2021 Annual General Meeting Results

RNS Number : 6244V

Helios Towers PLC

15 April 2021

 

Helios Towers plc (the "Company")

2021 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") Results

At the Company's Annual General Meeting held at 10.00 a.m. today, Thursday 15 April 2021, all of the resolutions put to the meeting were passed on a poll vote. The results are set out below.

The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available for viewing at the National Storage Mechanism which can be located at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and from the Company's investor relations website at https://www.heliostowers.com/investors/annual-general-meeting/.

	In Favour (including Discretionary)		Against		Total Votes Cast		Votes Withheld
Resolutions	No. of Votes	% of Votes	No. of Votes	% of Votes	No. of Votes	% of issued share capital voted	No. of Votes
Ordinary resolutions
1. To receive the annual accounts of the Company and the reports of the Directors for the financial year ended 31 December 2020 together with the auditor's reports thereon.	598,265,606	99.99%	42,097	0.01%	598,307,703	59.83%	0
2. To approve the annual statement by the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the directors Remuneration Policy) set out on pages 92-105 of the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020.	565,256,250	94.48%	33,051,453	5.52%	598,307,703	59.83%	0
3. To elect Sally Ashford as a Director of the Company.	598,307,058	100.00%	646	0.00%	598,307,704	59.83%	0
4. To elect Carole Wamuyu Wainaina as a Director of the Company.	598,301,244	100.00%	6,460	0.00%	598,307,704	59.83%	0
5. To elect Manjit Dhillon as a Director of the Company.	591,263,625	98.82%	7,044,078	1.18%	598,307,703	59.83%	0
6. To re-elect Sir Samuel Jonah, KBE, OSG as a Director of the Company.	513,080,379	85.76%	85,227,324	14.24%	598,307,703	59.83%	0
7. To re-elect Kash Pandya as a Director of the Company.	593,364,385	99.17%	4,943,319	0.83%	598,307,704	59.83%	0
8. To re-elect Tom Greenwood as a Director of the Company.	593,364,385	99.17%	4,943,319	0.83%	598,307,704	59.83%	0
9. To re-elect Magnus Mandersson as a Director of the Company.	585,808,839	97.91%	12,498,865	2.09%	598,307,704	59.83%	0
10. To re-elect Alison Baker as a Director of the Company.	584,710,257	97.73%	13,591,633	2.27%	598,301,890	59.83%	5,814
11. To re-elect Richard Byrne as a Director of the Company.	532,709,495	89.04%	65,592,394	10.96%	598,301,889	59.83%	5,814
12. To re-elect David Wassong as a Director of the Company.	528,374,200	88.31%	69,927,689	11.69%	598,301,889	59.83%	5,814
13. To re-elect Temitope Lawani as a Director of the Company.	504,425,756	84.31%	93,876,133	15.69%	598,301,889	59.83%	5,814
14. To reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company.	597,790,353	99.91%	517,350	0.09%	598,307,703	59.83%	0
15. To authorise the Audit Committee of the Company, on behalf of the Directors, to fix the remuneration of the auditors.	597,726,630	99.90%	581,073	0.10%	598,307,703	59.83%	0
16. To authorise the Directors to make political donations and political expenditure up to an aggregate of £100,000.	515,506,845	98.87%	5,913,189	1.13%	521,420,034	52.14%	76,887,670
17. To authorise the Directors to allot securities pursuant to and in accordance with Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006.	575,928,674	96.26%	22,379,030	3.74%	598,307,704	59.83%	0
18. To approve the HT UK Share Purchase Plan.	598,307,058	100.00%	646	0.00%	598,307,704	59.83%	0
19. To approve the HT Global Share Purchase Plan.	598,307,058	100.00%	646	0.00%	598,307,704	59.83%	0
Special resolutions
20. To authorise the partial disapplication of pre-emption rights.	593,306,241	99.16%	5,001,463	0.84%	598,307,704	59.83%	0
21. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment.	583,681,901	97.56%	14,619,988	2.44%	598,301,889	59.83%	5,814
22. To authorise the Company to make market purchases pursuant to Section 701 of the Companies Act 2006.	598,159,785	99.99%	47,720	0.01%	598,207,505	59.82%	100,198
23. To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice.	575,846,568	96.25%	22,461,136	3.75%	598,307,704	59.83%	0
24. To adopt new Articles of Association.	586,707,360	98.06%	11,600,344	1.94%	598,307,704	59.83%	0

The total number of shares in issue at the voting date is 1,000,000,000. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against the resolution.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of all resolutions passed as special business will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

A copy of the voting results shown above will also be made available on the Company's website at https://www.heliostowers.com/investors/annual-general-meeting/.

Enquiries:
For investor enquiries	[e-mail]
For media enquiries	Edward Bridges, Stephanie Ellis
	FTI Consulting LLP
	[phone]

 

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