Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2816F
Helical PLC
11 July 2019
 

Helical plc (Company)

Annual General Meeting - 11 July 2019

 

At the ninety-ninth Annual General Meeting of Helical plc held on Thursday 11 July 2019, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 10 June 2019 were passed by Shareholders on a show of hands.  Proxies were received by the Company from Shareholders in advance of the Annual General Meeting as follows:



Proxy Votes Received


Resolution

For the Resolution[i] 

% For

Against the Resolution

% Against

Total Votes Validly Cast

Votes Withheld [ii]

1

To receive and consider the accounts of the Company for the financial year ended 31 March 2019 together with the Directors' report and the report of Deloitte LLP

98,070,873

99.99

10,852

0.01

98,081,725

735,790

2

To declare a final dividend of 7.50 pence per Ordinary Share in respect of the year ended 31 March 2019

98,817,517

100.00

0

0.00

98,817,517

0

3

To re-elect R. J. Grant as a Director of the Company

96,731,113

99.55

437,805

0.45

97,168,918

1,648,598

4

To re-elect G. A. Kaye as a Director of the Company

98,657,626

99.84

159,891

0.16

98,817,517

0

5

To re-elect T. J. Murphy as a Director of the Company

98,577,285

99.76

240,232

0.24

98,817,517

0

6

To re-elect M. C. Bonning-Snook as a Director of the Company

98,657,626

99.84

159,891

0.16

98,817,517

0

7

To re-elect S. V. Clayton as a Director of the Company

97,782,329

98.95

1,035,188

1.05

98,817,517

0

8

To re-elect R. R. Cotton as a Director of the Company

98,627,260

99.81

190,257

0.19

98,817,517

0

9

To elect J. J. Lister as a Director of the Company

98,124,965

99.99

10,852

0.01

98,135,817

681,698

10

To elect S. J. Farr as a Director of the Company

98,817,517

100.00

0

0.00

98,817,517

0

11

To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the Company's auditor to hold office from the conclusion of this meeting until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company

98,813,394

99.99

4,123

0.01

98,817,517

0

12

To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditors on behalf of the Board

98,817,517

100.00

0

0.00

98,817,517

0

13

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report, other than the part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy, for the financial year ended 31 March 2019

97,131,716

99.27

712,513

0.73

97,844,229

973,288

14

To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006

91,524,363

92.62

7,293,154

7.38

98,817,517

0

 15

To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act [iii]

98,712,258

99.89

105,259

0.11

98,817,517

0

16

To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act in addition to resolution 15 [iii]

91,066,694

92.16

7,750,822

7.84

98,817,517

0

17

To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its Ordinary Shares pursuant to section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 [iii]

98,113,651

99.30

693,625

0.70

98,807,276

10,240

18

To approve general meetings (other than annual general meetings) to be held on not less than 14 clear days' notice [iii]

97,388,604

98.55

1,428,913

1.45

98,817,517

0

 

Notes to the Disclosure:
As at the date of the meeting there were 119,956,767 ordinary shares of 1p each in issue. 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of resolutions other than those concerning ordinary business passed at the Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and can be viewed at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

[i] Includes discretionary votes

[ii] A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution

[iii] Special Resolution requires at least 75% of votes in favour

For further information please contact:

James Moss
Company Secretary
020 7629 0113


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