Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • May 16, 2025
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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Company No: 13172844
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on Thursday 15 May 2025 at 2.00 pm, at the offices of Clifford Chance LLP, 10 Upper Bank Street, London E14 5JJ, the following resolutions, not concerning the ordinary business of the Annual General Meeting, were passed:
To authorise the Company, and any company which, at the time during the period for which this resolution has effect, is a subsidiary of the Company, for the purposes of Section 366 of the Companies Act 2006 (the '2006 Act') to:
provided that the aggregate amount of any such donations and expenditure shall not exceed £50,000 in total, during the period beginning with the date of the passing of this resolution and ending at the conclusion of the annual general meeting to be held in 2026 or on 15 August 2026, whichever is the earlier, unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting, provided that the maximum amounts referred to in (a), (b) and (c) may comprise sums in different currencies which shall be converted at such rate as the Board may in its absolute discretion determine to be appropriate.
For the purpose of this resolution, the terms 'political donations', 'political parties', 'independent election candidates', 'political organisations' and 'political expenditure' have the meanings set out in Sections 363 to 365 of the 2006 Act.
To generally and unconditionally authorise the directors of the Company (the 'Directors'), pursuant to and in accordance with Section 551 of the 2006 Act, to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares (as defined in Section 540 of the 2006 Act) in the Company or grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the Company:
and so that the Directors may impose any limits or restrictions or make any other arrangements which they consider 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 ('pre-emptive offer'), provided that such authorities shall apply in substitution for all existing authorities and to expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2026 or on 15 August 2026, whichever is the earlier, unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting but, in each case, so that the Company may make offers and enter into agreements before the authority expires which would, or might, require shares to be allotted or rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares to be granted after the authority expires and the Directors may allot shares or grant such rights under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired. References in this Resolution 13 to the nominal amount of rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares (including where such rights are referred to as equity securities as defined in Section 560(1) of the 2006 Act) are to the nominal amount of shares that may be allotted pursuant to the rights.
Disapplication of Pre-Emption Rights
That, if Resolution 13 is passed, the Directors be generally empowered pursuant to Section 570 of the 2006 Act to allot equity securities (as defined in Section 560(1) of the 2006 Act) for cash under the authority given by that resolution and/or pursuant to Section 573 of the 2006 Act to sell ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash, in each case as if section 561 of the 2006 Act did not apply to any such allotment or sale, such authority to be limited:
and so that the Directors may impose any limits or restrictions or make any other arrangements which they consider 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;
this Resolution 14) up to a nominal amount equal to 20%. of any allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares from time to time under paragraph (b) of this Resolution 14, such authority to be used only for the purposes of making a follow-on offer which the Directors determine to be of a kind contemplated by paragraph 3 of Section 2B of the Statement of Principles on Disapplying Pre-Emption Rights most recently published by the Pre-Emption Group prior to the date of this notice,
such authority to apply in substitution for all existing powers and to expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company or, if earlier, at the close of business on 15 August 2026 unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting 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/or treasury shares to be sold) after the authority expires and the Directors may allot equity securities (and/or sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.
That, in addition to any authority granted under Resolution 14, and subject to the passing of Resolution 13, the Directors be generally empowered pursuant to Section 570 of the 2006 Act to allot equity securities (as defined in Section 560(1) of the 2006 Act) for cash pursuant to the authority granted by paragraph (a) of Resolution 13 and/or pursuant to Section 573 of the 2006 Act to sell ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash, in each case free of the restriction in Section 561 of the 2006 Act, such authority to be:
such authority to expire at the conclusion of the next annual general meeting of the Company or, if earlier, at the close of business on 15 August 2026 unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting 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/or treasury shares to be sold) after the authority expires and the Directors may allot equity securities (and/or sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.
To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on no less than 14 clear days' notice.
This information is provided in compliance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2R
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