Result of Annual General Meeting

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HICL Infrastructure PLC announced the results of its Annual General Meeting, where all proposed resolutions were passed by shareholders. A total of 1,061,845,810 votes were cast. While most resolutions received overwhelming support, Resolutions 2 and 5 saw over 20% of votes cast against them, prompting the Board to engage with shareholders to understand the reasons for this opposition.

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HICL Infrastructure PLC
22 July 2026
 

22 July 2026

HICL Infrastructure PLC

Results of Annual General Meeting

 

The Directors of HICL Infrastructure PLC ("HICL" or the "Company") hereby announce the results of voting at the annual general meeting of the Company held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, 22 July 2026 at Brewers Hall, Aldermanbury Square, Barbican, London EC2V 7HR (the "AGM" or the "Meeting").

The notice of the AGM and proposed agenda and resolutions were circulated to shareholders and announced to the market on 19 June 2026.

Each of the resolutions proposed at the AGM was duly passed. Voting was conducted by way of a poll on each of the resolutions put to the Meeting. This is seen as best practice as it gives all shareholders the opportunity to participate in the decision-making of the Company and have their votes recorded even if they are unable to attend the Meeting in person.

Total votes of 1,061,845,810 were cast at the AGM. The results of the voting are noted as follows:



In Favour

Against

Withheld

Resolution

Type

Votes

%

Votes

%

Votes

1

Ordinary

99.99%

128,743

0.01%

324,949

2

Ordinary

76.94%

280,558,017

23.06%

20,153,712

3

Ordinary

91.14%

94,028,561

8.86%

174,718,439

4

Ordinary

91.28%

92,556,349

8.72%

174,724,391

5

Ordinary

79.69%

247,104,331

20.31%

20,153,538

6

Ordinary

91.29%

92,491,591

8.71%

174,715,293

7

Ordinary

90.88%

96,838,157

9.12%

174,739,520

8

Ordinary

99.87%

1,557,916

0.13%

669,196

9

Ordinary

99.89%

1,418,183

0.11%

726,905

10

Ordinary

98.41%

19,712,142

1.59%

477,004

11

Ordinary

98.39%

19,930,085

1.61%

450,457

12

Ordinary

99.99%

108,028

0.01%

233,426

13

Ordinary

99.96%

517,398

0.04%

746,311

14

Ordinary

99.92%

957,481

0.08%

268,881

15

Special

99.31%

8,584,003

0.69%

244,539

16

Special

99.97%

431,900

0.03%

566,988

17

Special

96.32%

45,483,681

3.68%

485,503

 

The Board notes that more than 20 per cent. of votes were cast against Resolutions 2 and 5. In accordance with the requirements of the AIC Code of Corporate Governance, the Board is engaging with the relevant shareholders to understand the reasons for the votes cast against the Board's recommendations.

A copy of this announcement will be available on the Company's website and, in accordance with Listing Rule 6.4.2, the full text of the resolutions passed at the AGM may be found in the Notice of AGM published on 19 June 2026 available from the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

Notes:,

1.   Defined terms used in this announcement shall bear the meanings given in the AGM Circular.

2.   Ordinary resolutions are passed if more than 50% of votes are cast in favour of the resolution; special resolutions are passed if more than 75% of votes are cast in favour of the resolution.

3.   The Discretionary votes received were voted in favour of each resolution.

4.   A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" and "against" a particular resolution.

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Enquiries

InfraRed Capital Partners Limited                            +44 (0) 20 7484 1800 / info@hicl.com

Edward Hunt

Mark Tiner

Mohammed Zaheer

 

Brunswick                                                                           +44 (0) 20 7404 5959 /HICL@brunswickgroup.com

David Litterick   

 

Investec Bank plc                                                             +44 (0) 20 7597 4000

David Yovichic

Denis Flanagan

 

RBC Capital Markets                                                       +44 (0) 20 7653 4000

Matthew Coakes

Elizabeth Evans

 

Aztec Financial Services (UK) Limited                    +44(0) 203 818 0246

James Lucas

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