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2020 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING CHANGES
2020 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING CHANGES.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n RNS Number : 2313L\n Howden Joinery Group PLC\n 29 April 2020\n \n \n \n \n HOWDEN JOINERY GROUP PLC\n \n \n (\"Howdens\" or \"the Company\")\n \n \n 2020 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING CHANGES\n \n \n \n \n \n Howdens announces the following changes to the format of its Annual General Meeting (\"AGM\") to be held at 11.00am on Thursday, 7 May 2020. \n \n \n \n \n \n CHANGE OF VENUE \n \n \n Following the issuance of the UK Government's 'Stay at Home' measures (the \"Government's Measures\") on Monday, 23 March 2020, and the subsequent extension of the Government's Measures on 16 April 2020, the Board of Directors (the \"Board\") has resolved, in accordance with Article 67 of the Company's Articles of Association (the \"Articles\"), that the AGM will no longer be held at the venue stated in the 2020 Notice of AGM (dated 18 March 2020) (the \"Notice\"). The AGM will now be held at the Company's registered office, 40 Portman Square, London, W1H 6LT. \n \n PERMITTED ATTENDEES\n \n \n Under the Government's Measures, public gatherings of more than two people are not permitted. Therefore, the AGM will be convened with the minimum quorum of two shareholders (or their corporate representatives or proxies) as set out in Article 71 of the Articles, being the Company Secretary, Forbes McNaughton, and the Deputy Chief Executive & Chief Financial Officer, Mark Robson. Their attendance at the AGM to form the quorum for the meeting is essential for work purposes and is therefore permitted under the Government's Measures. The AGM will comprise only the formal business of the AGM as set out in the Notice. The Board has nominated Mark Robson to chair the AGM. \n \n \n No other shareholders are permitted to attend the AGM and any shareholder attempting to do so will be refused entry (in line with the Government's Measures and the Chair's powers under Article 70 of the Articles).\n \n \n VOTING\n \n \n As shareholders cannot attend the AGM in person, we urge all our shareholders to register their proxy appointment electronically through the Company's Registrar's website\n \n \n www.shareview.co.uk/4/Info/Portfolio/default/en/Home/Shareholders/Pages/Sharevote.aspx\n \n \n by 11.00am on Tuesday, 5 May 2020. Shareholders should appoint the Chair of the meeting (and not any named individual) to act as their prox...