THE COMPANIES ACT 2006
COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES
RESOLUTIONS
OF
SSP GROUP PLC
(Passed on 4 February 2022)
At the Annual General Meeting of SSP Group plc (the "Company"), duly convened and held at the offices of Travers Smith LLP at 10 Snow Hill, London, EC1A 2AL on 4 February 2022 at 11.00am, the following resolutions were passed as an ordinary resolution and special resolutions:
ORDINARY RESOLUTION
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- That the Directors be generally and unconditionally authorised pursuant to and in accordance with section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act") to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company and grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the Company:
- up to a nominal amount of £2,879,276; and (a)
- (b) amount of £5,758,552 (such amount to be reduced by any allotments made under paragraph (a) above) in connection with an offer by way of a rights issue to:
- (i) ordinary shareholders in proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) to their existing holdings;
- (ii) holders of other equity securities as required by the rights of those securities or, subject to such rights as the Directors otherwise consider necessary,
and so that the Directors may impose any limits or restrictions and make any 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.
The authorities conferred on the Directors to allot securities under paragraphs (a) and (b) will expire at the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2023 or at the close of business on 4 May 2023, whichever is sooner (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company at a general meeting). The Company may before these authorities expire, make an offer or enter into an agreement which would or might require such securities to be allotted after such expiry and the Directors may allot such securities in pursuance of that offer or agreement as if the power conferred by this resolution had not expired.
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
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- That, subject to the passing of Resolution 13, the Directors begiven powers pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Act to allot equity securities (as defined in section 560(1) of the Act) for cash under the authority given by Resolution 13 and/or where the allotment constitutes an allotment of equity securities by virtue of section 560(3) of the Act, as if section 561(1) and sub-sections(1) to (6) of section 562 of the Act did not apply to any such allotment, provided that such power be limited to:
- (a) the allotment of equity securities in connection with an offer of, or invitation to apply for, equity securities (but in the case of the authority granted under paragraph (b) of Resolution 13 above, by way of a rights issue only) to:
- (i) ordinary Shareholders in proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) to their existing holdings; and
- (ii) holders of other equity securities as required by the rights of those securities or, subject to such rights as the Directors otherwise consider necessary, and so that the Directors may impose any limits or restrictions and make any 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; and
- (b) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £431,891.
such authority to expire at the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2023 or at the close of business on 4 May 2023, whichever is sooner (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company at a general meeting).
The Company may before this authority expires, make an offer or enter into an agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry and the Directors may allot equity securities in pursuance of that offer or agreement as if the power conferred by this resolution had not expired.
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- That, subject to the passing of Resolution 13, the Directors be given powers pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Act and in addition to any authority granted under Resolution 14, to allot equity securities (as defined in section 560(1) of the Act) for cash under the authority given by Resolution 13 and/or where the allotment constitutes an allotment of equity securities by virtue of section 560(3) of the Act, as if section 561(1) and sub-sections (1) to (6) of section 562 of the Act did not apply to any such allotment, provided that such power be:
- (a) limited to the allotment of equity securities up to a nominal amount of £431,891; and
- (b) used only for the purposes of financing (or refinancing, if the authority is to be used within six months after the original transaction which the Directors determine to be an acquisition or other capital investment of a kind contemplated by 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 expire at the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2023 or at the close of business on 4 May 2023 whichever is sooner (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company at a general meeting). The Company may before this authority expires, make an offer or enter into an agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry and the Directors may allot equity securities in pursuance of that offer or agreement as if the power conferred by this resolution had not expired.
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- That the Company be and is hereby unconditionally and generally authorised for the purpose of section 701 of the Act to make market purchases (as defined in section 693 of the Act) of any of its Ordinary Shares on such terms and in such manner as the Directors may determine provided that:
- (a) the maximum number of Ordinary Shares which may be purchased is 79,611,319 Ordinary Shares;
- (b) nominal value of such Ordinary Share;
- (c) be more than the higher of:
- (i) an amount equal to 105% of the average middle market quotations for an Ordinary Share, as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List, for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which the Ordinary Share is purchased; and
- (ii) an amount equal to the higher of the last independent trade of an Ordinary Share and the highest current independent bid for an Ordinary Share as derived from the London Stock Exchange Trading System;
- (d) this authority shall expire at the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Company to be held in 2023 or at the close of business on 4 May 2023, whichever is sooner (except in relation to the purchase of Ordinary Shares, the contract for which was concluded prior to the expiry of this authority in accordance with paragraph (e) below); and
- (e) the Company may make a contract to purchase its Ordinary Shares under the authority conferred by this Resolution prior to the expiry of such authority, and such contract will or may be executed wholly or partly after the expiry of such authority, and the Company may make a purchase of its Ordinary Shares in pursuance of any such contract.
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- That a general meeting other than an annual general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
Helen Byrne Company Secretary