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: [phone]
	Address: 5 Hanover Square                          London     W1S 1HQ
	Website:  www.helical.co.uk

 

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