AGM Information • Apr 16, 2021
AGM Information
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To be held at and be broadcast via live audiocast from 99 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3XF On 20 May 2021 at 10.30 am

If you are in any doubt as to the contents of this document or the action you should take, you should immediately consult your stockbroker, solicitor or accountant or other independent adviser authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
If you have sold or transferred all your ordinary shares in Tyman plc, please forward this document, together with any accompanying documents (except any personalized form of proxy), as soon as possible to the purchaser or transferee, or to the bank, stockbroker or other agent who arranged the sale or transfer so they can pass these documents to the person who now holds the shares.
(incorporated and registered in England and Wales with registered number 02806007)
Jason Ashton Paul Withers Pamela Bingham Helen Clatworthy
3 April 2021
To the holders of ordinary shares in Tyman plc (the "Company")
I am pleased to write to you with details of the Annual General Meeting (the "AGM" or "Meeting") of the Company, which is to be held at our Solicitors' offices, Latham & Watkins (London) LLP, 99 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3XF on Thursday 20 May 2021 at 10.30 am; this will be my first AGM as the Company's Chair of the Board.
In this letter, I will provide you with a detailed explanation of the resolutions to be proposed at the AGM (the "Resolutions") and the arrangements for you to take part. The formal notice convening the AGM (the "Notice") is set out on pages 7 to 9 of this document.
We are closely monitoring the ongoing impact of the pandemic in the UK and the Government's measures to restrict travel and public gatherings currently in force (the "Movement Restrictions"). The health and safety of our Shareholders, colleagues and communities have been the Board's priority in planning for the AGM.
Last year, we amended our Articles of Association to permit us to hold "hybrid" Meetings, where facilities are provided for Shareholder attendance in person and electronically. At the time of writing, we intend to hold a "hybrid" AGM with an appropriate quorum to transact the business of the Meeting alongside a live broadcast of the Meeting to Shareholders.
However, in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the Government's current guidance, which includes the Movement Restrictions, we strongly urge all Shareholders that they should not attend the AGM in person this year. Arrangements have been made for Shareholders to fully participate in the business of the AGM as follows:
In order to join the Meeting electronically, ask questions and vote via the Lumi platform, shareholders or their dulyappointed representatives will need to connect to the following site: https://web.lumiagm.com. Lumi is available as a mobile web client, compatible with the latest browser versions of Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer 11 (Internet Explorer V10 and lower are not supported), Edge and Safari and can be accessed using any web browser, on a PC or smartphone device.
Once you have accessed https://web.lumiagm.com from your web browser on a tablet or computer, you will be asked to enter the Lumi Meeting ID, which is 182-218-092.
To authenticate you as a shareholder, you will be prompted to enter your unique 11-digit Investor Code (IVC), including any leading zeros and PIN. Your PIN is the last 4 digits of your IVC.
Your IVC can be found on your share certificate. Signal Shares users (www.signalshares.com) will find this under 'Manage your account' when logged in to the Signal Shares portal. You can also obtain this by contacting Link Group, our Registrar, by calling +44 (0) 371 277 1020. Link's lines are open from 9.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Monday to Friday. Such calls are charged at the standard geographic rate and will vary by provider. Calls outside the UK will be charged at the applicable international rate.
Access to the Meeting will be available from 10.00 am on Thursday 20 May 2021, although the voting functionality will not be enabled until the Chair of the Meeting declares the poll open. During the Meeting, you must be connected to the internet at all times in order to vote when the Chair commences polling on the Resolutions. Therefore, please ensure that your internet connection will not be interrupted for the duration of the AGM. A user guide to the App and Website is available on our website at: www.tymanplc.com.
Directors: Registered office: Nicky Hartery (Chair) 29 Queen Anne's Gate Jo Hallas London SW1H 9BU
If you wish to appoint a proxy other than the Chair of the Meeting and for them to attend the virtual Meeting on your behalf, please submit your proxy appointment in the usual way before contacting Link Group using the procedure described above. Please do this as soon as possible and at least 48 hours (excluding non-business days) before the Meeting.
If your shares are held within a nominee and you wish to attend the virtual Meeting, you will need to contact your nominee as soon as possible. Your nominee will need to present a corporate letter of representation to Link as soon as possible and at least 72 hours (excluding non-business days) before the Meeting, so that they can obtain your unique IVC and PIN to enable them to attend the virtual Meeting.
Shareholder engagement is important to us, and the Board recognizes that the AGM should be a significant opportunity to meet with and address concerns raised by our Shareholders, both formally and informally after the Meeting. On this occasion, we regret that we will not be able to meet with you in person.
However, if you have any questions, including questions that you would like to put to the Directors in connection with any matters to be considered at the AGM, please email those questions in advance to [email protected], no later than 5.00 pm on 6 May 2021. This will allow us to answer those questions prior to the proxy appointment deadline, enabling a fully informed vote. The Company Secretary will respond to any relevant questions that are received and may also, if the Board so determines, and subject to any regulatory restrictions, publish on our website a summary of responses to questions received. Please include your Shareholder reference and full name in your email.
Alternatively, you may also submit questions immediately before and during the Meeting via https://web.lumiagm.com. Where it is not possible to answer any of the questions submitted prior to and during the AGM (for example, because of time constraints), the Directors will endeavour, where appropriate, to answer such questions by publishing thematic responses on the Company's website www.tymanplc.com as soon as practicable following the AGM.
Your vote is important to us. Shareholders are strongly recommended to register their votes in advance of the AGM by appointing the Chairman of the AGM as proxy, with their voting instructions.
Voting at the AGM will be on a poll, reflecting the proxy voting instructions received, and the results announced to the London Stock Exchange and published on our website after the conclusion of the Meeting. Full instructions on how to lodge proxy votes in advance of the AGM are set out on pages 6, 7 and 10 of this Notice of Meeting and should be received by our Registrar no later than 10.30 am on 18 May 2021.
If it is necessary to provide you with further information about the Annual General Meeting, or notify you about any alternative arrangements, we will do so on our website www.tymanplc.com by 18 May 2021.
At the AGM, we will be proposing the resolutions set out below. Resolutions 1 to 15 will be proposed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 16 to 19 will be proposed as special resolutions. The proposed ordinary resolutions will be passed if more than 50% of the votes cast are in favour and the proposed special resolutions will be passed if at least 75% of the votes cast are in favour.
This resolution deals with the presentation by the Directors of the Company (the "Directors") to the Shareholders of the Company (the "Shareholders") of the accounts for its financial year ended 31 December 2020 (including the Directors' and auditors' reports on those accounts) (the "Annual Report") and the adoption thereof by the Company.
Final dividends are approved by the Shareholders but cannot be more than the amount recommended by the Directors. The Directors are recommending a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2020 of 4.0 pence per ordinary share, due and payable on 28 May 2021 to the Shareholders on the register of members of the Company at close of business on 23 April 2021. This resolution seeks Shareholders' approval of the proposed dividend.
The Board is seeking Shareholders' approval of the Directors' remuneration report (the "Directors' Remuneration Report") and new Directors' remuneration policy (the "Directors' Remuneration Policy") under Resolutions 3 and 4 respectively.
The Directors are required to prepare the Directors' Remuneration Report which is set out on pages 100 to 121 of the Annual Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy on pages 104 to 111 of the Annual Report). The Directors' Remuneration Report comprises an annual report detailing the remuneration of the directors and a statement by the Chair of the Remuneration Committee of the Board (the "Committee"). The Company is required to seek Shareholders' approval in respect of the contents of this report on an annual basis. The vote is an advisory one, and no entitlement of a Director to remuneration is conditional on it.
Shareholders are separately asked to approve the new Directors' Remuneration Policy which is set out on pages 104 to 111 of the Annual Report. It is intended that this will take effect immediately after the AGM and will replace the existing policy that was approved by Shareholders in May 2020. The reasons for revisiting the terms of the Directors' Remuneration Policy this year are to:
It is anticipated that the Directors' Remuneration Policy will be in force for three years although we will closely monitor regulatory changes and market trends and, if necessary, we may present a revised policy within that three-year period.
The Directors' Remuneration Policy has been developed considering the principles of the UK Corporate Governance Code and the views of our major shareholders, who were consulted in advance of finalising these proposals.
The Company has adopted the requirement of the UK Corporate Governance Code that all Directors should be subject to annual re-election by Shareholders. Accordingly, each of Jo Hallas, Jason Ashton, Paul Withers, Pamela Bingham and Helen Clatworthy will retire at the AGM and shall seek re-election by Shareholders at the AGM.
I, Nicky Hartery, joined the Board of Directors as a non-executive director on 1 October 2020, becoming Chair of the Board on 1 December 2020, following the departure of Martin Towers on 30 November 2020, and will also be seeking election at the AGM.
Biographical details for each Director seeking election or re-election may be found on pages 80 to 81 of the Annual Report. The Board considers that each of the Directors brings valuable skills and experience to the Board. Performance evaluations have taken place and, following those evaluations, the Board considers that the performance of each Director continues to be effective and that each demonstrates the commitment required to continue in his or her present role. Further details of the performance evaluations may be found on pages 86 to 87 of the Annual Report.
Resolution 11 proposes the reappointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Auditors of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next AGM of the Company at which accounts are laid. Shareholders are also being asked to authorise the Directors to fix the Auditors' remuneration and this is dealt with in Resolution 12.
It is the policy of the Company not to make donations to political parties or incur political expenditure and it has no present intention of making any political donation or incurring any political expenditure in respect of any political party, political organisation or independent election candidate. However, the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act") contains wide definitions of "political donation", "political organisation" and "political party" and, as a result, it is possible that the Company and its subsidiaries may be prohibited from supporting bodies which it is in the Shareholders' interest for the Company to support, for example, bodies concerned with policy review or law reform, with the representation of the business community (or sections of it) or special interest groups. Sponsorship, subscriptions, payment of expenses and paid leave for employees fulfilling public duties may even fall under the definitions. If this resolution is passed, the Company and its subsidiaries will be authorised to make donations and incur expenditure which might otherwise be prohibited by legislation up to a limit of, in aggregate, £50,000. The Directors consider that the authority is necessary to provide the Company with comfort that it will not, because of uncertainties as to the scope and interpretation of the legislation, unintentionally commit a technical breach of it. In common with other listed companies, the Directors are therefore seeking Shareholders' approval in the terms outlined in this resolution.
The Company's long-term incentive arrangement for the Executive Directors and other selected senior management is the Tyman Long-Term Incentive Plan 2020 (the "LTIP"), which was approved by Shareholders at the May 2020 AGM. The LTIP provides for annual share-based awards ordinarily vesting following a three-year performance period subject to the participant's continued service and the extent to which objective performance criteria are met over the performance period.
Reflecting proposed revisions to the Directors' Remuneration Policy (referred to under Resolution 4 above), Shareholder authority is sought under Resolution 14 to amend rules 4.6 and 4.7 of the LTIP rules. Specifically, the proposed amendments to the LTIP rules are to increase the limit on the aggregate market value of Shares made in any financial year to an Executive Director from 125% to 150% of salary, and to remove the flexibility to make an award of up to 200% of salary to an Executive Director in exceptional circumstances. Rules regarding individual limits for other participants in the LTIP will remain unchanged.
The Act provides that the Directors may not allot ordinary shares unless authorised to do so by the Company in general meeting or by its Articles of Association. This resolution seeks renewal, for a further period expiring at the earlier of the close of the next AGM or 20 August 2022, of the authority previously granted to the Directors at last year's AGM.
The authority relates to a total of 65,413,545 ordinary shares, being one-third of the issued share capital (excluding treasury shares) of the Company as at 3 April 2021 (being the latest practicable date prior to publication of the Notice). In addition, in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Investment Association, the resolution also contains an authority for the Directors to allot or grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security in shares up to a further 65,413,545 ordinary shares in connection with a pre-emptive offer by way of rights issue.
The Directors have no present intention of allotting, or agreeing to allot, or granting rights over, any shares otherwise than in connection with the Company's employee share schemes, to the extent permitted by such schemes from time to time. However, the Directors continue to consider potential transactions and, in the event of one of these potential transactions proceeding, this may require the allotment of shares pursuant to this authority.
The Act gives holders of ordinary shares, with limited but important exceptions, certain rights of pre-emption on the issue for cash of new ordinary shares or on the sale of any shares which the Company may hold in treasury following a purchase of its own shares. The Directors believe that it is in the best interests of the Company that, as in previous years, the Board should have limited authority to allot some shares for cash or sell treasury shares without first having to offer such shares to existing Shareholders. The Directors are seeking to renew these authorities at the forthcoming AGM as they believe it gives the Company important flexibility to fund (or partially fund) acquisitions without relying entirely on the debt markets. In seeking this renewal the Directors remain mindful of the Pre-Emption Group's Statement of Principles (including the Company's intention not to issue more than 7.5% of the Company's share capital on a non-pre-emptive basis in any rolling three-year period without prior consultation with the relevant investor groups (except in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment)). Accordingly, these resolutions seek to renew the authorities on similar terms for a further period, expiring at the earlier of the close of the next AGM or 20 August 2022.
The authority in Resolution 16, if granted, will relate to the allotment of new ordinary shares or the sale of treasury shares in respect of (i) rights issues and similar offerings, where difficulties arise in offering shares to certain overseas Shareholders, and in relation to fractional entitlements and certain other technical matters and (ii) generally to allotments (other than in respect of pre-emptive offerings) of ordinary shares or the sale of treasury shares having an aggregate nominal value not exceeding £490,601 (being approximately 5% of the issued ordinary share capital (excluding treasury shares) of the Company as at 3 April 2021 (being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of the Notice)).
Resolution 17 is an additional authority for the Directors to allot ordinary shares, or sell treasury shares, for cash in connection with an acquisition or capital investment of a kind contemplated by the Pre-Emption Group's Statement of Principles up to an additional aggregate nominal amount of £490,601 (being approximately 5% of the issued ordinary share capital (excluding treasury shares) of the Company as at 3 April 2021 (being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of the Notice)). The Directors confirm that they will only allot shares pursuant to this authority where the allotment is in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment (as defined in the Pre-Emption Group's Statement of Principles) which is announced contemporaneously with the allotment or sale, or which has taken place in the preceding six-month period and is disclosed in the announcement of the allotment or sale.
This resolution is to renew the Company's authority to make market purchases of its own shares. The authority should not be taken to imply that shares will be purchased at any particular price or, indeed, at all, and the Board has no present intention of exercising this power but would wish to retain the flexibility to do so in the future. The authority will expire at the earlier of the conclusion of the next AGM or 20 August 2022. The Board intends to seek renewal of this power at subsequent AGMs.
The resolution specifies the maximum number of shares which may be purchased (representing approximately 10.0% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital (excluding treasury shares) as at 3 April 2021) and the maximum and minimum prices at which they may be bought, reflecting legal and regulatory requirements. Any purchases would only be made on the London Stock Exchange. The Directors have not yet decided whether such shares, if repurchased, would be cancelled or taken into treasury, and such a decision would be taken in light of prevailing circumstances at the time of the purchase. The Board will only exercise the power to make purchases of the Company's shares after consideration of the effects on earnings per share and the benefits for Shareholders generally. As at 3 April 2021 (being the latest practicable date prior to publication of the Notice) there were options outstanding over 3,970,877 ordinary shares, representing 2.02% of the issued ordinary share capital (excluding treasury shares) of the Company. If the authority given by Resolution 18 was to be fully used, the options currently in issue would then represent approximately 2.25% of the issued ordinary share capital (excluding treasury shares) of the Company.
This is a resolution to authorise the Company to hold general meetings on 14 clear days' notice. The notice period required by the Act for general meetings of the Company is at least 21 clear days, unless Shareholders approve a shorter notice period, which cannot be less than 14 clear days. AGMs must always be held on at least 21 clear days' notice. In order to be able to call a general meeting on less than 21 clear days' notice, the Company must make a means of electronic voting available to all Shareholders for that meeting and a resolution approving the reduction of the notice period for general meetings to 14 clear days must be passed at a previous AGM or at a general meeting held since then.
The Directors believe that obtaining this authority is desirable as it gives the Company an additional degree of flexibility where merited by the purpose of such general meeting (other than an AGM) if the matter is considered to be time-sensitive, non-routine and if in the interests of shareholders generally. The approval of this resolution will be effective until the conclusion of the AGM of the Company in 2022 when it is intended that a similar resolution will be proposed to renew this authority.
You are asked to register your proxy vote as soon as possible, but, in any event, by no later than 10.30 am on Tuesday 18 May 2021. Completion and submission of a form of proxy will not preclude you from attending and voting at the AGM, subject to the Movement Restrictions referred to above.
A "vote withheld" option is available which enables you to withhold your vote on any resolution. It should be noted that a vote withheld is not a vote in law and will not be counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" or "against" a resolution.
You may vote:
In order for a proxy appointment to be valid please ensure that you have recorded proxy details with Link Group, 10th Floor, Central Square, 29 Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 4DL by 10.30 am on Tuesday 18 May 2021.
Pursuant to Regulation 41 of the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001, the Company specifies that only those Shareholders registered in the register of members of the Company as at close of business on 18 May 2021 shall be entitled to attend or vote at the AGM in respect of the number of shares registered in their name at that time. Changes to entries on the register of members of the Company after that time will be disregarded in determining the rights of any person to attend (subject to the Movement Restrictions referred to above) or vote at the AGM.
The Company is currently unable to make available for inspection the documents that would usually be available at the Company's registered office because of the Movement Restrictions in force. Such documents include the Directors' letters of appointment or service contracts and the draft amendments to the LTIP rules. The draft LTIP rules (showing the amendments) and the Directors' letters of appointment or service contracts will be made available to Shareholders who contact the Company Secretary at [email protected]. In the event that the Movement Restrictions cease to have effect, the documents will be made available for inspection during normal business hours on any business day (English public holidays excepted) from the date of this Notice at the Company's registered office and at the place of the AGM for at least 15 minutes prior to, and during, the AGM.
The Directors believe that all the resolutions referred to above which are to be proposed at the AGM are in the best interests of the Company and of the Shareholders as a whole and recommend Shareholders to vote in favour of them, as each of the Directors intends to do in respect of his or her own beneficial holding, which total 357,733 ordinary shares in aggregate, and representing 0.18% of the ordinary issued share capital of the Company (excluding treasury shares) as at 3 April 2021.
Yours faithfully
Nicky Hartery Chair
(incorporated and registered in England and Wales with registered number 02806007)
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Tyman plc (the "Company") will be held at the offices of Latham & Watkins (London) LLP, 99 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3XF, on Thursday 20 May 2021 at 10.30 am, for the following purposes listed below.
You may vote:
In order for a proxy appointment to be valid please ensure that you have recorded proxy details with Link Group, 10th Floor, Central Square, 29 Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 4DL by 10.30 am on 18 May 2021.
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolutions to be proposed as ordinary resolutions:
in each case during the period commencing on the date of this resolution and ending at the end of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or, if earlier, on 20 August 2022 and provided that the aggregate amount of any such donations and expenditure shall not exceed £50,000 during such period. For the purpose of this resolution, the terms "political donations", "political parties", "independent election candidates", "political organisations" and "political expenditure" shall have the meanings set out in Sections 363 to 365 (inclusive) of the Act.
That the proposed revisions to the Tyman Long Term Incentive Plan 2020, as shown in the amended rules being produced in draft to this meeting, be and are hereby approved.
and this authority shall expire at the end of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or, if earlier, on 20 August 2022 (unless previously revoked or varied by the Company in general meeting) save that the Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require shares to be allotted or Rights to be granted after the authority expires and the Directors may allot shares or grant Rights under any such offer or agreement as if this authority had not expired.
To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolutions to be proposed as special resolutions:
and this power shall expire at the end of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or, if earlier, 20 August 2022 (unless previously revoked or varied by the Company in general meeting) save that the Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted or sold after the power expires and the Directors may allot or sell equity securities and/or treasury shares under any such offer or agreement as if this power had not expired.
and this authority shall expire at the end of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or, if earlier, 20 August 2022 (unless previously revoked or varied by the Company in general meeting) save that the Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted or sold after the power expires and the Directors may allot or sell equity securities under any such offer or agreement as if this power had not expired.
That the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised to make market purchases (within the meaning of Section 693(4) of the Act of ordinary shares with nominal value of 5 pence each of the Company, on such terms and in such manner as the Directors may from time to time determine, provided that:
a. the maximum number of ordinary shares of 5 pence nominal value hereby authorised to be purchased is 19,624,063;
By order of the Board
General Counsel & Company Secretary 29 Queen Anne's Gate, 3 April 2021 London SW1H 9BU
Peter Ho Registered office:
The following notes explain your general rights as a Shareholder and your right to attend and vote at this Meeting or to appoint someone else to vote on your behalf.
In order for a proxy appointment to be valid please ensure that you have recorded proxy details with Link Group, 10th Floor, Central Square, 29 Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 4DL by 10.30 am on 18 May 2021.
If you return more than one proxy appointment, either by paper or electronic communication, the appointment received last by the Registrar before the latest time for the receipt of proxies will take precedence. You are advised to read the terms and conditions of use carefully. Electronic communication facilities are open to all Shareholders and those who use them will not be disadvantaged.
to communicate with the Company for any purposes other than those expressly stated in this Notice. A copy of this Notice, and other information required by Section 311A of the Companies Act 2006, can be found on the Company's website at www.tymanplc.com.
Completion of a proxy election will not preclude a member from attending and voting, subject to the Movement Restrictions referred to above. If you have appointed a proxy and attend the meeting, your proxy appointment will be automatically terminated.

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