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.

³  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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