AGM Information • Jun 26, 2023
AGM Information
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Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Motorpoint Group plc will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 26 July 2023 at Motorpoint Coventry, 6 Meto Lakha Close, Coventry, CV6 5QS to consider and, if thought fit, pass resolutions 1 to 16 overleaf.
This document is important and requires your immediate attention. If you are in any doubt as to any aspect of the proposals referred to in this document or as to the action you should take, you should seek your own advice from a stockbroker, solicitor, accountant, or other independent professional adviser immediately. If you have sold or otherwise transferred all of your shares, please pass this document together with the accompanying documents to the purchaser or transferee, or to the person who arranged the sale or transfer so they can pass these documents to the person who now holds the shares.
A shareholder may appoint one or more proxies to exercise all or any of their rights to attend, speak and vote at the meeting, provided that each proxy is appointed to exercise the rights attached to different Ordinary share(s) held by that shareholder. A proxy need not be a member of the Company. To be valid, any instruction or instrument appointing a proxy must be received by the Company's registrar, through the Company's electronic proxy appointment service (available via https://www.signalshares.com), in the case of shares held through CREST, via the CREST system or if you are an institutional investor you may also be able to appoint a proxy electronically via the Proxymity platform, in each case by no later than 10:00 a.m. on 24 July 2023.
Please note no paper copy of the Proxy Form is being posted with this document. Please see Notes 5 and 6 on page 7 for further details.
Dear Shareholder
I am pleased to inform you that the Annual General Meeting ("AGM" or the "Meeting") of the Company will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 26 July 2023 at Motorpoint Coventry, 6 Meto Lakha Close, Coventry, CV6 5QS.
Notice of the AGM is set out on pages 3 to 5 of this document with explanatory notes set out on pages 9 to 10. There will be an opportunity for you to ask questions at, and I would encourage you to attend, the AGM.
At the meetings itself, voting on all proposed resolutions will be conducted on a poll rather than a show of hands, in line with recommended best practice. Voting by poll is more transparent and equitable because it includes the votes of all Shareholders who have cast their votes by proxy, rather than just the votes of Shareholders who attend the AGM.
The voting results will be published on our website www.motorpointplc.com and they will also be released to the London Stock Exchange via a Regulatory Information Service.
Your vote is important to us. We encourage shareholders to vote electronically at www.signalshares.com as your vote will automatically be counted. Shareholders are encouraged to exercise their right to vote by appointing the Chair of the meeting to be their proxy at the AGM in accordance with their instructions.
You can also vote by downloading the new shareholder app, LinkVote+, on Apple App Store or Google Play and following the instructions.
If you would prefer to use a paper proxy form to appoint your proxy, you may request one from the Company's registrar, Link Group, by calling the shareholder helpline. Details of the helpline and further information on how to appoint a proxy to vote on your behalf are set out in the Notice on page 7 of this document.
CREST members may use the CREST electronic proxy appointment service to submit their proxy appointment in respect of the AGM. Our CREST Issuer Agent ID is RA10. Further information regarding the appointment of proxies and voting is set out in the Notes to this Notice of Meeting. Please note that all proxy votes and appointments must be received by the Registrar no later than 10:00 a.m. on 24 July 2023.
If you are an institutional investor you may also be able to appoint a proxy electronically via the Proxymity platform, a process which has been agreed by the Company and approved by the Registrar. For further information regarding Proxymity, please go to www.proxymity.io.
Our corporate website www.motorpointplc.com provides more information about Motorpoint including:
Shareholders who wish to ask a question of the Board relating to the business of the meeting can do so by sending an email to [email protected]. In addition, shareholders who attend the AGM in person may pose questions to the Board in person.
The Directors of the Company consider that all of the resolutions to be proposed at the Meeting are in the best interests of Motorpoint and its shareholders as a whole and are most likely to promote the success of Motorpoint. The Directors unanimously recommend that you vote in favour of all the proposed resolutions as they intend to do in respect of their own beneficial holdings currently amounting to approximately 10% of the issued share capital of Motorpoint.
Yours sincerely
Chair Motorpoint Group plc


Notice is hereby given that the 2023 Annual General Meeting (the "AGM" or the "Meeting") of Motorpoint Group plc (the "Company") will be held on Wednesday, 26 July 2023 at 10.00 a.m. at Motorpoint Coventry, 6 Meto Lakha Close, Coventry, CV6 5QS.
You will be asked to consider and vote on the resolutions below. Resolutions 1 to 12 (inclusive) will be proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 13 to 16 (inclusive) will be proposed as special resolutions.
To receive, consider and adopt the Company's audited financial statements for the financial year ended 31 March 2023, together with the Directors' Report and the Auditors' Report on those accounts (collectively the "Annual Report and Accounts").
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report contained within the Annual Report and Accounts.
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy which is set out on pages 94 to 101 (inclusive) of the Directors' Report contained within the Annual Report and Accounts and which will take effect on the date that the resolution is passed.
To re-elect Mark Carpenter as an executive director of the Company.
To re-elect Chris Morgan as an executive director of the Company.
To re-elect John Walden as a non-executive director of the Company.
To re-elect Mary McNamara as a non-executive director of the Company.
To re-elect Adele Cooper as a non-executive director of the Company.
To re-elect Keith Mansfield as a non-executive director of the Company.
To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company to hold office from the conclusion of the AGM until the conclusion of the next AGM at which accounts are laid.
To authorise the Board to determine the auditors' remuneration.
That, in accordance with section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act"), the directors of the Company (the "Directors") be and are generally and unconditionally authorised to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot Relevant Securities:
provided that (unless previously revoked, varied or renewed) these authorities shall expire at the conclusion of the next AGM of the Company after the passing of this Resolution or at the close of business on 26 October 2024 (whichever is the earlier), save that, in each case, the Company may make an offer or agreement before the authority expires which would or might require Relevant Securities to be allotted after the authority expires and the Directors may allot Relevant Securities pursuant to any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.
In this Resolution, "Relevant Securities" means ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") or rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into Ordinary Shares; a reference to the allotment of Relevant Securities includes the grant of such a right; and a reference to the nominal amount of a Relevant Security which is a right to subscribe for or to convert any security into Ordinary Shares is to the nominal amount of the Ordinary Shares which may be allotted pursuant to that right.
These authorities are in substitution for and shall replace all existing authorities (which, to the extent unused at the date of this Resolution, are revoked with immediate effect), but without prejudice to any allotment of shares or grant of rights already made, offered or agreed to be made pursuant to such authorities.
That, subject to the passing of Resolution 12, the Directors are given power pursuant to section 570 and section 573 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act") to allot equity securities (as defined in section 560(1) of the Act) for cash under the authority given by that Resolution and/or to sell Ordinary Shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash as if section 561 of the Act did not apply to any such allotment or sale, such power to be limited:
such power to expire at the end of the next AGM of the Company (or, if earlier, at the close of business on 26 October 2024) but, in each case, prior to its expiry the Company may make offers, and enter into agreements, which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (and treasury shares to be sold) after the power expires and the Directors may allot equity securities (and sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the power had not expired.
That, subject to the passing of Resolution 12, the Directors are given power pursuant to section 570 and section 573 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act"), in addition to any power given under Resolution 13, to allot equity securities (as defined in section 560(1) of the Act) for cash under the authority given by paragraph 12.2 of Resolution 12 and/or to sell Ordinary Shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash as if section 561 of the Act did not apply to any such allotment or sale, such power to be:
such power to expire at the end of the next AGM of the Company (or, if earlier, at the close of business on 26 October 2024) but, in each case, prior to its expiry the Company may make offers, and enter into agreements, which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (and treasury shares to be sold) after the power expires and the Directors may allot equity securities (and sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the power had not expired.
That, pursuant to section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act"), the Company be and is hereby generally and unconditionally authorised to make market purchases (as defined in section 693(4) of the Act) of Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each in the capital of the Company, provided that:
15.1. the maximum number of such shares that may be purchased is 9,018,988 (representing approximately 10% of the Company's issued Ordinary Share capital); and
15.2. the minimum price which may be paid for each such Ordinary Share is its nominal value and the maximum price is the higher of 105% of the average of the middle market quotations for an Ordinary Share as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days immediately before the purchase is made and the price which is the higher of the last independent trade and the highest current independent bid on the trading venue where the purchase is carried out, in each case exclusive of expenses,
and (unless previously revoked, varied or renewed) this authority shall expire at the conclusion of the next AGM of the Company after the passing of this Resolution or at the close of business on 26 October 2024 (whichever is the earlier), save that the Company may enter into a contract to purchase Ordinary Shares before the expiry of this authority under which such purchase will or may be completed or executed wholly or partly after this authority expires and may make a purchase of Ordinary Shares pursuant to any such contract as if this authority had not expired.
That a general meeting (other than an AGM) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
Chris Morgan Company Secretary
16 June 2023
Motorpoint Group plc Champion House Stephensons Way Derby, DE21 6LY
Company Number: 10119755
Non-Executive Chair Date of appointment: 10 January 2022
Committee memberships: Chair of the Nomination Committee
Background and career: John has held prior roles including chair of Naked Wines plc, chair of the Jersey parent company of Holland & Barrett International, and non-executive director of Celine Jersey Topco Ltd, the Jersey holding company of Debenhams. John was also an executive director at FTD Companies. John served as CEO of Argos and its parent company Home Retail Group plc, and he has held several senior roles with Best Buy Co. including EVP and president of the internet division. John has been a driving force in omnichannel and consumer driven retailing, as well as leading digital and transformational change, both in the UK and US.
Significant external roles: Since March 2021, John has been the chair of SnowFox Topco Ltd, the Guernsey topco responsible for Yo Sushi. John is also a Founder of Inversion LLC. In March 2023, John was appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director and Non-Executive Chair Designate of ScS Group Plc, and will take on the role of Non-Executive Chair of ScS on 30 November 2023.
Chief Executive Officer ('CEO')
Date of appointment: 12 April 2016
Committee memberships: Member of the Nomination and ESG committees.
Background and career: Mark was appointed CEO of Motorpoint Limited in May 2013 following two years as Chief Financial Officer. He has 18 years' experience in motor retail and was previously finance director of Sytner Group plc from 2005 to 2010. Prior to this, Mark was with Andersen, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant.
Significant external roles: None.
Chief Financial Officer ('CFO')
Date of appointment: 11 January 2021
Committee memberships: Member of the ESG Committee.
Background and career: Chris was appointed CFO in January 2021. Chris was formerly group finance director at Speedy Hire Plc. Prior to this Chris held senior finance leadership positions at Go Outdoors and Tesco, where he was latterly the finance director for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Chris is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee
Date of appointment: 13 May 2016 (Senior Independent Director from 21 October 2016)
Committee memberships: Chair of Remuneration, member of the Audit, Nomination and ESG committees.
Background and career: Mary was CEO of the commercial division and board director of the banking division at Close Brothers Group PLC. She spent 17 years with GE in a number of leadership roles, including CEO of the European Fleet Services business. Mary has also spent time with Skandia and 14 years at Harrods.
Significant external roles: Mary is chair of the remuneration committee and member of the nomination and governance committee of OSB Group plc.
Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of the ESG Committee
Date of appointment: 6 March 2020
Committee memberships: Chair of the ESG Committee and member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination committees.
Background and career: Adele has extensive marketing and senior leadership experience, having worked at some of the world's leading technology companies, most recently at Pinterest from June 2015 to December 2019. While at Pinterest, Adele was responsible for the UK and Ireland, overseeing strategic, commercial and operational management. Prior to this, Adele has been with Facebook and Google, with a lead global relationship role and a variety of regional and global lead roles marketing and operational.
Significant external roles: Adele is Chief Revenue Officer at &Open and a non-executive director of Conjura Ireland Limited.
Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee
Date of appointment: 20 May 2020
Committee memberships: Chair of the Audit Committee, member of the Remuneration, Nomination and ESG committees.
Background and career: Keith was appointed to the Board of Motorpoint Group plc as Independent Non-Executive Director in May 2020. A Chartered Accountant by background, Keith brings extensive accountancy experience, having worked at PwC for over 30 years, during which time he served as chairman of PwC in London responsible for assurance, tax and advisory services. As a partner for 22 years, he has led services to public and private companies across a range of industry sectors.
Significant external roles: Keith is the Senior Independent Director of Tritax Eurobox plc, where he chairs the Audit Committee and is a member of the Management Engagement Committee and Nomination Committee. Keith is also the Senior Independent Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Digital 9 Infrastructure plc, Chair of Albemarle Fairoaks Airport Limited and a non-executive director on the Boards of Martins Investment Holdings Ltd, Martins Development Holdings Ltd and Martins Financial Holdings Ltd.
All proxy appointments must be received by no later than 10:00 a.m. on 24 July 2023 to be valid.
The Company's registrar, Link Group, can be contacted on its helpline number by calling 0371 664 0300 (calls are charged at the standard geographic rate and will vary by provider and calls outside the United Kingdom will be charged at the applicable international rate). If dialling from overseas please call +44 371 664 0300. Lines are open between 09:00 - 17:30, Monday to Friday excluding public holidays in England and Wales.
Any members' statements, members' resolutions and members' matters of business received by the Company after the date of this Notice will be added to the information already available on the website as soon as reasonably practicable and will also be made available for the following two years.
Where the Company is required to publish such a statement on its website it may not require the members making the request to pay any expenses incurred by the Company in complying with the request, it must forward the statement to the Company's auditors no later than the time the statement is made available on the Company's website, and the statement may be dealt with as part of the business of the AGM.
The request must either set out the statement in full or, if supporting a statement sent by another member, clearly identify the statement which is being supported, and be received by the Company at least one week before the AGM.
An explanation of each of the resolutions is set out below.
The Directors are required to present to the meeting the audited accounts and the reports of the Directors and the auditors for the financial year ended 31 March 2023.
The Act requires the Company to produce a yearly report on Directors' remuneration (the "Directors' Remuneration Report") and to put an annual resolution to shareholders for approval of that Report. The Directors' Remuneration Report for which approval is sought is set out on pages 102 to 108 of the Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 31 March 2023.
This Resolution is being proposed to comply with section 439A of the Act which requires a separate resolution on the Remuneration Policy (the "Policy") contained in the Report to be put to a vote by Shareholders. The only proposed change to the policy is set out on page 95 of the Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 31 March 2023. The vote is a binding one. If passed, the Policy will take effect from the date of the resolution being passed and will apply until replaced by a new or amended policy. Once the Policy is effective, the Company will not be able to make payments to a Director other than in accordance with the Policy. The Policy is intended to be put forward for Shareholder approval every three years, as required by the Act. If the Policy is not approved by the Shareholders for any reason, the Company will, if and to the extent permitted to do so under the Act, continue to make payments to Directors in accordance with the Company's existing policy on Directors' remuneration and will seek Shareholder approval for a revised policy as soon as practicable.
In accordance with the UK Corporate Governance Code, all of the Directors are seeking re-appointment. The Board, having considered the mix of skills, knowledge and experience of each of the Directors, confirms that it remains satisfied that each of the Directors continues to perform his or her duties effectively. Biographical details of these Directors are set out on pages 76 and 77 of the Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 31 March 2023.
The Company is required to appoint auditors at each general meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company, to hold office until the end of the next such meeting. Resolution 10 proposes the appointment and, in accordance with standard practice, Resolution 11 gives authority to the Directors to determine the remuneration to be paid to the auditors.
Under section 551 of the Act, the directors of a company may only allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for, or to convert any security, into shares in a company if authorised to do so. The Act provides that the shareholders can give a general authority to the Directors to allot shares but that authority is subject to renewal by the shareholders. Resolution 12 renews an authority given at last year's AGM and is in two parts:
The Directors have no current intention to exercise either of the authorities sought under Resolution 12, save in connection with the Company's share option plans. However, the Directors consider that it is in the best interests of the Company to have the authorities available so that they have the maximum flexibility permitted by investor guidelines to allot shares or grant rights without the need for a general meeting, should they determine that it is appropriate to do so to respond to market developments or to take advantage of business opportunities as they arise. If the Directors do exercise this authority, the Directors intend to follow best practice as regards to its use. This authority will expire on the earlier of the close of business on 26 October 2024 and the conclusion of the next AGM.
If new shares are to be allotted for cash, section 561(1) of the Act requires that those shares are offered first to existing shareholders pro-rata to their holdings. However, it may be in the interests of the Company for the Directors to allot shares other than to shareholders in proportion to their existing holding or otherwise than strictly in compliance with those requirements. Resolution 13 would allow the Directors, pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Act, to allot shares for cash (or to sell treasury shares) without first offering them to shareholders pursuant to their statutory pre-emption rights. This authority would be limited to allotments or sales in connection with pre-emptive offers to shareholders and offers to holders of other equity securities (if the rights attaching to those securities require it or as the Directors consider necessary), or otherwise up to an aggregate nominal amount of £90,189 (representing 9,018,988 Ordinary Shares). This aggregate nominal amount represents approximately 10% of the issued Ordinary Share capital of the Company as at 16 June 2023 being the last practicable date before the publication of this document. Allotments made under the authorisation in paragraph 12.1 of Resolution 12 would be limited to allotments by way of a rights issue only (subject to the right of the Board to impose necessary or appropriate limitations to deal with, for example, fractional entitlements and regulatory matters). The authority will expire at the earlier of the close of business on 26 October 2024 and the conclusion of the next AGM of the Company.
These resolutions are in line with guidance produced by The Pre-Emption Group in November 2022. The Directors confirm that they will follow the shareholder protections in section 2B and the expected features of a follow-on offer in paragraph 3 of section 2B of the Pre-Emption Group's 2022 Statement of Principles.
The Board is committed to managing the Company's capital effectively and the Directors believe that it is in the interests of the Company and its shareholders to continue to have the flexibility to purchase its own shares. This Resolution seeks authority from shareholders to do so.
The effect of such purchases would be either to cancel the number of shares to be purchased or the Directors may elect to hold them in treasury pursuant to Chapter 6 of Part 18 of the Act.
Shares held in treasury may subsequently be cancelled, sold for cash or used to satisfy share options and share awards under a company's employee share scheme. Once held in treasury, a 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 of 16 June 2023 (being the last practicable date prior to publication of this Notice) there were options outstanding over 2,141,798 shares, representing 2.37% of the Company's issued share capital. If the authority given by this Resolution was to be fully used, these options would represent 2.64% of the Company's issued share capital (as amended).
The Company is currently able to call general meetings (other than AGMs) on 14 clear days' notice and would like to preserve this ability. In order to be able to do so, shareholders must have approved the calling of meetings on 14 clear days' notice. Resolution 16 seeks such approval and will be effective until the Company's AGM in 2024 when it is intended that a similar resolution will be proposed. The Company will also need to meet the requirements of the Act for electronic voting before it may call a general meeting on 14 clear days' notice.
Motorpoint Group plc Notice of 2023 AGM 11

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