2021 ANNUAL REPORT

MINUTES OF THE 2021 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 57 at Trent Bridge. 8. TO CONFIRM THE TWO MEMBERS ELECTED TO THE GENERAL COMMITTEE The Chief Executive introduced this item by saying that this year was slightly different in that there were two routes by which to join the General Committee – election by the membership and via the Nomi- nations Panel. There were two positions available for the election route and there had been four nominations, two of which were standing committee members. Following feedback from members, this year she would read out the number of votes cast as well as the names of the two successful members: Diana Peasey: 474 votes Richard Stevenson: 654 votes Bill Russell: 447 votes Andy Hunt: 321 votes She then confirmed that Diana Peasey and Richard Stevenson were re-elected to the General Committee. 9. TO CONFIRM THE TWO NOMINATED MEMBERS APPOINTED TO THE GENERAL COMMITTEE Mr Tennant introduced this item by explaining that the Nominations Panel had met several times during the year and interviewed every can- didate, whether they were standing for election or going through the nominations route. It was clear that all those putting themselves forward for selection had a wealth of significant knowl- edge, skills and experience. He announced that the following were the unanimous recommen- dations of the Nominations Panel which were accepted by the General Committee: 1. The appointment of Dr Ravi Badge as a nominated member of the General Committee to serve for a term of three years. 2. The appointment of Mr Andy Hunt as a nominated member of the General Committee to serve for a term of three years. On behalf of the club, he wished both of the nominated members every success in their roles. 10.TO APPOINT A PRESIDENT FOR 2021 The Chairman said that he would like to thank the President, Basher Hassan, who had experienced a unique year. Whilst not being able to perform his role as he and the club would have liked, he had always taken the time to offer his help and opinions. It was MrTennant’s great pleasure to confirm the General Committee’s recommendation for Mr Hassan to be the club’s President again for 2021. Mr Hassan could not be present due to Covid restrictions, but Mr Tennant passed on Mr Hassan’s thanks to the General Committee and the club’s members for their support. 11.TO APPOINT AUDITORS TO THE CLUB The appointment of Smith Cooper as the auditors for 2021 was formally proposed by the ClubTreasurer Mr P J Ellis, seconded by Ms P A Huggard and approved. 12.ANY OTHER BUSINESS (i) To appoint a Vice-President: As the first item of Any Other Busi- ness, on behalf of the General Com- mittee, Mr Ellis proposed the club’s retiring Chairman RichardTennant to become aVice-President. He had served on the General Committee for 21 years during which his contri- bution to Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club had been immense. Mr Tennant expressed his thanks to the General Committee and said it was a great honour. (ii) Questions from members: Mr Tennant introduced this part of the meeting and explained the process of addressing questions from members that had not already been covered during the reports on the agenda. Due to the meeting taking place online via Zoom for the first time, members had been requested to submit their questions in advance and informed that they would be put to the panel during Any Other Business as opposed to during the course of the meeting. Mr Tennant further stated that the panel would also endeavour to answer any questions submitted to the dedicated email address in real time prior to the conclusion of the meeting. Questions were read out on behalf of those who had submitted them, either by the rele- vant panellist themselves, or by the club’s Digital Marketing Manager Matthew Freeman. Mr Ellis opened this section of the meeting by stating that he had received a very detailed and techni- cal question from Mr N Crockford on the deferred tax calculations in the accounts.This had been re- ferred to the club’s auditors, Smith Cooper, and he would respond to Mr Crockford as soon as possible. Mr J Nowell asked Mr Ellis how many years Smith Cooper had been the club’s auditors for? Mr Ellis confirmed that they were appointed as auditors in 2016. Mr J Hess observed that anyone walking near the ground would have noticed the sad sight of closed restaurants and hospitality businesses. Had the club considered any local initiatives, possibly in partnership with Rushcliffe Borough Council, to help those small businesses to survive? Ms Pursehouse concurred with the statement and referenced her report about the impact onTrent Bridge’s own hospitality and catering function which had been badly hit by the pandemic. She believed that the myriad of small businesses that surrounded the ground were an essential part of the match day expe- rience and whilst the local authority had provided government-backed financial support to them, the best thing the club could do to help was