AGM Information • May 21, 2021
AGM Information
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At the Annual General Meeting of Ocado Group plc (the "Company") duly convened and held at Buildings One & Two Trident Place, Mosquito Way, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9UL on Thursday, 13 May 2021 at 10.00am, resolutions 17, 18, 19, and 20 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 21, 22, 23 and 24 were passed as special resolutions, as extracted from the notice of meeting and set out below.
That, in accordance with sections 366 and 367 of the Companies Act 2006, the Company and all companies that are its subsidiaries at any time during the period for which this Resolution is effective are authorised, in aggregate, to:
(as such terms are defined in sections 363 to 365 of the Companies Act 2006) during the period commencing on the date of the passing of this Resolution and finishing at the end of next year's annual general meeting (or if earlier, the close of business on 13 August 2022).
The Board be generally and unconditionally authorised to allot shares in the Company and to grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares in the Company up to a nominal amount of £4,992,015 (such amount to be reduced by any allotments or grants made under Resolution 20, if passed, in excess of such sum) 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. Such authority shall apply until the end of next year's annual general meeting (or, if earlier, until the close of business on 13 August 2022) but, in each case, during this period the Company may make offers and enter into agreements which would, or might, require shares to be allotted or rights to subscribe for or convert securities into shares to be granted after the authority ends and the Board may allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for or convert securities into shares under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not ended.
The Board be generally and unconditionally authorised to allot shares in the Company and to grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares in the Company comprising equity securities (as defined in section560(1)oftheCompaniesAct2006)uptoanominal amountof£9,984,030(suchamounttobereduced by any allotments or grants made underResolution 19, if passed) in connection with an offer by way of a rights issue to:
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. Such authority shall apply until the end of next year's annual general meeting (or, if earlier, until the close of business on 13 August 2022) but, in each case, during this period the Company may make offers and enter into agreements which would, or might, require shares to be allotted or rights to subscribe for or convert securities into shares to be granted after the authority ends and the Board may allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for or convert securities into shares under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not ended.
That, if Resolution 19 and/or Resolution 20 is/are passed, the Board be given power to allot equity securities (as defined in the Companies Act 2006) for cash under the authority given by Resolution 19 and/or Resolution 20 (as applicable) and/or to sell ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash as if section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply to any such allotment or sale, such power to be limited:
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) in the case of the authority granted under Resolution 19 (if Resolution 19 is passed) and/or in the case of any sale of treasury shares, to the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares (otherwise than under paragraph A above) up to a nominal amount of £748,802,
such power to apply until the end of next year's annual general meeting (or, if earlier, until the close of business on 13 August 2022) but, in each case, during this period the Company may make offers, and enter into agreements, which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (or treasury shares to be sold) after the power ends and the Board may allot equity securities (or sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the power had not ended.
That, if Resolution 19 is passed, the Board be given power, in addition to any power granted under Resolution 21(B), to allot equity securities (as defined in the Companies Act 2006) for cash under the authority given by Resolution 19 and/or to sell ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash as if section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply to any such allotment or sale, such power to be:
such power to apply until the end of next year's annual general meeting (or, if earlier, until the close of business on 13 August 2022) but, during this period 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 ends and the Board may allot equity securities (and sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the power had not ended.
The Company be authorised for the purposes of section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 to make one or more market purchases (as defined in section 693(4) of the Companies Act 2006) of its ordinary shares of 2 pence each, such power to be limited:
in each case, exclusive of expenses,
such authority to apply until the end of next year's annual general meeting (or, if earlier, until the close of business on 13 August 2022) but in each case so that the Company may enter into a contract to purchase ordinary shares which will or may be completed or executed wholly or partly after the authority ends and the Company may purchase ordinary shares pursuant to any such contract as if the authority had not ended.
That a general meeting other than an annual general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
Dated 14 May 2021
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Neill Abrams Company Secretary and Director
Ocado Group plc
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