AGM Information • May 9, 2016
AGM Information
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At a GENERAL MEETING of the above-named Company duly convened and held on Monday 9 May 2016 at 5.00pm, of which Resolution 15 was passed as an Ordinary Resolution and Resolutions 16, 17 and 18 were passed as special resolutions.
$15.$ THAT, pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006, the Board of Directors 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:
a. up to an aggregate nominal amount of £791,293.17; and
b. comprising equity securities (as defined in section 560 of the Companies Act 2006) up to a further aggregate nominal amount of £791,293.17 in connection with an offer by way of a rights issue:
i. to holders of ordinary shares in the capital of the Company in proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) to their existing holdings; and
ii. to holders of other equity securities in the capital of the Company as required by the rights of those securities or, subject to such rights, as the Board of Directors otherwise considers necessary,
and so that the Board of Directors 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 the requirements of any regulatory body or stock exchange.
such authority to apply until the end of next year's AGM (or, if earlier, until the close of business on 9 August 2017) 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 of Directors 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.
These authorities are in substitution for all existing authorities under section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (which, to the extent unused at the date of this resolution, are revoked with immediate effect).
paragraph b. of resolution 15, such power shall be limited to the allotment of equity securities in connection with an offer by way of a rights issue only):
i. to holders of ordinary shares in the capital of the Company in proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) to their existing holdings; and
ii, to holders of other equity securities in the capital of the Company, as required by the rights of those securities or, subject to such rights, as the Board of Directors otherwise considers necessary,
and so that the Board of Directors 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 the requirements of any requiatory body or stock exchange; and
b. otherwise than pursuant to paragraph a. above, to the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares (otherwise than under paragraph a, above) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £237,387.95,
such power to apply until the end of next year's AGM (or, if earlier, until the close of business on 9 August 2017) 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 (and treasury shares to be sold) after the power ends and the Board of Directors may allot equity securities (and sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the power had not ended.
This power is in substitution of all existing powers under section 570 of the Companies Act 2006 (which, to the extent unused at the date of this resolution, are revoked with immediate effect).
a. the maximum number of Ordinary Shares hereby authorised to be purchased is 23.738.795:
b. the minimum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for an Ordinary Share is the nominal amount of that share; and
c. the maximum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for an Ordinary Share is the higher of:
i. an amount equal to five per cent. above the average of the middle market quotations for an Ordinary Share as derived from the Daily Official List of the London Stock Exchange plc for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which that Ordinary Share is contracted to be purchased; and
ii. an amount equal to the higher of the price
of the last independent trade and the highest current independent bid on the trading venues where the purchase is carried out at the relevant time,
such authority to apply until the end of next year's AGM (or, if earlier, until the close of business on 9 August 2017) but during this period the Company may enter into a contract to purchase Ordinary Shares, which would, or might, 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.
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