Result of General Meeting

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Helical PLC announced that all resolutions were passed at its General Meeting, including the adoption of new Articles of Association, authorization for directors to issue B Shares, and approval for a share consolidation. Shareholders overwhelmingly supported these proposals, with over 98% voting in favour for most resolutions, and 88% for the specific capital projects pre-emption rights. The company also approved the issuance of 63 new ordinary shares to the Helical Employee Benefit Trust to facilitate a share consolidation, increasing the total issued share capital to 123,355,260 shares, with 122,320,093 total voting rights expected after admission on July 17, 2026.

Disclaimer*

Helical PLC
16 July 2026
 

16 July 2026

HELICAL PLC

("Helical" or the "Company")

Voting Results of 2026 General Meeting and Share Issuance


Resolution

1.

To approve the adoption of new Articles of Association*

91,919,141

99.97

31,248

0.03

91,950,389

75.17%

0

2.

To authorise the directors of the Company to Issue B Shares*

91,919,141

99.97

31,248

0.03

91,950,389

75.17%

0

3.

To authorise the Share Consolidation

91,918,565

99.97

31,824

0.03

91,950,389

75.17%

0

4.

To authorise the directors of the Company to allot new ordinary shares

91,000,578

98.97

949,811

1.03

91,950,389

75.17%

0

5.

Disapplication of pre-emption rights*

 

90,798,522

98.75

1,151,867

1.25

91,950,389

75.17%

0

6.

Disapplication of pre-emption rights - specified capital projects*

80,927,271

88.01

11,023,118

11.99

91,950,389

75.17%

0

7.

To authorise the Company to purchase new ordinary shares*

91,920,641

99.97

29,748

0.03

91,950,389

75.17%

0

 

Notes:

1.     * indicates a Special Resolution requiring 75% of votes cast to be carried.

2.     Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes cast.

3.     Votes "For" include discretionary votes.

4.     A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.

 

On Tuesday 14 July 2026, there were 123,355,197 ordinary shares in issue with 1,035,167 shares held in treasury, and therefore the total number of voting rights in the Company was 122,320,030. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per share held.

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2R copies of all the resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism today and will be shortly available for inspection at: .

A copy of the poll results for General Meeting will also be available on the Helical website at www.helical.co.uk shortly.

The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Circular including the Notice of General Meeting which is available on the Helical website at www.helical.co.uk.

Issuance of Shares and Total Voting Rights

Helical has today approved the allotment and issuance of 63 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the capital of the Company (the "New Shares") to the trustee of the Helical Employee Benefit Trust, to ensure that the number of the Company's Existing Ordinary Shares is exactly divisible by 105 in order to effect the Share Consolidation (as further described in the Circular). An application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for admission to trading of the New Shares on its main market for listed securities under ISIN GB00B0FYMT95 and the New Shares will also be admitted to the Official List of the FCA (the "New Shares Admission"). The New Shares Admission is expected to take place at 8.00 a.m. on Friday 17 July 2026 and the New Shares will be fungible with the Company's other ordinary shares already admitted to trading.

Following such allotment and issuance, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 123,355,260 ordinary shares of 1 pence each, of which the Company will hold 1,035,167 shares in treasury and therefore the total number of voting rights in the Company will be 122,320,093.

Capitalised terms used in this announcement shall, unless otherwise defined, have the same meanings as set out in the Circular.

For further information, please contact:

Address:      22 Ganton Street, London, W1F 7FD

Tel:                 020 7629 0113

Marsha Rennie

Acting Company Secretary


LEI number: 2138003SBD2Z7WV2MP70

 

 

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