Company Announcements

29 May 2020

Countrywide plc

Notice of Annual General Meeting

The Company announces that it has published the Notice of its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") to be held at 4.00 pm on 26 June 2020 at Greenwood House, 1st Floor, 91-99 New London Road, Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom, CM2 0PP (the "Notice") that will be distributed to shareholders together with its Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2019; and the Proxy Form.

These are available on the Company's website at www.countrywide.co.uk and have been submitted to, and will be available from, the FCA's National Storage Mechanism.

Hard copies of the documents will be sent to those shareholders who have elected to receive paper communications.

Physical attendance at the AGM

We value the opportunity that the AGM brings to interact with our shareholders. However, in light of the UK Government's current guidance on public gatherings and its recommendations to take precautionary measures to avoid the spread of the Covid-19 virus, and in order to protect the Company's shareholders, employees, board members and other relevant parties this year's AGM will be run as a closed meeting and shareholders will not be able to attend in person. The Company's advisors and other guests have also been asked not to attend. 

Shareholder Questions

We value the opportunity to engage with our shareholders and the AGM is an important opportunity for shareholders to express their views by asking questions and voting.  Although the circumstances described above mean that the Company will not be able to hold its AGM in the usual way, should a shareholder have a question relating to the business being dealt with at the AGM, they are invited instead to send their question by email to investor@countrywide.co.uk, at least 7 days prior to the date of the AGM. We will publish the Company's responses to questions on key themes on the Company's website www.countrywide.co.uk as soon as practicable after the AGM.

Voting

Shareholders are encouraged to vote by proxy on the Resolutions contained in the Notice. Given the restrictions on attendance, shareholders are encouraged to appoint the Chair of the meeting as their proxy rather than another person who will not be permitted to attend the meeting. The Proxy Form should be completed, signed and returned, in accordance with the instructions printed thereon, by no later than 4.00 pm on 24 June 2020.

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