AGM Information • Apr 6, 2022
AGM Information
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If you are in any doubt as to any aspect of the proposals referred to in this document or as to the action you should take, you should seek your own advice from a stockbroker, solicitor, accountant, or other independent professional adviser duly authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
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Notice of Meeting and Explanatory Notes
This document contains Notice of the Annual General Meeting of TT Electronics plc (the "Company") to be held at the offices of Allen & Overy LLP, One Bishops Square, London, E1 6AD on Friday 13 May 2022 at 10.00am, together with explanatory notes regarding the business of the meeting.
The Board considers that all the resolutions to be put to the meeting are in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders as a whole and recommends that you vote in favour of all the resolutions.
Please complete and submit a Form of Proxy in accordance with the instructions printed on the enclosed form. The Form of Proxy must be received by the Company's registrars, Equiniti Limited, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex BN99 6DA, as soon as possible, and in any event no later than 10.00am on Wednesday 11 May 2022. For further details please see the Notes set out on pages 11 to 13 of this document. Completion and return of the Form of Proxy will not preclude you from attending and voting at the Annual General Meeting in person (Government guidelines permitting).
| Chairman's letter | 02 |
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| The Board | 03 |
| Notice of Annual General Meeting | 05 |
| Explanatory notes to the resolutions | 07 |
| Notes | 11 |
Dear Shareholder,
I am pleased to provide you with details of our Annual General Meeting ("AGM") which we will be holding at the offices of Allen & Overy LLP, One Bishops Square, London, E1 6AD on Friday 13 May 2022 at 10.00am. The AGM is an important opportunity for the Board of TT Electronics to engage with our shareholders and your vote is, as always, very important to us.
We currently hope to welcome shareholders in person at our AGM this year, subject to any Government guidelines in force at the time of the meeting. If you plan to join us at the meeting, an attendance card is enclosed and directions to the venue can be found on the last page of this booklet. If you are unable to attend the AGM I would urge you to vote on each of the resolutions set out in this Notice by either:
in each case so it is received no later than 10.00am on 11 May 2022. In line with best practice, voting at the AGM will be on a poll, so that every vote is duly recognised.
We are keen to hear all your views, and to answer your questions on the business of the AGM. If you are able to attend the AGM in person (Government guidelines permitting) you will be able to ask questions during the meeting in the normal way. If you are unable to attend the AGM in person, you can submit any questions in advance by emailing us at [email protected] as soon as possible and before close of business on 4 May 2022. This will enable us to respond to you before the deadline for appointing proxies, so that you can make a fully informed voting decision. Please include your full name and your shareholder reference number in your email.
In view of the unpredictability of the COVID-19 pandemic, please also check the latest Government guidelines at the time of the meeting before you travel to the venue. Please also check our website www.ttelectronics.com/investors/shareholder-info/ agm-gm regarding any changes to the AGM arrangements as a result of local or national restrictions or any additional COVID safety measures at the AGM venue.
As in previous years, each of the Board Directors will stand for re-election at this year's AGM. A summary of the skills brought to the Board by the Directors can be found on pages 3 and 4 of this Notice. Following the outcome of the annual evaluation process, I have concluded that each Director continues to be effective and to demonstrate commitment to the role.
The Board considers that the resolutions contained in this Notice of Annual General Meeting 2022 are in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders as a whole. Accordingly, the Directors unanimously recommend that you vote "FOR' the resolutions as they intend to do in respect of their own beneficial holdings.
The results of voting on all the resolutions will be announced via the Regulatory News Service and published on our website as soon as possible after the end of the AGM.
Yours faithfully,
Warren Tucker Chairman
Committees: Nominations (Chair), Remuneration Relevant skills and experience: Warren has over a decade of non-executive experience, as director and chairman, and he brings an in-depth knowledge of a number of our end-markets. He was a non-executive director of Reckitt Benckiser Group plc from 2010 to 2020, and a non-executive director at the UK Foreign Commonwealth Office from 2015 to 2020 (when it was replaced by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office). As chief financial officer and an executive director of Cobham plc from 2003 to 2013, he has a track record of delivering profitable growth and value creation. He has extensive experience in large multinational organisations across several geographies and industries, including aerospace & defence. He also brings a wide understanding of the UK investment community, strategic growth and the delivery of successful M&A. Warren is a Chartered Accountant and has an MBA from INSEAD.
Other current appointments: Non-executive director and chair of the audit committee of Tate & Lyle plc and Trustee on the board of Magna Learning Partnership.
Committees: People, Social, Ethics and Environment (Chair), Risk (Chair)
Relevant skills and experience: Richard has developed an extensive portfolio of leadership, managerial and operational capabilities over a 30-year career with a range of leading electronics manufacturing companies in advanced technology industry sectors. Richard has significant experience of leading large, complex, global engineering and manufacturing businesses and transforming them into higher growth, higher quality entities through organic action and portfolio change. As well as driving growth and innovation in high technology businesses Richard has led more than 15 acquisition or divestment transactions with successful transition and integration experience. Additionally, Richard has worked in all tiers of the value chain in these industries with extensive knowledge of global manufacturing and supply chain operations. Richard is a member of the Manufacturing Council of the CBI.
Other current appointments: Non-executive director of the Vitec Group plc and Governor of St Swithun's Independent School for Girls in Hampshire.
Relevant skills and experience: Mark has a deep understanding of finance and operational activities which he has acquired during a career spent in senior finance/ management roles with FTSE listed companies including in the aerospace domain. Mark's experience includes several years working in a variety of management roles in Continental Europe and Australia, as well as a strong focus on driving business transformation in the US. Mark has spent the last 25 years working in global industrial businesses and has extensive experience of driving business and functional re-structuring and transformation, M&A, and equity and debt capital markets.
Committees: Audit, Nominations, Remuneration, People, Social, Environmental and Ethics
Relevant skills and experience: Jack has a background in corporate finance, investment and M&A, which he has applied in bringing a number of business ventures through to operational maturity in the engineering, telecommunications and biotechnology sectors. Jack's extensive experience of innovation and the exploitation of technology, in the private sector and through working with Government bodies, are highly relevant given the Company's transformational agenda. Awarded an OBE in 2015 for services to science and engineering, Jack was formerly a non-executive director of Mitie Group plc and Laird plc, and chairman of Ilika plc, AIM-listed Seeing Machines Limited and the Academies Enterprise Trust. He was also an investment banker at Goldman Sachs and strategy consultant at Bain & Co.
Other current appointments: Non-executive director of Ricardo plc, senior independent director and chair of remuneration committee of Elcogen plc, Chair of the University of Bristol, and Member of the Board of the Henry Royce Institute for Advanced Materials.
Committees: Remuneration (Chair), Audit, Nominations Relevant skills and experience: Alison's background is in leading business development, M&A and strategic planning across blue-chip UK companies, particularly in the Defence sector. In addition, during her time as the Remuneration Committee chair of several FTSE listed companies, she has gained an invaluable insight into the development and execution of remuneration policy, which is a key component of the Company's growth ambitions. Alison was formerly global director corporate development & strategy for National Grid plc and before that, group strategic development director for BAE Systems plc. Alison has previously held non-executive directorships at Cobham plc, e2v technologies plc, BTG plc, THUS plc and Costain Group plc.
Other current appointments: Non-executive director and chair of the Remuneration Committee of Oxford Instruments plc, Capricorn Energy plc and the British Standards Institution (BSI).
Committees: Audit (Chair), Nominations Relevant skills and experience: Anne has many years of experience gained from board level finance roles in listed international companies, including across life sciences, medical and industrial markets. Anne has particular expertise in financial management, risk, audit and M&A which complements the Company's strategy as it continues to transform. Anne is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland and has formerly served as chief financial officer of Exova Group plc and group finance director at British Polythene Industries PLC. Anne was formerly a non-executive director of BTG plc.
Other current appointments: Senior independent director and chair of the Audit Committee of Diploma PLC.
(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales under number 87249)
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of TT Electronics plc will be held at the offices of Allen & Overy LLP, One Bishops Square, London, E1 6AD on 13 May 2022 at 10.00am to consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions:
provided that the aggregate amount of any such donations and expenditure shall not exceed £100,000, during the period beginning with the date of the passing of this resolution and ending at the close of business on 1 July 2023 or, if sooner, at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the passing of this resolution.
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 Companies Act 2006.
This authority shall expire (unless renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in general meeting) on the earlier of 1 July 2023 and the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2023, except that the Company may before such expiry make any offer or agreement which would or might require shares to be allotted or such rights to be granted after such expiry and the Directors may allot shares or grant such rights pursuant to any such offer or agreement as if such authority had not expired.
deem necessary or expedient in relation to fractional entitlements, legal or practical problems arising in any overseas territory, the requirements of any regulatory body or stock exchange or any other matter whatsoever; and
(b) any such allotment and/or sale, otherwise than pursuant to paragraph (a) above, of equity securities having, in the case of ordinary shares, an aggregate nominal value or, in the case of other equity securities, giving the right to subscribe for or convert into ordinary shares having an aggregate nominal value, not exceeding the sum of £2,203,809.
This authority shall expire, unless previously revoked or renewed by the Company in general meeting, at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the passing of this resolution or, if earlier, at the close of business on 1 July 2023, except that the Company may at any time before such expiry make any offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted or equity securities held as treasury shares to be sold after such expiry and the Directors may allot equity securities and/or sell equity securities held as treasury shares in pursuance of such an offer or agreement as if the power conferred by this resolution had not expired.
This authority shall expire on 1 July 2023 or, if earlier, at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the passing of this resolution, except that the Company may, if it agrees to purchase ordinary shares under this authority before it expires, complete the purchase wholly or partly after this authority expires.
17 To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting of the Company, other than an Annual General Meeting, on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
Group Company Secretary
Registered Office Fourth Floor St Andrews House West Street Woking Surrey GU21 6EB
6 April 2022
The Directors must present the Company's Annual report and accounts to the AGM.
Shareholders are asked to approve the Directors' Remuneration report, which comprises the statement by Alison Wood (the Chair of the Remuneration Committee) on pages 98 to 105 of the Annual report and accounts, and the report on Directors' remuneration on pages 108 to 118 of the Annual report and accounts (but excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy, set out on pages 106 and 107 of the Annual report and accounts).
The Directors' Remuneration report details payments made to Directors during the year ended 31 December 2021 and other information. As in previous years, this resolution is an advisory vote and does not affect the remuneration paid to any Director. No changes are proposed to the Directors' Remuneration Policy approved by shareholders at the AGM held in 2020. Information on our shareholder engagement following the result of the advisory vote on the Directors' remuneration report at last year's AGM is on page 118 of the Annual report and accounts.
The Directors are recommending a final dividend of 3.8p per ordinary share for the year ended 31 December 2021. If approved by shareholders, the final dividend will be paid on 20 May 2022 to shareholders on the register as at close of business on 29 April 2022.
Each of the Directors referred to in these resolutions will offer himself or herself for re-election at the AGM in accordance with the Company's articles of association and the UK Corporate Governance Code.
The Chairman has confirmed that, following the formal performance evaluation described on pages 89 and 91 of the Annual report and accounts, each Director's performance continues to be effective and to demonstrate commitment to the role. Jack Boyer, in his capacity as Senior Independent Non-executive Director, has confirmed that the Chairman is an effective Chairman and demonstrates commitment to his role as Chairman.
Biographical details for each Director, including relevant skills and experience that demonstrate why their contribution is, and continues to be, important to the Company's long-term sustainable success, are set out on pages 3 and 4 in this Notice of Meeting and also on pages 76 and 77 of the Annual report and accounts.
The Board is proposing the re-appointment of Deloitte LLP as the Company's Auditor, following the recommendation of the Audit Committee. Resolution 11 authorises the Audit Committee to determine the Auditor's remuneration. Deloitte LLP were appointed as the Company's Auditor at the AGM in 2020.
Part 14 of the Companies Act 2006, amongst other things, prohibits the Company and its subsidiaries from making UK political donations or from incurring political expenditure in respect of a political party or other political organisation or an independent election candidate unless authorised by the Company's shareholders. Aggregate donations made by the Group of £5,000 or less in any 12-month period will not be caught.
Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any intention of making any political donations or incurring any political expenditure. However, the Companies Act 2006 defines "political party", "political organisation", "political donation" and "political expenditure" widely. For example, bodies, such as those concerned with policy review and law reform or with the representation of the business community or sections of it, which the Company and/or its subsidiaries may see benefit in supporting, may be caught.
Accordingly, and in line with common practice among listed companies, the Company wishes to ensure that neither it nor its subsidiaries inadvertently commits any breaches of the Companies Act 2006 through the undertaking of routine activities, which would not normally be considered to result in the making of political donations or in political expenditure being incurred.
As permitted under the Companies Act 2006, the resolution covers the Company and extends to all companies which are subsidiaries of the Company at any time the authority is in place. The proposed authority will expire at the next annual general meeting of the Company or, if earlier, at close of business on 1 July 2023.
The Companies Act 2006 provides that the Directors may only allot shares if authorised by shareholders to do so. Resolution 13 will, if passed, authorise the Directors to allot new shares up to a maximum nominal amount of £29,384,122, which represents an amount which is approximately equal to two-thirds (66.66%) of the issued share capital of the Company as at 23 March 2022, the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this document.
As provided in paragraph (a) of the resolution, up to half of this authority (equal to one-third of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company) will enable the Directors to allot and issue new shares in whatever manner (subject to pre-emption rights) they see fit. Paragraph (b) of the resolution provides that the remainder of the authority (equal to a further one-third of the issued share capital of the Company) may only be used in connection with a rights issue. As paragraph (a) imposes no restrictions on the way the authority may be exercised, it could be used in conjunction with paragraph (b) so as to enable the whole two-thirds authority to be used in connection with a rights issue.
The authority will expire at the conclusion of the next AGM or, if earlier, the close of business on 1 July 2023. Passing Resolution 13 will ensure that the Directors continue to have the flexibility to act in the best interests of shareholders, when opportunities arise, by issuing new shares. There are no current plans to issue new shares except in connection with employee share schemes.
As at 23 March 2022, the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this document, the Company had 176,304,743 ordinary shares of 25 pence each in issue and no shares were held in treasury.
The Companies Act 2006 requires that, if the Company issues new shares for cash or sells any treasury shares for cash, then, unless statutory pre-emption rights have been disapplied, it must first offer them to existing shareholders in proportion to their current holdings. It is proposed that the Directors be authorised to issue new shares for cash and/or sell shares from treasury (if any are so held) for cash up to an aggregate nominal amount of £2,203,809 (representing approximately 5% of the Company's issued share capital as at 23 March 2022, the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this document) without offering them to shareholders first, and to modify statutory pre-emption rights to deal with legal, regulatory or practical problems that may arise on a rights issue or other pre-emptive offer or issue. The Directors do not intend to issue more than 7.5% of the issued share capital of the Company for cash on a non pre-emptive basis in any rolling three-year period (other than in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment as described in the Pre-Emption Group's Statement of Principles) without prior consultation with shareholders.
Resolution 14 will be proposed as a special resolution to renew this authority until the conclusion of the next AGM or, if earlier, the close of business on 1 July 2023.
Resolution 15 requests further shareholder approval, by way of a separate special resolution in line with the best practice guidance issued by the Pre-Emption Group, for the Directors to allot equity securities or sell treasury shares for cash without first being required to offer such securities to existing shareholders. The proposed resolution reflects the Pre-Emption Group 2015 Statement of Principles for the disapplication of pre-emption rights (the "Statement of Principles") and will expire on 1 July 2023 or at the conclusion of the next AGM, whichever is the earlier.
The authority granted by this resolution, if passed:
The authority granted by this resolution would be in addition to the general authority to disapply pre-emption rights under Resolution 14. The maximum nominal value of equity securities which could be allotted if both authorities were used would be £4,407,618, which represents approximately 10% of the issued share capital of the Company as at 23 March 2022 (being the latest practicable date prior to publication of this document).
If passed, this resolution will grant the Company authority for a period expiring on 1 July 2023 or at the conclusion of the next AGM, whichever is the earlier, to buy its own shares in the market. The resolution limits the number of shares that may be purchased to approximately 10% of the Company's issued share capital as at 23 March 2022, the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this document. The price per ordinary share that the Company may pay is set at a minimum amount (excluding expenses) of 25 pence per ordinary share and a maximum amount (excluding expenses) of the higher of: (i) 5% above the average of the previous five days' middle market prices; and (ii) the higher of the price of the last independent trade and the highest current independent bid on the trading venue where the purchase is carried out.
The Directors' present intention is that any shares purchased pursuant to this authority will be cancelled immediately on purchase. Alternatively, the shares may be held in treasury, sold for cash or transferred pursuant to an employee share scheme. The effect of any cancellation would be to reduce the number of shares in issue. For most purposes, while held in treasury, shares are treated as if they have been cancelled (for example, they carry no voting rights and do not rank for dividends). The Directors will only make purchases under this authority if they believe that to do so would result in increased earnings per share and would be in the interests of shareholders generally.
As at 23 March 2022, the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this document, options, DSBP and LTIP awards to subscribe for ordinary shares were outstanding over 6,604,083 ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the Company, representing approximately 3.8% of the issued share capital of the Company at that date. If the full market purchase authority (both existing and sought) were used in full and the repurchased shares cancelled, shares over which options, DSBP and LTIP awards were outstanding would, as at that date, represent approximately 4.7% of the Company's issued share capital.
In order to preserve its flexibility to call general meetings (other than an Annual General Meeting) on 14 clear days' notice, the Company must offer all shareholders the opportunity to appoint a proxy for its general meetings electronically (via the website of the Company or its registrars) and must obtain the approval of its shareholders by means of a special resolution passed each year. Resolution 17 seeks such approval. It is intended that this flexibility will only be used for non-routine business and where merited in the interests of shareholders as a whole. It is intended that a similar resolution will be proposed at future Annual General Meetings
Notice of Meeting
The following documents will be available for inspection at Fourth Floor, St Andrews House, West Street, Woking, Surrey GU21 6EB during normal business hours from the date of this Notice until the day of the AGM (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays) and will also be available for inspection at the offices of Allen & Overy LLP, One Bishops Square, London E1 6AD from 15 minutes before the AGM until it ends:
In view of the ongoing uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, please contact us on company. [email protected] if you would like to make an appointment to inspect any documents.
Friday 13 May 2022 at 10.00am
Allen & Overy LLP, One Bishops Square, London, E1 6AD

Liverpool Street, Aldgate, Aldgate East
From Liverpool Street Station, walk north up Bishopsgate and turn right into Brushfield Street
The venue is easily accessible by wheelchair users and has lift access inside.

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