TheWorks.co.uk plc

Registered office:

Boldmere House

Faraday Avenue

Hams Hall Distribution Park

Coleshill

Birmingham

B46 1AL

Company Number: 11325534

THE COMPANIES ACT 2006

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

RESOLUTIONS OF THEWORKS.CO.UK PLC (THE "COMPANY")

(Passed 27 October 2022)

At the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the members of the Company convened and held on 27 October 2022, the following resolutions were duly passed:

As Ordinary Resolutions:

Resolution 4 - Directors' remuneration policy

To approve the Directors' remuneration policy set out on pages 64 to 71 of the 2022 Annual Report.

Resolution 12 - Directors' authority to allot shares

To generally and unconditionally authorise the Directors pursuant to and in accordance with Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "2006 Act") to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in the Company:

  1. up to an aggregate nominal amount of £208,333; and
  2. comprising equity securities (as defined in Section 560(1) of the 2006 Act) up to a further aggregate nominal amount of £208,333 in connection with an offer by way of a rights issue;

such authorities to apply in substitution for all previous authorities pursuant to Section 551 of the 2006 Act and to expire at the end of the next Annual General Meeting or on 31 October 2023, whichever is the earlier, but in each case so that the Company may make offers and enter into agreements during the relevant period which would, or might, require shares to be allotted or rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares to be granted after the authority ends.

For the purposes of this Resolution, "rights issue" means an offer to:

  1. ordinary shareholders in proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) to their existing holdings; and
  2. holders of other equity securities if this is required by the rights of those securities or, if the Directors consider it necessary, as permitted by the rights of those securities,

to subscribe for further securities by means of the issue of a renounceable letter (or other negotiable document) which may be traded for a period before payment for the securities is due, but subject in both cases to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may deem necessary or expedient in relation to treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates or legal, regulatory or practical problems in, or under the laws of, any territory.

As Special Resolutions:

Resolution 13 - Disapplication of pre-emption rights

That if Resolution 12 is passed, the Directors be authorised to allot equity securities (as defined in the Companies Act 2006) for cash under the authority given by that resolution and/or to sell ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash as if Section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply to any such allotment or sale, such authority to be limited:

  1. to allotments for rights issues and other pre-emptive issues; and
  2. to the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares (otherwise than under paragraph (a) above) up to a nominal amount of £31,250,

such authority to expire at the end of the next AGM of the Company or, if earlier, at the close of business on 31 October 2023 but, in each case, prior to its expiry the Company may make offers, and enter into agreements, which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (and treasury shares to be sold) after the authority expires and the Directors may allot equity securities (and sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.

Resolution 14 - Disapplication of pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment

That if Resolution 12 is passed, the Directors be authorised in addition to any authority granted under Resolution 13 to allot equity securities (as defined in the Companies Act 2006) for cash under the authority given by that resolution and/or to sell ordinary shares held by the Company as treasury shares for cash as if Section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply to any such allotment or sale, such authority to be:

  1. limited to the allotment of equity securities or sale of treasury shares up to a nominal amount of £31,250; and
  2. used only for the purposes of financing (or refinancing, if the authority is to be used within six months after the original transaction) a transaction which the Board of the Company determines to be an acquisition or other capital investment of a kind contemplated by the Statement of Principles on Disapplying Pre-Emption Rights most recently published by the Pre-Emption Group prior to the date of this Notice of AGM,

such authority to expire at the end of the next AGM of the Company or, if earlier, at the close of business on 31 October 2023 but, in each case, prior to its expiry the Company may make offers, and enter into agreements, which would, or might, require equity securities to be allotted (and treasury shares to be sold) after the authority expires and the Directors may allot equity securities (and sell treasury shares) under any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not expired.

Resolution 15 - Authority to purchase own shares

To unconditionally and generally authorise the Company for the purpose of Section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 to make market purchases (as defined in Section 693(4) of the Companies Act 2006) of ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), provided that:

  1. the maximum number of Ordinary Shares which may be purchased is 6,250,000;
  2. the minimum price which may be paid for each Ordinary Shares is £0.01;
  3. the maximum price which may be paid for an Ordinary Share is an amount equal to the higher of (i) 105% of the average of the closing price of the Company's Ordinary Shares as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which such Ordinary Share is contracted to be purchased; and (ii) an amount equal to the higher of the price of the last independent trade of an Ordinary Share and the highest current

independent bid for an Ordinary Share as derived from the London Stock Exchange Trading System; and

  1. this authority shall expire at the conclusion of the Company's next AGM or, if earlier, 31 October 2023 (except in relation to the purchase of Ordinary Shares, the contract for which was concluded before the expiry of such authority and which might be executed wholly or partly after such expiry), unless such authority is renewed prior to such time.

Resolution 16 - Notice of general meetings

To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice.

Bernwood Cosec Limited

Company Secretary

27 October 2022

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