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Rank : Proxy Form 2024
Rank : Proxy Form
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Attendance card for 2024 AGM The Annual General Meeting of The Rank Group Plc (the 'Company') will be held at TOR, Saint-Cloud Way, Maidenhead SL6 8BN at 11.00am on Thursday 17 October 2024. If you wish to attend the meeting, please bring this card with you and hand it in on arrival. This will facilitate entry to the meeting. If you are an ordinary shareholder and are unable to attend, you are entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote on your behalf. In this case, please detach the form of proxy, complete it as indicated in the notes and return it to the Company's registrar. No postage is required if posted in the United Kingdom using the envelope provided. Please do not return proxy forms to the Company. Please see notes overleaf. Form of Proxy 2024 AGM Shareholder Reference Number 1235-0079 I/We, the undersigned, being (a) member(s) of The Rank Group Plc ('Rank'), Multiple Proxy (X) Shares hereby appoint the Chair of the meeting (Alex Thursby) or as my/our proxy, to attend and vote on my/our behalf at the Annual General Meeting of Rank to be held on Thursday 17 October 2024 at 11.00am and at any adjournment thereof. The proxy will vote on the resolutions below as I/we have indicated. Please indicate how you wish your proxy to vote by marking the appropriate boxes in ink like this: Resolutions All shareholders: For Against Abstain For Against Abstain 1. Approval of 2023/24 reports 10. Re-election of Karen Whitworth and financial statements (senior independent director) as a director* 2. Approval of 2023/24 directors' 11. Re-election of Lucinda Charles-Jones remuneration report as a director** 3. Approval of Directors' 12. Re-election of Keith Laslop Remuneration Policy. as a director 4. Approval of final dividend 13. Re-appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as auditor 5. Re-election of Alex Thursby as a director 14. Remuneration of auditor Re-election of John O'Reilly as a director Re-election of Richard Harris as a director Re-election of Chew Seong Aun as a director Re-election of Katie McAlister as a director* LTIP share plan rule changes Authority to make political donations and political expenditure Authority to call general meetings on 14 clear days' notice Member of the Remuneration Committee Chair of the Remuneration Committee Signature Date Directions to The Rank Group Plc TOR Saint-Cloud Way Maidenhead SL6 8BN Tel: 01628 504 000 M4 to Junction 8/9 (A404) Follow signs for Maidenhead Central (A308) Turn left at the end of the dual carriageway (A308) onto Windsor Road Continue to follow A308 and turn right onto Grenfell Place (A308) Continue to follow A308 and take the 3rd exit onto Bad Godesberg Way (A4) At the end of the dual carriageway take the 2nd exit onto Saint-Cloud Way (A4) Take the 1st exit at the roundabout Follow the road and take the 1st left into the upper level car park PLEASE READ THE NOTES BELOW CAREFULLY BEFORE COMPLETING THE PROXY FORM. You can submit your proxy instructions electronically by going to Equiniti's Shareview website, www.shareview.co.uk, and logging in to your Shareview Portfolio. To register for a Shareview Portfolio, go to www.shareview.co.uk and enter the requested information. Notes You are entitled to appoint a proxy of your own choice, who need not be a member of the Company, by inserting the name and address of such a proxy in the space provided. Should this space be left blank, the proxy will be exercised by the chair of the meeting. If the proxy is being appointed in relation to less than your full voting entitlement, please enter in the "Shares" box next to the proxy holder's name the number of shares in relation to which they are authorised to act as your proxy. If the "Shares" box is left blank then your proxy will be deemed to be authorised in respect of your full voting entitlement (or if this proxy form has been issued in respect of a designated account for a shareholder, the full voting entitlement for that designated account). To appoint more than one proxy, (an) additional proxy form(s) may be obtained by contacting the registrar's helpline on +44 (0)371 384 2098. (Lines open 8.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays in England and Wales). If calling from outside of the UK, please ensure the country code is used if calling from outside the UK). Alternatively, you may photocopy this form. Please indicate in the "Shares" box next to the proxy holder's name the number of shares in relation to which they are authorised to act as your proxy. Please also indicate, by marking the "Multiple Proxy" box with an "X", if the proxy instruction is one of multiple instructions being given. All of the forms must be signed and should be returned together in the same envelope using the envelope provided. The proxy will vote in accordance with your wishes provided this is clearly indicated on the proxy form. If you appoint a proxy, but do not indicate how they should cast your vote, they will exercise their discretion both as to voting or whether or not to abstain from voting on all resolutions or any other business at the meeting. An abstention is not a vote in law, which means that the vote will not be counted in the calculation of votes for or against a resolution. A corporation's form of proxy must be executed under its common seal, or under the hand of its officer or attorney, duly authorised in writing. If you are signing this form on behalf of someone else, the power of attorney (or a notarial certified copy) authorising you to sign must be deposited with this form. In the case of joint holders, any one holder may sign the form. If you wish to submit your proxy appointment electronically, please visit www.shareview.co.uk, where full instructions on how to do so are given. If you return paper and electronic instructions, those received last by the registrar before the latest time for receipt of proxies will take precedence. You are advised to read the terms and conditions of use carefully. Electronic communication facilities are available to all shareholders and those who use them will not be disadvantaged. CREST members may appoint a proxy or proxies electronically via Equiniti (ID RA19). Messages transmitted through CREST must be lodged no later than Tuesday 15 October 2024 at 11.00am Institutional investors may be able to appoint a proxy electronically via the Proxymity platform. Please go to www.proxymity.io. Even if you complete and return a form of proxy, you may still attend in person. To be valid, the form of proxy must be signed, dated, and received no later than 11.00am on Tuesday 15 October 2024. Once completed, please return the form of proxy to the registrar in the envelope provided.