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A.G. BARR p.l.c. Annual Report and Accounts 2025
D I R E C TO R S ’ R E P O R T
CO N TI N U ED
Directors’ statement as to disclosure of information to auditor
So far as each director is aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by the Companies Act 2006) of which the Company’s auditor is unaware.
Each director has taken all steps that ought to be taken by a director to make themselves aware of and to establish that the auditor is aware of any relevant
audit information.
Auditor
The Audit and Risk Committee has responsibility delegated from the Board for making recommendations on the appointment, reappointment, removal
and remuneration of the external auditor.
The auditor, Deloitte LLP, has indicated its willingness to continue in office and a resolution to appoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company and its
subsidiaries, and to authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to fix their remuneration, will be proposed at the 2025 AGM.
Cautionary statement
This report is addressed to the shareholders of A.G. BARR p.l.c. and has been provided solely to provide information to them.
This report is intended to inform the shareholders of the Group’s performance during the year ended 25 January 2025. This report contains forward-looking
statements based on knowledge and information available to the directors as at the date the report was prepared. These statements should be treated
with caution due to the inherent uncertainties underlying any forward-looking information and any statements about the future outlook may be influenced
by factors that could cause actual outcomes and results to be materially different.
Annual General Meeting
The Company’s 2025 AGM will be held at 12.00 p.m. on 23 May 2025 at the offices of Ernst & Young LLP, G1 Building, 5 George Square, Glasgow, G2 1DY.
The Notice of the AGM is set out on pages 196 to 203 of this report. A description and explanation of the resolutions to be considered at the 2025 AGM
is set out on pages 198 to 200 of this report.
Recommendation to shareholders
The Board considers that all the resolutions to be considered at the 2025 AGM are in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders as a whole
and unanimously recommends that you vote in favour of them.
By order of the Board
Christopher K. O’Donnell
Company Secretary
25 March 2025
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