2024 Annual General Meeting Results

Helios Towers PLC

25 April 2024

 

Helios Towers plc (the "Company")

2024 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") Results

At the Company's AGM held at 10.00 a.m. today, Thursday 25 April 2024, 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 AGM, 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 website at https://www.heliostowers.com/investors/shareholder-centre/general-meetings/.

	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 Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023.	717,860,600	100.00%	1,923	0.00%	717,862,523	68.19%	390,714
2. To approve the annual statement by the Chair of the Remuneration Committee and the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy) set out on pages 102-119 of the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023.	619,492,742	96.79%	20,564,461	3.21%	640,057,203	60.80%	78,196,034
3. To re-elect Sir Samuel Jonah, KBE, OSG as a Director of the Company.	674,743,694	93.94%	43,503,245	6.06%	718,246,939	68.23%	6,298
4. To re-elect Tom Greenwood as a Director of the Company.	714,632,683	99.50%	3,615,337	0.50%	718,248,020	68.23%	5,217
5. To re-elect Manjit Dhillon as a Director of the Company.	711,521,988	99.06%	6,726,032	0.94%	718,248,020	68.23%	5,217
6. To re-elect Alison Baker as a Director of the Company.	714,844,311	99.53%	3,403,713	0.47%	718,248,024	68.23%	5,213
7. To re-elect Richard Byrne as a Director of the Company.	649,034,356	90.37%	69,149,056	9.63%	718,183,412	68.22%	69,825
8. To re-elect Helis Zulijani-Boye as a Director of the Company.	662,464,078	92.23%	55,783,942	7.77%	718,248,020	68.23%	5,217
9. To re-elect Temitope Lawani as a Director of the Company.	604,952,593	84.23%	113,295,428	15.77%	718,248,021	68.23%	5,216
10. To re-elect Sally Ashford as a Director of the Company.	694,841,178	96.74%	23,406,845	3.26%	718,248,023	68.23%	5,214
11. To re-elect Carole Wamuyu Wainaina as a Director of the Company.	694,916,373	96.75%	23,331,651	3.25%	718,248,024	68.23%	5,213
12. To reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company.	715,931,436	99.68%	2,319,087	0.32%	718,250,523	68.23%	2,714
13. To authorise the Audit Committee of the Company, for and on behalf of the Directors, to fix the remuneration of the auditors.	718,249,313	100.00%	1,424	0.00%	718,250,737	68.23%	2,500
14. To authorise the Directors to make political donations and political expenditure up to an aggregate of £100,000.	639,835,987	99.96%	227,050	0.04%	640,063,037	60.80%	78,190,200
15. To authorise the Directors to allot securities pursuant to and in accordance with Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006.	713,370,277	99.32%	4,881,956	0.68%	718,252,233	68.23%	1,004
Special resolutions
16. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights.	712,973,659	99.27%	5,277,077	0.73%	718,250,736	68.23%	2,501
17. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment.	710,731,676	98.95%	7,517,844	1.05%	718,249,520	68.23%	3,717
18. To authorise the Company to make market purchases pursuant to Section 701 of the Companies Act 2006.	717,145,093	99.85%	1,068,003	0.15%	718,213,096	68.23%	40,141
19. To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice.	710,788,416	98.96%	7,461,799	1.04%	718,250,215	68.23%	3,022

The total number of shares in issue at the voting date is 1,052,700,000. 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/shareholder-centre/general-meetings/.

Enquiries:
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About Helios Towers

·    Helios Towers is a leading independent telecommunications infrastructure company, having established one of the most extensive tower portfolios across Africa and the Middle East. It builds, owns and operates telecom passive infrastructure, providing services to mobile network operators.

·    Helios Towers owns and operates over 14,000 telecommunication tower sites in nine countries across Africa and the Middle East.

·    Helios Towers pioneered the model in Africa of buying towers that were held by single operators and providing services utilising the tower infrastructure to the seller and other operators. This allows wireless operators to outsource non-core tower-related activities, enabling them to focus their capital and managerial resources on providing higher quality services more cost-effectively.

For more information about Helios Towers, please visit: https://www.heliostowers.com/investors/

 

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