Notice of annual general meeting
Notice is hereby given that the annual general meeting (“AGM”) of The Yorkshire County Cricket Club Limited (the “Club”) will be held in the Howard Suite, Howard Stand, Headingley Cricket Ground, St. Michael’s Lane, Leeds, LS6 3BU on Saturday 23 May 2026 at 10:00.
The AGM has been convened in the ordinary course of the Club’s business and to enable members to consider, among other matters, a special resolution proposing amendments to the rules of the Club (the “Rules”). An explanatory note summarising the proposed amendments to the Rules (together with the proposed amendments to the existing Rules), the Accounts and the Independent Auditor’s Report are circulated with this notice.
Only those persons who are members at the date of giving notice shall be entitled to vote at the AGM.
Capitalised terms used in this notice shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meanings as given to them in the Rules.
Agenda
A. To receive apologies for absence.
B. To confirm the minutes of the annual general meeting held on 26 June 2025. If any member has a query as to the accuracy of the minutes, it should be raised with the Club in advance in accordance with paragraph 5 of the Notes appended to this notice.
C. To receive a report from the Chair.
D. To receive a report from the Group Chief Executive Officer.
E. To receive a report on Finance.
F. To receive a report on Cricket.
G. To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions, each of which will be proposed as an ordinary resolution, save for the resolution set out at point 5 below, which is proposed as a special resolution (as set out in the Rules):
- To receive and approve the Accounts, together with the Independent Auditor’s Report thereon, for the year ended 31 December 2025.
- To consider the recommendation of the Nominations Committee of the Board to elect Ashley Metcalfe as President of the Club:
- if resolution 5 is passed, for a maximum of approximately two years from appointment and to hold office until the conclusion of the second annual general meeting following his appointment, in accordance with the amended Rules; or
- if resolution 5 is not passed, for a maximum of three years, in accordance with the Rules currently in force.
- To consider the recommendation of the Nominations Committee of the Board to elect the following as Vice-Presidents of the Club for services rendered to the Club:
Jennifer Bryan
Trevor Bryan
James Greenfield
Andrew Fogarty
John Helm
Ralph Middlebrook
Gill Smith
Christopher Winn
- To consider the recommendation of the Board to elect the following Honorary Life Members of the Club for conspicuous service to the Club and to Cricket:
Ashley Metcalfe
Dr. Jane Powell
Katherine Sciver-Brunt OBE
- To approve and adopt the amendments to the Rules as set out in the amended Rules circulated with the notice of AGM, as may be further amended by the Board following the passing of this resolution and prior to registration with the Financial Conduct Authority strictly to the extent deemed reasonably necessary by the Board to incorporate non-substantive drafting or interpretative amendments to reflect commentary from the Financial Conduct Authority on the proposed amended Rules in order to satisfy their registration requirements, with such amendments to take effect subject to, and from the date of, registration of the amendments by the Financial Conduct Authority.
- To appoint Azets Audit Services Limited as auditor of the Club until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Club at which the accounts of the year ending 31 December 2026 are laid.
H. To announce the result of the election to confirm the appointment to the board of directors of the Club (“Board”) of Jane Ellison, having been appointed to the Board since the last annual general meeting.
I. To announce the result of the elections to the Club’s Members’ Representative Group for the following nominees: a) Andrew Lewington, for a maximum term of three years; b) Catherine Rennison, for a maximum term of three years.
J. Thanks to outgoing President
K. Award of President’s Medal
L. Any other business
Yours faithfully,
Colin Graves CBE, Chair
The Yorkshire County Cricket Club Limited
NOTES
1.1 A member may appoint another person as proxy to exercise all or any of their rights to attend, speak and vote at the meeting. A proxy must be a member of the Club entitled to attend and vote at a general meeting. The appointment of a proxy will not preclude a member from attending and voting in person at the meeting.
1.2 To be effective, any voting form and proxy form must be completed, signed (unless being submitted online) and sent:
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- Online via completion and submission through https://survey.alchemer.eu/s3/91092487/The-Yorkshire-County-Cricket-Club-Limited-proxy-and-online-election-voting-2026-annual-general-meeting or
- by post to The Yorkshire County Cricket Club Limited, Headingley Cricket Ground, St. Michael’s Lane, Leeds, LS6 3BU marked for the attention of the Club Secretary; or
- during normal business hours/between the hours of 9.00 am and 5.00 pm on any weekday (Saturdays, Sundays and bank or public holidays in England excepted) by hand to The Yorkshire County Cricket Club Limited, Headingley Cricket Ground, St. Michael’s Lane, Leeds, LS6 3BU marked for the attention of the Club Secretary;
in each case so as to be received not later than 10:00 on Thursday 21 May 2026 or, if the meeting is adjourned, not less than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding any adjourned meeting.
1.3 Proxy forms and voting forms may be sent by electronic means only via the online voting system referred to at note 1.2 above. Any proxy forms or voting forms sent to any electronic address will not be validly received by the Club.
1.4 Please note that a live stream of the annual general meeting will be available for members unable to attend in person. A link to access the live stream will be emailed ahead of the meeting to members for whom an email address is held. Members attending the meeting should note that the annual general meeting will be live-streamed. The stream will be retained for a period after the conclusion of the meeting to allow members unable to watch the streaming live to view later should they wish to, and so that the Club has a definitive record of the meeting.
1.5 Any queries on the accuracy of the minutes of the 2025 AGM, or any other queries relating to the business being dealt with at the AGM should be submitted by 10am on Thursday 21 May 2026 in the AGM queries section at the following: Contact – Yorkshire County Cricket Club address, or by post/hand to The Yorkshire County Cricket Club Limited, Headingley Cricket Ground, Kirkstall Lane, Leeds, LS6 3BU marked for the attention of the Club Secretary.
