AGM Information • May 14, 2025
AGM Information
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At the Annual General Meeting of the above named Company duly convened and held on 14 May 2025 the following resolutions were passed (in addition to resolutions passed in respect of ordinary business): Resolutions 16, 17 and 18 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 19, 20, 21 and 22 were passed as special resolutions:
That the Company, and all companies that are its subsidiaries at any time during the period for which this resolution is effective, be and are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised for the purposes of Sections 366 and 367 of the Companies Act 2006 (the '2006 Act'), in aggregate, to:
(as such terms are defined in Sections 363 to 365 of the 2006 Act) provided that the aggregate of such donations and expenditure shall not exceed £50,000 during the period beginning with the date of passing this resolution and expiring at the earlier of 30 June 2026 and the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2026, unless such authority has been previously renewed, revoked or varied by the Company at a general meeting. The Company may enter into a contract or undertaking under this authority prior to its expiry, which contract or undertaking may be performed wholly or partly after such expiry, and may make donations to political organisations other than political parties and incur political expenditure in pursuance of such contracts or undertakings as if the said authority had not expired.
That the Directors be and are hereby authorised, generally and unconditionally, pursuant to Section 551 of the 2006 Act, to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company and to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the Company for a period expiring at the earlier of 30 June 2026 and the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2026 (save that the Company may make offers and enter into agreements under this authority prior to its expiry which would, or might, require shares to be allotted or rights to subscribe for or to convert securities into shares to be granted after such expiry, and the Board may allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for or to convert securities into shares under any such offer or agreement as if the said authority had not expired) and for a maximum aggregate nominal amount of:
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 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
D. the amount allotted pursuant to the terms of any share scheme of the Company or any of its subsidiary undertakings adopted prior to or on the date of this Meeting.
That the authority granted to the Directors to allot shares (including selling ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares) and to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares up to a total nominal value of £26,266,870 pursuant to paragraph (A) of resolution 17 set out above be extended by the addition of such number of ordinary shares of five pence each representing the nominal amount of the Company's share capital repurchased by the Company under the authority granted pursuant to resolution 21 set out below, to the extent that such extension would not result in the authority to allot shares (and to sell treasury shares) or grant rights to subscribe for or convert securities into shares pursuant to resolution 17 exceeding £87,468,677.
That if resolutions 17 and/or 18 are passed the Directors be and are hereby authorised to allot equity securities (as defined in Section 560(1) of the 2006 Act) for cash pursuant to the power conferred on the Directors by resolutions 17 and/or 18 and/or to sell any ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash as if Section 561 of that Act did not apply to such allotment or sale for a period expiring at the earlier of 30 June 2026 and the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2026 (save that the Company may make offers and enter into agreements under this authority prior to its expiry which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (or treasury shares to be sold) after such expiry, and the Board may allot equity securities (or sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the said authority had not expired), such authority to be limited:
That if resolutions 17 and 18 are passed the Directors be and are hereby authorised in addition to any authority granted under resolution 18 to allot equity securities (as defined in Section 560(1) of the 2006 Act) for cash pursuant to the power conferred on the Directors by resolutions 17 and/or 18 and/or to sell any ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash as if Section 561 of that Act did not apply to such allotment or sale for a period expiring at the earlier of 30 June 2026 and the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2026 (save that the Company may make offers and enter into agreements under this authority prior to its expiry which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (or treasury shares to be sold) after such expiry, and the Board may allot equity securities (or sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the said authority had not expired), such authority to be:
That the Company be and is hereby generally and unconditionally authorised, in accordance with Section 701 of the 2006 Act, to make one or more market purchases (within the meaning of Section 693(4) of the 2006 Act) of its ordinary shares in the capital of the Company, provided that:
A. Such authority be limited:
in each case exclusive of expenses;
ii. held, sold, transferred or otherwise dealt with as treasury shares in accordance with the provisions of the 2006 Act.
That a general meeting other than an Annual General Meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
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