Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement • Apr 7, 2020
Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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2020 Annual General Meeting ('AGM') of Reach plc to be held on Thursday, 7 May 2020 at 10.30 a.m.
In light of the current UK Government measures on staying at home and away from others (social distancing) to reduce the transmission of COVID-19, and specifically the avoidance of gatherings and non-essential use of public transport, shareholders are not able to attend the meeting in person this year if the measures continue to be the same or are even more restrictive. Any adjustments or updates to the arrangements of the AGM will be announced on the Company's website at www.reachplc.com and via a regulatory news service.
It is not lawful for us to hold our AGM in the normal way and attendance in person is not possible. Any adjustments or updates to the arrangements of the AGM will be announced on the Company's website at www.reachplc. com and via a regulatory news service..
Given the current restrictions, we strongly encourage Shareholders to vote in advance of the AGM, either online or by completing and returning their form of Proxy.
You may appoint a proxy: by post (please detach the Proxy Form, fill it in, sign it, and send it to Equiniti in the reply paid envelope provided); the [email protected] email address; electronically at www.sharevote. co.uk; or, CREST participants may lodge proxy appointments via CREST. Further information on appointing a proxy is provided overleaf in the Explanatory Notes. Please note the deadline for receiving proxy appointments is 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, 5 May 2020.
Shareholders are invited to submit any questions via email to company. [email protected] or in writing to AGM Questions, c/o Company Secretary, Reach plc, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AP by 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, 5 May 2020. Answers of which will be posted on the Company's website following the end of the meeting.
2019 Annual Report and Accounts and Notice of 2020 Annual General Meeting.
Reach plc is monitoring closely any developments relating to the recent outbreak of Covid-19 including relevant measures mandated or recommended by the UK Government regarding public events and travel.
On 23 March 2020, the UK Government announced further mandatory measures in relation to social distancing to reduce the transmission of Covid-19. These mandatory measures include requiring people to stay at home, except for very limited purposes; and stopping all gatherings of more than two people in public.
As a result, it is not lawful for us to hold our AGM in the normal way and attendance in person is not possible. Any adjustments or updates to the arrangements of the AGM will be announced on the Company's website at www.reachplc.com and via a regulatory news service.
The 2019 Report and Accounts and Notice of 2020 Annual General Meeting of Reach plc are now available on the Company's website:
www.reachplc.com
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2020 Annual General Meeting of Reach plc to be held on Thursday, 7 May 2020 at 10.30 a.m. 0625-049-S

Reach plc
| Voting ID | Task ID | Shareholder reference number |
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| I/WE HEREBY APPOINT the Chairman of the meeting OR the following person in respect of all my shares: |
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| Number of shares the proxy is appointed over: |
to be my/our proxy to exercise all or any of my/our rights to attend, speak and vote on my/our behalf at the Annual General Meeting of Reach plc to be held at 10.30 a.m. on Thursday, 7 May 2020 and at any adjournment thereof. I appoint my/our proxy to attend, speak* and vote* in the manner indicated below (see Note 3 overleaf).
Please indicate here with an 'X' if this proxy form is one of multiple instructions being given; please refer to Note 2 overleaf.
| For | Against | Vote Withheld |
For | Against | Vote Withheld |
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| 1 Receive the audited Report and Accounts for the 52 weeks |
11 To re-elect Ms Helen Stevenson as a director |
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| ended 29 December 2019 together with the reports of the directors' and auditor's |
12 To re-elect Ms Olivia Streatfeild as a director |
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| 2 Approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy |
13 Re-Appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor |
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| 3 Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report |
14 Authorise the Audit & Risk Committee acting on behalf of the |
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| 4 Declare a final dividend of 4.05 pence per ordinary share |
directors to determine remuneration of the auditor |
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| 5 To elect Ms Anne Bulford as a director |
15 Authority to allot shares | ||||||
| 6 To elect Mr Jim Mullen as a director |
16 Disapplication of pre-emption rights † |
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| 7 To re-elect Mr Simon Fuller as a director |
17 Further disapplication of † pre- emption rights |
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| 8 To re-elect Mr Nick Prettejohn as a director |
18 Authority for the Company to † purchase own shares |
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| 9 To re-elect Mr Steve Hatch as a director |
19 Authority under Part 14 of the Companies Act 2006 to make |
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| 10 To re-elect Dr David Kelly as | political donations | ||||||
| a director | 20 Notice period for general meetings other than annual general † meetings |
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| † Special resolution | |||||||
| Please mark this box | if signing on behalf of the shareholder as Power of Attorney, Receiver, or Third Party. In the case of a | ||||||
| corporation, this proxy must be given under its common seal or be signed on its behalf by an attorney or officer duly authorised. This card should not be used for any comments, change of address or other queries. Please send separate instruction. |
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| Date | Signed |
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