Result of AGM

RNS Number : 9251T
Helical PLC
23 July 2020
 

23 July 2020

HELICAL PLC

("Helical" or the "Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting

 

1.  Results of the 2020 Annual General Meeting

The Company is pleased to announce that at its one hundredth Annual General Meeting ("Meeting") held earlier today, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 23 June 2020 ("Notice") were put to the meeting on a poll and were passed by the requisite majority. The full results are set out in the table below:

 

 

Votes For1

Votes Against

Total Votes Cast

Votes Withheld2

 

Resolution

No. of Shares1  

% of Shares Voted

No. of Shares

% of Shares Voted

% of Issued Share Capital

No. of Shares

1

To receive and consider the accounts of the Company for the financial year ended 31 March 2020 together with the Directors' report and the report of Deloitte LLP

  100,118,845

99.99

9,717

0.01

82.57

83,490

2

To declare a final dividend of 6.00 pence per Ordinary Share in respect of the year ended 31 March 2020

100,147,879 

99.94

64,174

0.06

82.64

0

3

To re-elect R. J. Grant as a Director

99,709,190

99.50

502,462

0.50

82.64

400

4

To re-elect G. A. Kaye as a Director

99,999,542

99.79

212,111

0.21

82.64

400

5

To re-elect T. J. Murphy as a Director

99,938,785

99.73

272,868

0.27

82.64

400

6

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

99,999,542

99.79

212,111

0.21

82.64

400

7

To re-elect S. V. Clayton as a Director

99,272,844

99.07

936,544

0.93

82.64

2,665

8

To re-elect R. R. Cotton as a Director

100,001,370

99.79

210,283

0.21

82.64

400

9

To re-elect J. J. Lister as a Director

100,001,370

99.79

210,283

0.21

82.64

400

10

To re-elect S. J. Farr as a

Director

100,001,370

99.79

210,283

0.21

82.64

400

11

To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the Company's auditor

100,211,653

99.99

400

0.01

82.64

0

12

To authorise the Directors to set the remuneration of the Company's auditor

100,207,217

99.99

4,836

0.01

82.64

0

13

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (other than the part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy) for the year ended 31 March 2020

98,247,053

99.38

609,358

0.62

81.52

1,355,641

14

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

99,641,172

99.43

566,666

0.57

82.63

4,125

15

To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 20063

100,207,438

99.99

400

0.01

82.63

4,125

16

To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006 in addition to resolution 163

98,851,079

98.65

1,356,758

1.35

82.63

4,125

17

To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its Ordinary Shares pursuant to section 701 of the Companies Act 20063

98,786,284

98.58

1,420,932

1.42

82.63

4,836

18

To approve general meetings (other than annual general meetings) to be held on not less than 14 clear days' notice3

98,298,251

98.09

1,913,802

1.91

82.64

0

Notes:

1    Includes discretionary votes

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

3   Special Resolution which requires at least a 75% majority

As at the date of the Meeting there were 121,265,710 ordinary shares of 1p each in issue. 

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms used in this announcement shall have the meaning given to them in the Notice.

2. Resolutions submitted to the National Storage Mechanism

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of resolutions other than those concerning ordinary business passed at the Meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and can be viewed at: https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism  

The resolutions carried at the Meeting are set out in full in the Notice which can be found on the Company's website at www.helical.co.uk  

3.  Confirmed Board Committee Changes

The Company confirms that as set out in the RNS announcement dated 18 May 2020, Richard Cotton has stepped down as Chair of the Remuneration Committee and Sue Farr has assumed the position of Chair of the Remuneration Committee with immediate effect.

 

Helical plc

 

J.R. Moss (Company Secretary)

Tel: 020 7629 0113

 

Address: 5 Hanover Square

                         London  

  W1S 1HQ

 

Website:  www.helical.co.uk

 


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