Result of AGM

Helical PLC
13 July 2023
 

Helical plc ("Helical" or the "Company")

Results of 2023 Annual General Meeting

13 July 2023

Helical is pleased to announce that at its one hundred and third Annual General Meeting ("Meeting") held earlier today, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 13 June 2023 ("Notice") were passed by Shareholders on a poll.

Votes were cast on the resolutions as follows:

 

 

Resolution

For the Resolution1 

% For

Against the Resolution

% Against

Total Votes Validly Cast

% of Voting Capital

Votes Withheld2

1

To receive and consider the accounts of the Company for the financial year ended 31 March 2023

97,692,794

100.00%

1,257

0.00%

97,694,051

79.20

0

2

To declare a final dividend of 8.70 pence per Ordinary Share in respect of year ended 31 March 2023

97,693,294

100.00%

757

0.00%

97,694,051

79.20

0

3

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

95,501,575

97.76%

2,191,775

2.24%

97,693,350

79.20

701

4

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

97,238,543

99.53%

454,808

0.47%

97,693,351

79.20

700

5

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

97,238,311

99.53%

455,040

0.47%

97,693,351

79.20

700

6

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

97,213,273

99.51%

480,078

0.49%

97,693,351

79.20

700

7

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

96,966,921

99.26%

726,430

0.74%

97,693,351

79.20

700

8

To re-appoint S. J. Farr as a Director of the Company

91,613,967

96.11%

3,709,857

3.89%

95,323,824

77.28

2,370,227

9

To re-appoint J. J. Lister as a Director of the Company

96,403,238

99.25%

726,430

0.75%

97,129,668

78.74

564,383

10

To appoint RSM UK Audit LLP as the Company's auditor

97,693,025

100.00%

1,026

0.00%

97,694,051

79.20

0

11

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

97,693,025

100.00%

1,026

0.00%

97,694,051

79.20

0

12

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

93,873,721

96.09%

3,818,064

3.91%

97,691,785

79.20

2,266

13

That the Directors be authorised to allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any securities into shares

96,549,330

98.83%

1,144,721

1.17%

97,694,051

79.20

0

14

That the Directors be empowered to allot securities of the Company for cash3

96,345,484

98.62%

1,348,567

1.38%

97,694,051

79.20

0

15

That the Directors be given the power to allot equity securities and/or sale of Treasury shares for cash3

87,937,404

90.01%

9,756,647

9.99%

97,694,051

79.20

0

16

That the Company is authorised to make one or more market purchases of its Ordinary Shares3

97,129,111

99.42%

564,940

0.58%

97,694,051

79.20

0

17

To authorise the Directors to call a General Meeting of the Company (other than an Annual General Meetings) in not less than 14 clear days' notice3

96,422,331

98.70%

1,271,720

1.30%

97,694,051

79.20

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.

 Special Resolution which required at least 75% of votes in favour.

As at the date of the Meeting there were 123,335,197 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.

 

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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