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LETTER FROM CHAIRMAN16 May 2017
Dear Shareholder,
To the Shareholders and, for information only, to the Option Holders Notice of Annual General Meeting
I am writing to give you details of the resolutions to be proposed at this year's Annual General Meeting which is to be held at 3:00 pm on Wednesday 28 June 2017 at Daniel Stewart & Company plc, 33 Creechurch Lane, London EC3A 5EB ("AGM"). The resolutions are set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting on pages 4 and 5 of this document.
Ordinary business at the AGM (the "Ordinary Resolutions")
Resolution 1 - Annual Report and Accounts
This is an ordinary resolution to receive and adopt the audited Statement of Accounts and the Reports of the Directors and the Auditors of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2016.
Resolution 2 - Re-appointment of Director
The Board recommends the re-election of Stephen Best, who retires by rotation in accordance with article 104 of the Company's Articles of Association. Mr Best, being eligible, offers himself for re-election as a director.
Resolution 3 - Re-appointment of Director
The Board recommends the re-election of George Roskos who, having been appointed since the Company's last Annual General Meeting and being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment in accordance with Article 104 of the Articles.
Resolutions 4 and 5 - Auditors' reappointment and remuneration
The resolutions relating to the auditors' re-appointment and remuneration are usual business for the Annual General Meeting.
Special business at the AGM
Resolution 6 - Section 551 authority
This is an ordinary resolution authorising the Directors to allot relevant securities up to an aggregate nominal amount of £1,155,000 (equal to 25% of the issued capital of the Company as at 16 May 2017). Such authority, unless previously revoked or varied by the Company in a General Meeting, will expire at the commencement of the Company's next Annual General Meeting following this meeting or 30 June 2018, whichever is the earlier to occur.
Resolution 7 - Section 570 authority and dis-application of Section 561(1)
This is a special resolution authorising the Directors to issue equity securities wholly for cash on a non pre-emptive basis pursuant to the authority conferred by resolution number 6 above. This will allow the Board to allot shares without recourse to the Company's shareholders so that it can move quickly from time to time as it deems appropriate. Such authority, unless previously revoked or varied by the Company in a General Meeting, will expire
at the commencement of the next Annual General Meeting following this meeting or 30 June 2018, whichever is the earlier to occur.
Form of Proxy
A Form of Proxy for use at the 2017 AGM is enclosed. Please complete and sign the Form of Proxy and return it to the Company's Registrars so as to arrive no later than 48 hours before the time fixed for the 2017 AGM.
The return of the Form of Proxy will not, however, prevent you from attending the 2017 AGM and voting in person should you wish to do so.
Board Recommendation
The Board considers that each of the Ordinary Resolutions and the Special Resolution is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders as a whole and it unanimously recommends to the shareholders that they should vote in favour of each of them as the Board intend to do so in respect of the Ordinary Shares held by them.
Yours faithfully
Adam Wilson Chairman
ATLANTIC CARBON GROUP PLC (COMPANY NO. 5315929)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Atlantic Carbon Group PLC ("the Company") will be held at 3:00 pm on Wednesday 28 June 2017 at Daniel Stewart & Company plc, 33 Creechurch Lane, London EC3A 5EB to consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions of which 1 to 6 will be proposed as 'Ordinary Resolutions' and resolution 7 will be proposed as a 'Special Resolution'.
Ordinary Business
As Ordinary Resolutions:
To receive the audited statement of accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2015 together with the reports of the Directors and the auditors thereon;
To re-elect Stephen Best, a Director, who retires by rotation in accordance with Article 104 of the Articles of Association, as a Director of the Company;
To re-appoint George Roskos, as a Director of the Company, who retires in accordance with Article 104 of the Articles of Association and, being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment;
To re-appoint Littlejohn LLP as auditors of the Company, to hold office until the commencement of the next Annual General Meeting; and
To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the auditors.
Special Business
As Ordinary Resolution:
THAT, the Directors be and are hereby generally and unconditionally authorised for the purposes of Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act") to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot equity securities (as defined in Section 560 of the Act) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £1,155,000 (equal to 25% of the issued capital of the Company as at 16 May 2017) provided that such authority shall expire at the commencement of the Annual General Meeting next held after the passing of this resolution or 30 June 2018 (whichever is the earlier to occur) save that the Company may pursuant to the authority make an offer or agreement or other arrangement before the expiry of the authority which would or might require relevant securities to be allotted after such expiry, and the Directors may allot relevant securities in pursuance of such an offer or agreement or other arrangement as if the power conferred hereby had not expired. This authority is in substitution for all previous authorities conferred upon the directors pursuant to section 551 of the Act, but without prejudice to the allotment of any relevant securities already made or to be made pursuant to such authorities.
As Special Resolution:
THAT (subject to the passing of Resolution 6) the Directors be and are hereby empowered pursuant to Section 570 and 573 of the Act to allot equity securities (within the meaning of Section 560 of the Act) wholly for cash pursuant to the general authority conferred by Resolution 6 as if Section 561(1) of the Act did not apply to any such allotment or sale, provided that this power shall be limited to allotments of equity securities:
in connection with or pursuant to an offer by way of rights, open offer or other pre-emptive offer to the holders of shares in the Company and other persons entitled to participate therein in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to their respective holdings, subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may consider necessary or expedient to deal with fractional entitlements or legal or practical problems under the laws of any territory or the regulations or requirements of any regulatory authority or any stock exchange in any territory;
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