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RNS Number : 8470Z  AstraZeneca PLC  07 March 2025

7 March 2025

 

 

Notice of Annual General Meeting

 

AstraZeneca PLC (the Company) announced today the publication of its Notice of
Annual General Meeting 2025 and Shareholders' Circular (the Notice).

 

The Company's Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be digitally-enabled and will
be held on Friday 11 April 2025 at 14:30 (BST). Full details and joining
instructions are set out in the Notice.

 

The Notice and proxy form for the AGM have been submitted to the National
Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) . The Notice is also
available on the Company's website at www.astrazeneca.com/noticeofmeeting2025
(http://www.astrazeneca.com/noticeofmeeting2025) .

 

The Notice is being despatched to shareholders today.

 

The business to be conducted at the AGM is summarised below:

1.  To receive the Company's Accounts, the Reports of the Directors and
Auditor and the Strategic Report for the year ended 31 December 2024

2.   To confirm the 2024 interim dividends

3.   To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor

4.   To authorise the Directors to agree the remuneration of the Auditor

5.   To elect or re-elect Directors

6.  To approve the annual statement of the Chair of the Remuneration
Committee and the Annual Report on Remuneration for the year ended 31 December
2024

7.   To authorise limited political donations

8.   To authorise the Directors to allot shares

9.   To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights

10. To authorise the Directors to further disapply pre-emption rights for
acquisitions and specified capital investments

11. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

12. To reduce the notice period for general meetings

Pursuant to Regulation 41 of the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 2001,
only holders of ordinary shares entered in the register of members of the
Company by 18:30 (BST) on 9 April 2025 (or their duly appointed proxies), or
if this meeting is adjourned, in the register of members by 18:30 (BST) two
days prior to any adjourned meeting, are entitled to attend or vote at the AGM
in respect of the number of ordinary shares registered in their name at that
time. Changes to the entries in the register of members after 18:30 (BST) on 9
April 2025, or if this meeting is adjourned, in the register of members after
18:30 (BST) two days prior to any adjourned meeting, shall be disregarded in
determining the rights of any person to attend or vote at the AGM. The Record
Date applied to the Euroclear Sweden system to determine entitlement to
participate and vote at the AGM is close of business on 2 April 2025. The
Record Date to determine entitlement to participate and vote at the AGM for
registered holders of the Company's American Depositary Receipts is close of
business on 25 February 2025.

 

AstraZeneca (https://www.astrazeneca.com/)

AstraZeneca (LSE/STO/Nasdaq: AZN) is a global, science-led biopharmaceutical
company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialisation of
prescription medicines in Oncology, Rare Diseases, and BioPharmaceuticals,
including Cardiovascular, Renal & Metabolism, and Respiratory &
Immunology. Based in Cambridge, UK, AstraZeneca's innovative medicines are
sold in more than 125 countries and used by millions of patients worldwide.
Please visit astrazeneca.com (http://www.astrazeneca.com/)  and follow the
Company on social media @AstraZeneca
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Contacts

For details on how to contact the Investor Relations Team, please click here
(https://www.astrazeneca.com/investor-relations.html#Contacts) . For Media
contacts, click here (https://www.astrazeneca.com/media-centre/contacts.html)
.

 

 

Adrian Kemp

Company Secretary

AstraZeneca PLC

 

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