21 March 2022
HELICAL PLC
("Helical" or the "Company")
Results of General Meeting - Proposed (i) buy-back and cancellation of Deferred Shares and (ii) amendments to articles of association in connection with becoming a REIT
On 25 February 2022, Helical published its circular (the "Circular") containing a notice of General Meeting in relation to the proposed ordinary resolution to approve the buy-back and cancellation of the Company's Deferred Shares and the proposed special resolution to approve amendments to the Articles in connection with becoming a REIT (the "Resolutions").
At the General Meeting held earlier today, the Resolutions were duly passed by Shareholders in attendance on a show of hands. Proxies lodged before the General Meeting are set out below:
Resolutions |
Number of votes for* |
% of votes for |
Number of votes against |
% of votes against |
Total number of votes |
Number of votes withheld** |
Ordinary resolution : Approval of the Company's entry into and performance of its obligations under the Buy-Back Agreement to be entered into between the Company and the Sellers' Representative (as defined therein) in relation to the purchase and cancellation of the Deferred Shares |
97,943,097 |
99.99 |
1,953 |
0.01 |
97,945,050 |
90 |
Special resolution : Approval of the Company's adoption of the New Articles in substitution for and to the exclusion of the Articles |
97,943,097 |
99.99 |
1,953 |
0.01 |
97,945,050 |
90 |
Notes:
*Includes discretionary votes.
** A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for against a resolution.
As at the date of the General Meeting, the total number of shares with voting rights in the Company is 122,325,413.
In accordance with Listing Rules 9.6.2R and 14.3.6R(2), a copy of the Resolutions passed at the General Meeting will shortly be submitted to the FCA's National Storage Mechanism and can be viewed at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
Unless otherwise defined, capitalised terms used in this announcement (including in the Important Notice below) have the meanings given to them in the Circular, which is available on the Company's website at https://www.helical.co.uk/investors/shareholder-information/egm/.
For further information please contact:
Helical
Gerald Kaye/Tim Murphy
Tel: 020 7629 0113
FTI Consulting
Dido Laurimore/Richard Gotla/Andrew Davis
Tel: 020 3727 1000
schelical@fticonsulting.com
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