G4S Annual Report and Accounts 2011
G4S Annual Report and Accounts 2011
G4S Annual Report and Accounts 2011
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Overview Strategic review Performance<br />
Notice of <strong>Annual</strong> General Meeting continued<br />
18. That the company be <strong>and</strong> is hereby generally <strong>and</strong> unconditionally authorised for the purposes of section 701 of the Act, to make market purchases<br />
(within the meaning of section 693(4) of the Act) of ordinary shares of 25p each in the capital of the company on such terms <strong>and</strong> in such manner as<br />
the directors may from time to time determine, provided that:<br />
(i) the maximum number of such shares which may be purchased is 141,066,000;<br />
(ii) the minimum price which may be paid for each such share is 25p (exclusive of all expenses);<br />
(iii) the maximum price which may be paid for each such share is an amount equal to 105% of the average of the middle market quotations for an<br />
ordinary share in the company as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days immediately preceding<br />
the day on which such share is contracted to be purchased (exclusive of expenses); <strong>and</strong><br />
(iv) this authority shall, unless previously revoked or varied, expire at the conclusion of the <strong>Annual</strong> General Meeting of the company to be held in 2013<br />
(except in relation to the purchase of such shares the contract for which was entered into before the expiry of this authority <strong>and</strong> which might be<br />
executed wholly or partly after such expiry).<br />
19. That in accordance with sections 366 <strong>and</strong> 367 of the Act, the company <strong>and</strong> all companies which are subsidiaries of the company during the period<br />
when this Resolution 19 has effect be <strong>and</strong> are hereby unconditionally authorised to:<br />
(i) make political donations to political parties or independent election c<strong>and</strong>idates not exceeding £50,000 in total;<br />
(ii) make political donations to political organisations other than political parties not exceeding £50,000 in total; <strong>and</strong><br />
(iii) incur political expenditure not exceeding £50,000 in total;<br />
(as such terms are defined in the Act) during the period beginning with the date of the passing of this resolution <strong>and</strong> ending at the conclusion of the<br />
next <strong>Annual</strong> General Meeting of the company provided that the authorised sum referred to in paragraphs (i), (ii) <strong>and</strong> (iii) above may be comprised of<br />
one or more amounts in different currencies which, for the purposes of calculating the said sum, shall be converted into pounds sterling at the exchange<br />
rate published in the London edition of the Financial Times on the date on which the relevant donation is made or expenditure incurred (or the first<br />
business day thereafter) or, if earlier, on the day in which the company enters into any contract or undertaking in relation to the same.<br />
20. That a general meeting of the company, other than an <strong>Annual</strong> General Meeting, may be called on not less than 14 clear days’ notice.<br />
By order of the board<br />
Peter David<br />
Secretary<br />
26 March 2012<br />
The Manor<br />
Manor Royal<br />
Crawley<br />
West Sussex RH10 9UN<br />
Company No. 4992207<br />
Notes<br />
1. Shareholders are entitled to appoint a proxy to exercise all or any of their rights to attend <strong>and</strong> to speak <strong>and</strong> vote on their behalf at the meeting.<br />
A shareholder may appoint more than one proxy in relation to the <strong>Annual</strong> General Meeting provided that each proxy is appointed to exercise the<br />
rights attached to a different share or shares held by that shareholder. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the company but must attend the meeting<br />
to represent you. A proxy form which may be used to make such appointment <strong>and</strong> give proxy instructions accompanies this notice.<br />
2. Details of how to appoint a proxy are set out in the notes to the enclosed proxy form. In order to be valid an appointment of proxy must be returned,<br />
with any power of attorney or any other authority under which it is executed, by one of the following methods: in hard copy form by post to Capita<br />
Registrars, PXS, the Registry, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 4TU; in hard copy form to that address by courier or by h<strong>and</strong> during usual<br />
business hours; by completing it online using the Share Portal service at www.capitashareportal.com by following the onscreen instructions to submit<br />
it (you will need to identify yourself with your personal Investor Code); or in the case of CREST members, by utilising the CREST electronic proxy<br />
appointment service as described in paragraphs 8 <strong>and</strong> 9 below. In each case, the form of proxy must be received by the company no later than 2.00pm<br />
on 5 June 2012. To change your proxy instructions you may return a new proxy appointment using the method set out above. The deadline for receipt<br />
of proxy appointments also applies in relation to amended instructions. Persons listed on the VP Securities register should follow the instructions on<br />
their Voting Request Form.<br />
3. The return of a completed proxy form, other such instrument or any CREST Proxy Instruction will not prevent a shareholder attending the <strong>Annual</strong><br />
General Meeting <strong>and</strong> voting in person if he/she wishes to do so.<br />
4. Any person to whom this notice is sent who is a person nominated under section 146 of the Act to enjoy information rights (a “Nominated Person”)<br />
may, under an agreement between him/her <strong>and</strong> the shareholder by whom he/she was nominated, have a right to be appointed (or to have someone<br />
else appointed) as a proxy for the <strong>Annual</strong> General Meeting. If a Nominated Person has no such proxy appointment right or does not wish to exercise it,<br />
he/she may, under any such agreement, have a right to give instructions to the shareholder as to the exercise of voting rights.<br />
5. The statement of the rights of shareholders in relation to the appointment of proxies in paragraph 1 above does not apply to Nominated Persons.<br />
The rights described in these paragraphs can only be exercised by shareholders of the company.<br />
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