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Wincanton PLC — AGM Information 2023
Jul 12, 2023
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Company number: 04178808
WINCANTON PLC
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 12 July 2023, the following special resolutions were duly passed:
Resolution 17 Authority to introduce a new Long Term Incentive Plan
That the rules of the Wincanton plc Long Term Incentive Plan 2023 (the "New LTIP"), a summary of the principal provisions of which is set out in Appendix 1 to the Notice of Annual General Meeting and a copy of which is produced to the meeting signed by the Chairman for the purposes of identification, be approved and adopted by the Company and the Directors be authorised to do all acts and things necessary to establish and carry the New LTIP into effect and to establish schedules to the New LTIP or further schemes for the benefit of employees outside the UK, based on the New LTIP but modified to take account of local tax, exchange control and securities laws in overseas territories, provided that any shares made available under such schedules or schemes are treated as counting against any limits on individual or overall participation contained in the New LTIP.
Resolution 18 Authority to introduce a new Deferred Share Bonus Plan
That the rules of the Wincanton plc Deferred Share Bonus Plan (the "DSBP"), a summary of the principal provisions of which is set out in Appendix 1 to the Notice of Annual General Meeting and a copy of which is produced to the meeting signed by the Chairman for the purposes of identification, be approved and adopted by the Company and the Directors be authorised to do all acts and things necessary to establish and carry the DSBP into effect and to establish schedules to the DSBP or further schemes for the benefit of employees outside the UK, based on the DSBP but modified to take account of local tax, exchange control and securities laws in overseas territories, provided that any shares made available under such schedules or schemes are treated as counting against any limits on individual or overall participation contained in the DSBP.
Authority to disapply pre-emption rights
Resolution 19
To resolve as a special resolution that, subject to the passing of Resolution 16 set out above, the Directors be and are hereby empowered pursuant to section 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006 to allot equity securities (as defined in Section 560(1) of the Companies Act 2006) wholly for cash pursuant to the authority conferred by Resolution 16 and/or to sell Ordinary Shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash as if Section 561(1) of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply to any such allotment or sale, such power to be limited:
a) to the allotment of equity securities and sale of treasury shares for cash 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 16 (set out above), by way of rights issue only) to or in favour of (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 as the Directors or 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) to the allotment (otherwise than under paragraph a) of this Resolution) of equity securities or sale of treasury shares up to a nominal amount of £1,245,437; and
such power to apply until the earlier of the conclusion of the 2024 AGM or close of business on 12 October 2024 save that 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 Directors may allot equity securities under any such offer or agreement as if the power had not ended.
Resolution 20 Authority to purchase own shares
To resolve as a special resolution that the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised for the purposes of section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 to make market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of the Companies Act 2006) of Ordinary Shares of 10p each in the Company provided that:
a) the maximum number of Ordinary Shares authorised to be purchased is 12,454,367 (representing approximately 10% of the issued share capital of the Company);
b) the minimum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for each Ordinary Share is 10p;
c) the maximum price, exclusive of expenses, which may be paid for each such Ordinary Share is the higher of:
i) an amount equal to 105% of the average of the middle market quotations for an Ordinary Share in the Company as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which the share is contracted to be purchased; and
ii) an amount equal to the higher of the price 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 in each case at the time the purchase is agreed; and
d) this authority shall expire at the earlier of the conclusion of the 2024 AGM or close of business on 12 October 2024 (except in relation to a purchase of such shares, the contract for which was concluded before such time and which will or may be executed wholly or partly after such time and the Company may purchase Ordinary Shares pursuant to any such contract as if the power had not ended).
Resolution 21 Notice of meetings other than AGMs
To resolve as a special resolution that a general meeting of the Company other than an AGM may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice. By Order of the Board Lyn Colloff Company Secretary 24 May 2023 Wincanton plc Registered in England & Wales under No. 04178