SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
Pursuant to Rule13a-16 or15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of May, 2019
PRUDENTIAL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
1 ANGEL COURT, LONDON,
ENGLAND, EC2R 7AG
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form20-F or Form40-F.
Form20-F ☒ Form40-F ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes ☐ No ☒
If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule12g3-2(b): 82-
Company Number: 1397169
THE COMPANIES ACT 2006
Company limited by shares
RESOLUTIONS
of
PRUDENTIAL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
At the Annual General Meeting of the above named Company duly convened and held on 16 May 2019 the following resolutions were passed. Resolutions 18, 19, 20 and 22 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 21, 23, 24, and 25 were passed as special resolutions:
Renewal of authority to allot ordinary shares
Resolution 18
THAT, the Directors be and are hereby authorised, generally and unconditionally, pursuant to section 551 of the 2006 Act, to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company and to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the Company for a period expiring at the earlier of 30 June 2020 and the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2020 (save that the Company may make offers and enter into agreements under this authority prior to its expiry which would, or might, require shares to be allotted or rights to subscribe for or to convert securities into shares to be granted after such expiry, and the Board may allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for or to convert securities into shares under any such offer or agreement as if the said authority had not expired) and for a maximum aggregate nominal amount of:
(A) | £25,996,456 (such amount to be reduced by any allotments or grants made under paragraph (B) in an aggregate nominal amount exceeding £17,287,643 and/or any allotments or grants made under resolution 22, if passed, so that in total no more than: |
(i) | £25,996,456 can be allotted under this paragraph (A) and, if passed, resolution 22; and |
(ii) | £43,284,099 can be allotted under paragraphs (A) and (B) of this resolution 18 and, if passed, resolution 22); |
(B) | £43,284,099 (such amount to be reduced by any allotments or grants made under paragraph (A) of this resolution 18 and/or resolution 22, if passed, so that in total no more than £43,284,099 can be allotted under paragraphs (A) and (B) of this resolution 18 and, if passed, resolution 22) in connection with an offer or invitation: |
(i) | to ordinary shareholders in proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) to their existing holdings; and |
(ii) | to holders of other equity securities (as defined in section 560(1) of the 2006 Act) as required by the rights of those securities or as the Board otherwise considers necessary, |
and so that the Board may impose any limits or restrictions and make any arrangements which it considers necessary or appropriate to deal with treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates, legal, regulatory or practical problems in, or under the laws of, any territory or any other matter; and
(C) | the amount allotted pursuant to the terms of any share scheme of the Company or any of its subsidiary undertakings adopted prior to or on the date of this Meeting. |
Extension of authority to allot ordinary shares to include repurchased shares
Resolution 19
THAT the authority granted to the Directors to allot shares and to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares up to a total nominal value of £25,996,456 pursuant to paragraph (A) of resolution 18 set out above be extended by the addition of such number of ordinary shares of five pence each representing the nominal amount of the Company’s share capital repurchased by the Company under the authority granted pursuant to resolution 24 set out below, to the extent that such extension would not result in the authority to allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for or convert securities into shares pursuant to resolution 18 exceeding £43,284,099.
Renewal of authority to allot preference shares
Resolution 20
THAT the Company be and is hereby authorised to allot and to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert securities into Sterling Preference Shares up to a maximum aggregate nominal value of £20 million (representing two billion Sterling Preference Shares in the Company), to allot and to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert securities into Dollar Preference Shares up to a maximum aggregate nominal value of US$20 million (representing two billion Dollar Preference Shares in the Company), and to allot and to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert securities into Euro Preference Shares up to a maximum aggregate nominal value of €20 million (representing two billion Euro Preference Shares in the Company) for a period expiring at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2024, save that the Company may make offers and enter into agreements under this authority prior to its expiry which would, or might, require shares to be allotted or rights to subscribe for or to convert securities into shares to be granted after such expiry, and the Board may allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for or to convert securities into shares under any such offer or agreement as if the said authority had not expired.
Renewal of authority for disapplication ofpre-emption rights
Resolution 21
THAT if resolutions 18 and/or 19 are passed the Directors be and are hereby authorised to allot equity securities (as defined in Section 560(1) of the 2006 Act) for cash pursuant to the power conferred on the Directors by resolutions 18 and/or 19 and/or to sell any ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash as if Section 561 of that Act did not apply to such allotment or sale for a period expiring at the earlier of 30 June 2020 and the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2020 (save that the Company may make offers and enter into agreements under this authority prior to its expiry which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (or treasury shares to be sold) after such expiry, and the Board may allot equity securities (or sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the said authority had not expired) and provided that (without prejudice to resolution 23) the maximum aggregate nominal amount of equity securities that may be allotted or sold pursuant to this authority in respect of any allotment of equity securities under the authority conferred on the Directors by resolution 18 or a sale of ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash is £6,499,114.
Renewal of authority to issue mandatory convertible securities (MCS)
Resolution 22
THAT the Directors be and are hereby authorised under and for the purposes of section 551 of the 2006 Act to generally and unconditionally exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares and to grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in relation to any issue by the Company or any subsidiary or subsidiary undertaking of the Company (together, the Group) of MCS that automatically convert into, or are exchanged for, ordinary shares in the Company in prescribed circumstances, where the Directors consider that such an issuance of MCS would be desirable in connection with, or for the purposes of, complying with or maintaining compliance with the regulatory capital requirements or targets applicable to the Company or to the Group from time to time:
(A) | for a maximum aggregate nominal amount of £25,996,456 (such amount to be reduced by any allotments or grants made under paragraph (B) of resolution 18 in an aggregate nominal amount exceeding £17,287,643 and/or any allotments made under paragraph (A) of resolution 18, so that in total no more than: |
(i) | £25,996,456 can be allotted under paragraph (A) of resolution 18 and this resolution 22; and |
(ii) | no more than £43,284,099 can be allotted under paragraphs (A) and (B) of resolution 18 and this resolution 22); and |
(B) | subject to applicable law and regulation, at such conversion prices (or such maximum or minimum conversion price methodologies) as may be determined by the Directors from time to time, |
for a period expiring at the earlier of 30 June 2020 and the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2020, save that Company may make offers and enter into agreements under this authority prior to its expiry which would, or might, require shares to be allotted or rights to subscribe for or to convert securities into shares to be granted after such expiry, and the Board may allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for or to convert securities into shares under any such offer or agreement as if the said authority had not expired.
Renewal of authority for disapplication ofpre-emption rights in connection with the issue of MCS
Resolution 23
THAT if Resolution 22 is passed, the Directors be and are hereby authorised to allot equity securities (as defined in Section 560(1) of the 2006 Act) for cash pursuant to the power conferred on the Directors by Resolution 22 as if Section 561 of that Act did not apply to such allotment or sale for a period expiring at the earlier of 30 June 2020 and the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2020 (save that the Company may make offers and enter into agreements under this authority prior to its expiry which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (or treasury shares to be sold) after such expiry, and the Board may allot equity securities (or sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the said authority had not expired) and provided that (without prejudice to resolution 21) the maximum aggregate nominal amount of equity securities that may be allotted pursuant to this authority in respect of any allotment of equity securities in connection with the issuance of MCS under the authority conferred on the Directors by resolution 22 for cash is £25,996,456.
Renewal of authority for purchase of own shares
Resolution 24
THAT the Company be and is hereby generally and unconditionally authorised, in accordance with Section 701 of the 2006 Act, to make one or more market purchases (within the meaning of Section 693(4) of the 2006 Act) of its ordinary shares in the capital of the Company, provided that:
(A) | Such authority be limited: |
(i) | to a maximum aggregate number of 259,964,560 ordinary shares; |
(ii) | by the condition that the minimum price which may be paid for each ordinary share is five pence and the maximum price which may be paid for an ordinary share is the highest of: |
(a) | an amount equal to 105 per cent of the average of the middle market quotations for an ordinary share as derived from the Daily Official List of the London Stock Exchange for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which the share is contracted to be purchased; and |
(b) | the higher of the price of the last independent trade and the highest current independent bid on the trading venues where the purchase is carried out, |
in each case exclusive of expenses;
(B) | Such authority shall, unless renewed, varied or revoked prior to such time, expire at the earlier of 30 June 2020 and the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2020, save that the Company may before such expiry make a contract or contracts to purchase ordinary shares under the authority hereby conferred which would or may be executed wholly or partly after the expiry of such authority and may make a purchase of ordinary shares in pursuance of any such contract or contracts as if the power conferred hereby had not expired; and |
(C) | All ordinary shares purchased pursuant to said authority shall be either: |
(i) | cancelled immediately upon completion of the purchase; or |
(ii) | held, sold, transferred or otherwise dealt with as treasury shares in accordance with the provisions of the 2006 Act. |
Notice for general meetings
Resolution 25
THAT a general meeting other than an Annual General Meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days’ notice.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: 16 May 2019
PRUDENTIAL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | ||
By: | /s/ Chris Smith | |
Chris Smith | ||
Deputy Group Secretary |