In addition to the authority in Resolution 1, that the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised to purchase in accordance with Article 57 of the Law Ordinary Shares provided that: (a) the maximum number of Ordinary Shares hereby authorised to be acquired is 9,736,842 (being 10% of the Ordinary Shares in issue as at the date of this Resolution); (b) the minimum price which may be paid for each Ordinary Shares is nil; (c) the maximum price which may be paid for each Ordinary Share is an amount equal to 105% of the average of the middle market quotations for an Ordinary Share as derived from the London Stock Exchange for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which such share is contracted to be purchased; (d) unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in a general meeting, the authority hereby conferred shall expire on 4 September 2020 or, if earlier, on the date of the next annual general meeting of the Company; (e) the Company may make a contract to purchase its Ordinary Shares under the authority hereby conferred prior to the expiry of such authority, which contract will or may be executed wholly or partly after the expiry of such authority, and may purchase its Ordinary Shares in pursuance of any such contract; (f) the Directors provide a statement of solvency in accordance with Articles 55 and 57 of the Law; and (g) such shares are acquired for cancellation or to be held as treasury shares in accordance with Article 58A of the Law. |