the Directors on the date of the Notice of this meeting to allot shares or to grant rights that remain unexercised at the commencement of this meeting are revoked.
and shall expire on the revocation or expiry (unless renewed) of the authority conferred on the Directors by resolution 14 in the Notice of this meeting, save that, prior to the expiry of this power the Company may make offers, and enter into agreements, which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (and/or treasury shares to be sold) after the power expires and the Directors may allot equity securities (and/or sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the power had not expired.
a) limited to the allotment of equity securities and/or sale of treasury shares up to an aggregate nominal amount of £7,134,249; and b) used only for the purposes of financing (or refinancing, if the power is to be used within 12 months after the original transaction) a transaction which the Directors determine to be either an acquisition or a specified capital investment of a kind contemplated by the Statement of Principles on Disapplying Pre-Emption Rights most recently published by the Pre-Emption Group prior to the date of the Notice of this meeting.
and shall expire on the revocation or expiry (unless renewed) of the authority conferred on the Directors by resolution 14 in the Notice of this meeting, save that, prior to the expiry of this power, the Company may make offers, and enter into agreements, which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (and/or treasury shares to be sold) after the power expires and the Directors may allot equity securities (and/or sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the power had not expired.
19.That a general meeting of the Company, other than an AGM, may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
Registered office: York House, Sheet Street Windsor, Berkshire SL4 1DD
By Order of the Board Winifred Chime Company Secretary 5 April 2024
3 – Morgan Advanced Materials plc Notice of Annual General Meeting 2024
The Companies Act 2006 requires the directors of a public company to lay before the company in general meeting copies of the directors' reports, the independent auditor's report and the audited accounts of the company in respect of each financial year. In line with best practice, the Company proposes a resolution on its audited accounts and reports for the financial year ended 31 December 2023 (the "2023 Annual Report and Accounts").
In accordance with the Companies Act 2006, shareholders are invited to approve the Directors' Remuneration Report, which is set out on pages 104 to 130 of the 2023 Annual Report and Accounts. For the purposes of this resolution, the Directors' Remuneration Report does not include the Directors' Remuneration Policy set out on pages 108 to 116. The vote on the Directors' Remuneration Report is advisory only and the Directors' entitlement to remuneration is not conditional on it being passed.
The Companies Act 2006 requires that the Directors' Remuneration Policy must be put to shareholders for approval whenever a new policy, or an amendment to an existing approved policy, is proposed. The Directors' Remuneration Policy must in any event be put to shareholders for approval at least every three years. The Company is not proposing any changes to the Directors' Remuneration Policy approved at the Annual General Meeting in 2022.
The Directors are recommending the payment of a final dividend of 6.7 pence per share on the Ordinary shares in respect of the year ended 31 December 2023 which, if approved, will be payable on 17 May 2024 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 26 April 2024. The Company is not offering a scrip alternative to the cash dividend.
Resolutions 4 to 10 relate to the re-election of the Company's Directors.
In accordance with the provisions of the UK Corporate Governance Code and as permitted by the Company's Articles of Association, the Board has decided that all of the Directors as at the date of this Notice of meeting will retire from office at the AGM and each of them will seek re-election by shareholders.
All of the non-executive Directors standing for re-election are considered to be independent. An internal Board performance evaluation was carried out during 2023, following the externally facilitated review in 2021. It is the opinion of the Board that each Director continues to be effective, demonstrating continued significant commitment to their roles. The Board believes that the considerable and wide-ranging experience of the Directors seeking re-election is invaluable and their contribution continues to be an important part of the Company's long-term sustainable success. The skills, contribution and experience of the Directors are set out below and on pages 78 to 80 of the 2023 Annual Report and Accounts.
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Skills and contribution: Jane brings to the Board significant financial experience and knowledge of growing manufacturing, technology and marketing businesses gained in a variety of senior executive positions. Jane brings a valuable perspective from her current executive role in the marketing sector.
Career and experience: Jane has been Chief Financial Officer of Inside Ideas Group Limited since July 2020. Prior to this, Jane held Chief Financial Officer positions in Arqiva Group Limited, KCOM Group plc and Phoenix IT Group plc, where she was also Chief Operating Officer. She has also held Chief Financial Officer positions at Infinis plc, Wilson Bowden plc and Pressac plc. Jane was a non-Executive Director of Halma plc from 2007 and chaired its Audit Committee from 2009 until her departure in July 2016. Jane is a Chartered Accountant.
Additional appointments: Group Director and Group Chief Financial Officer of Inside Ideas Group Limited.
Skills and contribution: Richard has broad experience including financial management, investor relations, capital markets, M&A, and commercial management, gained through roles in a number of listed and privately owned chemicals and consumer goods companies.
Career and experience: Richard joined Morgan Advanced Materials in May 2022 as Chief Financial Officer. Before this, Richard was Chief Financial Officer at Victrex Group plc between 2018 and 2022. During this time, he was responsible for Finance, I.T., Legal and Corporate Development, as well as the development of the Group's Chinese businesses. Prior to Victrex, Richard was CFO at Samworth Brothers from 2014 to 2018 and CFO of McBride plc from 2009 to 2014.
Additional appointments: Senior Independent Director, Chair of the Audit Committee and interim Chair of the Remuneration Committee at NWF Group plc.
Skills and contribution: Helen has significant experience of driving business performance, forging long-term relationships and building businesses in new markets, with a background encompassing corporate governance and customer relations. Helen is a member of the Executive Committee at Wates Group, a construction sector pioneer in creating social value, with strong ESG credentials.
Career and experience: Helen is Executive Managing Director of Wates Residential, having started with the company in 2006 and undertaken a variety of roles including Group Strategy Director, Managing Director of Wates Retail Limited and Managing Director of Wates Smartspace Limited. Prior to Wates, Helen gained knowledge and experience in global businesses including ICI.
Additional appointments: Executive Managing Director of Wates Residential.
Skills and contribution: Ian is a highly strategic and successful leader with more than 35 years of wide-ranging experience at major businesses, bringing a strong track record of value creation and listed board experience. He brings significant expertise in governance, finance, regulation, renewable energy and climate change mitigation to Morgan Advanced Materials' Board.
Career and experience: Ian served as Chief Executive of SSE plc from October 2002 to June 2013; prior to this he was the Finance Director of SSE and Southern Electric plc. He is a seasoned non-Executive Director and chair, having served as Chair of Thames Water Utilities Ltd and John Wood Group plc and on the Board of Aggreko plc.
Additional appointments: Chair of Logan Energy Ltd and non-Executive Director of Fred Olsen UK Ltd.
Skills and contribution: Laurence has significant experience in growing, simplifying and unifying complex international and industrial manufacturing businesses and brings valuable knowledge of the energy (including renewables), steel and infrastructure industries, and insight into some of Morgan Advanced Materials' key markets.
Career and experience: Laurence was Chief Executive of independent power producer Eoxis UK Limited from 2010 to 2013. Prior to this, she spent 11 years at BP in a variety of roles including Chief Executive of Castrol Industrial Lubricants and Services. Laurence also held senior positions in Amoco Chemical Inc, M&M Mars Inc. and Banque Nationale de Paris.
Additional appointments: Chair of Voltalia S.A. and Globeleq Ltd. Member of the supervisory board and Chair of the Audit Committee of Siemens Energy AG.
Skills and contribution: Pete has a strong technical background and extensive experience in planning and executing business strategy across global technology and manufacturing operations. As CEO, he leads the Executive Committee and is responsible for Morgan's overall performance. The Group's Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability (EHSS) team also reports directly to Pete, enabling him to keep the Board apprised on the establishment of goals, management of risks and opportunities, reporting and related governance procedures in that area.
Career and experience: Pete joined Morgan Advanced Materials in August 2015 as Chief Executive Officer. Before joining Morgan, Pete was President of the Communications and Connectivity sector of Cobham plc. Pete demonstrated strong leadership across a range of senior strategy, technology and operational positions at Cobham over a nine-year period. Prior to Cobham, Pete was a partner at McKinsey & Company in London, specialising in strategy and operations in the aerospace, defence and power and gas sectors.
Additional appointments: Non-Executive Director, Hill & Smith plc.
Skills and contribution: Clement has broad managerial experience in globally operating technology and consumer-related industries. He has a strong track record of renewing traditional industries and revitalising growth through strategic interventions, and in-depth experience and knowledge of markets within the Asia Pacific region.
Career and experience: From August 2016 to March 2020, Clement was Group CEO of Saurer Intelligent Technology Co. Ltd, a €1 billion textile machinery and components business listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Clement continued to serve on the board of Saurer as non-Executive Director until August 2021. Prior to this, Clement was Advisor and Co-CEO of Jinsheng Industry Co Ltd, an industrial company in China with diverse interests including biotech, automotive and textiles. Previously Clement held various senior positions including Division CEO of Leica Geosystems AG, President and CEO of SATS Ltd, and CEO Textile Division of OC Oerlikon AG.
Additional appointments: Non-Executive Director of Elementis plc.
At each meeting at which the Annual Report and Accounts are laid, the Company is required to appoint an auditor to serve until the next such meeting. The Audit Committee has recommended to the Board, and the Board now proposes to shareholders, the re-appointment of Deloitte LLP as the Company's Auditor. The Audit Committee has confirmed to the Board that its recommendation is free from third party influence and that no restrictive contractual provisions have been imposed on the Company limiting the choice of auditor. Resolution 12 is a resolution giving the Audit Committee the discretion to determine the Auditor's remuneration.
This resolution renews a similar authority given at last year's AGM and which is due to lapse at the AGM. It seeks approval from shareholders to enable the Company, and all companies which are, or which become, subsidiaries of the Company, to make political donations and incur political expenditure which it would otherwise be prohibited from making or incurring by the Companies Act 2006.
The Company's policy is not to make donations to political parties nor to incur political expenditure and there is no intention to change that policy. However, the Companies Act 2006 defines political expenditure, political donations and political organisations very widely, such that normal business activities, which might not be thought to be political expenditure or a political donation to a political organisation in the usual sense, may be included. For example, sponsorship of industry forums, funding of seminars and other functions to which politicians are invited, matching employees' donations to certain charities, expenditure on organisations concerned with matters of public policy, law reform and representation of the business community and communicating with the Government and political parties at local, regional and national level, may fall under the terms of the Companies Act 2006.
Accordingly, the Company, in common with many other companies, seeks an authority to make political donations as well as to incur political expenditure, to cover these kinds of activities on a precautionary basis, in order to avoid possible inadvertent contravention of the Companies Act 2006. The authority does not purport to authorise any particular donation or expenditure but is expressed in general terms, as required by the Companies Act 2006. Furthermore, as permitted under that Act, the authority has been extended to cover any political donations made and political expenditure incurred by any subsidiaries of the Company. Therefore, as a precautionary measure, you will be asked to give the Company and each of its subsidiaries authority to make political donations to political parties or independent election candidates, to make political donations to political organisations (other than political parties) and to incur political expenditure. This authority is limited to a maximum aggregate amount of £100,000.
If given, this authority will expire on the earlier of the close of business on 30 June 2025 and the conclusion of the Company's AGM to be held in 2025. It is the Directors' intention to renew this authority each year.
The Directors currently have an authority to allot shares in the Company and to grant rights to subscribe for or convert any securities into shares in the Company. This authority is due to lapse at the AGM. The Board is seeking to renew that authority over Ordinary shares up to an aggregate nominal amount of £23,780,832, representing approximately one third of the issued Ordinary share capital of the Company and also to give the Directors authority to allot Ordinary shares up to an aggregate nominal amount of £47,561,664, representing approximately two thirds of the issued Ordinary share capital of the Company, by way of a fully pre-emptive offer (as now permitted by the most recent version of The Investment Association's Share Capital Management Guidelines). For the avoidance of doubt, the authority sought pursuant to this resolution will give the Directors the ability to allot shares (or grant rights to shares) up to a maximum aggregate nominal amount of £47,561,664. The authority will lapse at the close of business on 30 June 2025 or at the AGM to be held in 2025, whichever shall first occur. The authority sought under this resolution is standard for most UK listed companies and is within the limits prescribed by The Investment Association. The Directors have no present intention to allot any shares under the authority being sought. Each reference in this explanatory note to the Company's issued Ordinary share capital is to the issued Ordinary share capital of the Company as at 13 March 2024 (being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this document). The Company did not hold any shares in treasury as at that date.
The Morgan Advanced Materials Sharesave Plan 2024 (the "Sharesave") will replace the Company's existing all-employee savings-related share option scheme which is due to expire on 18 June 2024. A copy of the Sharesave rules will be available for inspection by shareholders on the National Storage Mechanism (accessible at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) from the date of publication of this Notice and at the place of the AGM from 15 minutes prior to its commencement until its conclusion. A summary of the Sharesave rules is provided in the Appendix to this Notice of the meeting on pages 10 and 11.
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These are special resolutions which, if passed by shareholders, will enable the Board to allot Ordinary shares, or to sell any shares out of treasury, for cash, without first offering those shares to existing shareholders in proportion to their existing holdings.
In November 2022, the Pre-Emption Group revised its Statement of Principles on the Disapplication of Pre-emption Rights (the 'Principles'). The Principles incorporated a number of changes designed to improve capital raising processes for publicly traded companies by, among other matters, increasing the "routine" disapplication thresholds and introducing new supplemental disapplication thresholds.
The Principles now provide that a company may seek power to issue, on a non-pre-emptive basis, shares for cash in any one year representing: (i) no more than 10% (previously 5%) of the company's issued ordinary share capital for use in any circumstances; and (ii) no more than an additional 10% (previously 5%) of the company's issued ordinary share capital provided that such additional power is only used in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment which is announced contemporaneously with the issue, or which has taken place in the preceding 12 month period (previously 6 months) and is disclosed in the announcement of the issue.
The Principles also provide that, in both cases (i) and (ii) outlined above, a company may now seek a further power to issue, on a nonpre-emptive basis, shares for cash representing no more than 2% of the company's issued ordinary share capital for the purposes of making a "follow-on" offer (being an offer of a kind contemplated by the Principles) to certain retail investors and existing shareholders.
The Directors have again carefully considered the increased and supplemental thresholds available under the Principles, and have this year concluded that it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders generally that the Company has the maximum flexibility conferred by the increased "routine" thresholds in order to react quickly and efficiently should the needs of the business require. The Directors have no current plans, however, to exercise these authorities.
As was the case last year, the Directors are not seeking the supplemental thresholds notwithstanding the fact that this would be permissible under the Principles. The Directors will review this annually to ensure that the powers sought remain in the Company's best interests.
Accordingly, resolution 16 is proposed as a special resolution. If this resolution is passed by shareholders, it will permit the Directors to allot Ordinary shares for cash on a non-pre-emptive basis both in connection with a rights issue or similar pre-emptive issue and, otherwise than in connection with any such issue, up to a maximum nominal amount of £7,134,249 . This amount represented approximately 10% of the Company's issued Ordinary share capital as at 13 March 2024 (being the latest practicable date prior to publication of this document). This resolution will permit the Board to allot any such shares for cash in any circumstances (whether or not in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment).
Resolution 17 is proposed as a separate special resolution. If this resolution is passed by shareholders, it will afford the Directors an additional power to allot Ordinary shares for cash on a non-pre-emptive basis up to a further maximum nominal amount of £7,134,249. This amount also represented approximately 10% of the Company's issued Ordinary share capital as at 13 March 2024. The Board will use the power conferred by resolution 17 only in connection with an acquisition or a specified capital investment which is announced contemporaneously with the issue, or which has taken place in the preceding twelve months period and is disclosed in the announcement of the issue.
The Directors confirm that, in exercising these powers, they will follow the shareholder protections and features set out in Part 2B of the Principles.
The proposed resolution seeks authority for the Company to purchase up to a maximum of 28,536,998 of its own Ordinary shares (that is approximately 10% of the Company's issued Ordinary share capital, and therefore within institutional shareholder guidelines, as at 13 March 2024). The Directors are seeking this authority as they consider it prudent for the Company to have the flexibility in its financial management to make market purchases of its own Ordinary shares, despite having no present intention of using the authority sought in this resolution. The reasons why the Directors may, in the future, consider a buy-back of shares to be in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders include where the Directors (i) expect that such a buy-back would result in an increase in earnings per share, (ii) consider that the Company has excess cash, and/or (iii) determine that it is appropriate to increase the Company's gearing.
The resolution specifies the maximum and minimum prices at which Ordinary shares may be bought. Any shares purchased by the Company under this authority would either be cancelled or held as treasury shares, depending on which course of action is considered by the Directors to be in the best interests of shareholders at that time. Treasury shares may subsequently be cancelled, sold for cash or used to satisfy options and awards granted to employees pursuant to the Company's employee share schemes. Once held in treasury, the Company is not entitled to exercise any rights, including the right to attend and vote at meetings, in respect of the shares. Further, no dividend or other distribution of the Company's assets may be made to the Company in respect of the treasury shares.
As at 13 March 2024, there were options and awards outstanding to subscribe for 8,781,101 Ordinary shares under the Company's shareholder approved employee share schemes. If the outstanding options and awards were fully exercised they would represent approximately 3.08% of the issued Ordinary share capital of the Company. If the buy-back authorities (both existing and sought) were exercised in full, and those shares were cancelled (but the Company's issued Ordinary share capital otherwise remained unaltered), then the number of options and awards to subscribe for shares outstanding as at 13 March 2024 would represent 3.42% of the reduced issued Ordinary share capital of the Company.
This authority will expire at the conclusion of the AGM of the Company to be held in 2025 or at the close of business on 30 June 2025, whichever is earlier.
This special resolution renews an authority given at last year's AGM and is required as a result of section 307A of the Companies Act 2006. The Company currently has power under its Articles of Association to call general meetings (other than an AGM) on at least 14 clear days' notice and would like to preserve this ability. In order to be able to do so, shareholders must first approve the calling of meetings on at least 14 days' notice. This resolution seeks such approval. The approval will be effective until the Company's AGM to be held in 2025, when it is intended that a similar resolution will be proposed. The shorter notice period would not be used as a matter of routine for general meetings, but only where the flexibility is merited by the business of the meeting and is thought to be to the advantage of the shareholders as a whole.
Any power of attorney or other authority under which an appointment of proxy is signed or authenticated (or a copy which has been certified by a solicitor or a notary or in accordance with the Powers of Attorney Act 1971) should be sent to the relevant address specified in these notes for receipt of the proxy appointment by the latest time indicated for receipt of such proxy appointment.
Each time that the Board decides to issue an invitation to employees to participate in the Sharesave, all UK resident tax-paying employees and full-time directors of the Company and its subsidiaries (the "Group") participating in the Sharesave must be offered the opportunity to participate. Other employees of the Group may be permitted to participate at the Board's discretion. If the Board so determines in line with the relevant legislation governing the Sharesave, employees who are invited to participate must have completed a minimum qualifying period of employment before they can participate (which currently can be up to 5 years before the grant date).
Under the Sharesave, eligible employees may enter into a linked savings contract to make savings over a three or five-year period. Monthly savings by an employee under all savings contracts linked to options granted under any tax-advantaged savings-related share option plan may not exceed the statutory maximum, which is currently set at £500 per month. The Board may set a lower limit in relation to any particular grant. At the end of the three-year or five-year savings contract, employees may either withdraw their savings on a tax-free basis or use their savings to acquire ordinary fully paid shares in the Company ("Shares").
The proceeds of the savings contract can be used to exercise an option to acquire Shares at an exercise price per Share set when employees were invited to participate in the Sharesave. The exercise price may not be manifestly less than 80 per cent (or such other percentage as may be permitted by the relevant legislation) of the market value of a Share at the date of invitation.
The exercise price will normally be set using prices taken from a period of 42 days beginning on: (a) the first dealing day after the announcement of the Company's results for any period; (b) the day on which an announcement is made of an amendment to the Sharesave legislation or such legislation comes into force; (c) the day on which a new HMRC-approved savings contract is announced; or (d) to the extent that share dealing restrictions apply in any of the preceding three periods, the dealing day on which such dealing restrictions are lifted, unless the Board determines that exceptional circumstances exist which justify the issue of invitations under the Sharesave at another time.
The Sharesave may operate over new issue Shares, treasury Shares or Shares purchased in the market. The rules of the Sharesave provide that the number of Shares which may be issued to satisfy options or awards granted under the Sharesave and any other employee share plan adopted by the Company in any ten-year rolling period may not exceed 10 per cent. of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company from time to time.
Shares transferred out of treasury will count towards this limit for so long as this is required under institutional shareholder guidelines. However, options over, and awards of, Shares which are relinquished or lapse will be disregarded for the purposes of this limit.
Ordinarily, an option may be exercised within six months of the date that the savings contract matures. Options not exercised by the end of this period will lapse. However, special provisions apply on a participant's cessation of employment and in the case of certain corporate events.
Options will normally lapse immediately upon a participant ceasing to be employed by, or hold office with, the Group. However, if a participant ceases to hold office or employment because of injury, disability, redundancy, retirement or the sale of the individual's employing company or business out of the Group, their option will not lapse and may be exercised early for a period of up to six months after the participant's cessation of office or employment. If a participant dies, their option may be exercised for 12 months after their death by their personal representatives.
In the event of certain types of corporate event involving a change of control or winding-up of the Company, any outstanding options may be exercised early. Alternatively, participants may agree with the acquiring company to exchange their options for equivalent options over shares in a different company. If the change of control is an internal reorganisation of the Group and participants are offered equivalent options over shares in a different company, their options will not become exercisable and, if not so exchanged, will lapse.
In the event of a variation of the Company's share capital, the Board may adjust the number or description of Shares subject to options and/or the exercise price applicable to options in such manner as it considers appropriate.
Options granted under the Sharesave will not confer shareholder rights on a participant (including an entitlement to vote or to receive dividends) until that participant has exercised their option and received the underlying Shares. Any Shares issued will rank equally with other Shares then in issue (except for rights arising by reference to a record date prior to their issue).
The Board may, at any time, amend the Sharesave rules in any respect. The prior approval of the Company's shareholders must be obtained for any amendment which is made to the advantage of eligible employees and/or participants and relates to the provisions relating to eligibility, individual or overall limits on Shares under the Sharesave, the basis for determining the entitlement to, and the terms of, Shares provided under the Sharesave, the adjustments that may be made in the event of any variation in the share capital of the Company and/or the rule relating to such prior approval. There are, however, exceptions to this requirement to obtain shareholder approval for any minor amendments to benefit the administration of the Sharesave, to take account of the provisions of any relevant legislation, or to obtain or maintain favourable tax, exchange control or regulatory treatment for any participant or member of the Group.
Options are not transferable other than to the participant's personal representatives in the event of the participant's death.
Any benefits received under the Sharesave are not pensionable.
No options may be granted under the Sharesave more than ten years after the date it is approved by the Company's shareholders.

York House, Sheet Street Windsor, Berkshire SL4 1DD Registered in England and Wales No. 286773 Tel: +44 (0)1753 837000
www.morganadvancedmaterials.com
11 – Morgan Advanced Materials plc Notice of Annual General Meeting 2024
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