Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5180D

Helios Underwriting Plc

29 June 2021

 

Helios Underwriting plc

("Helios" or the "Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting

Helios, the unique investment vehicle which acquires and consolidates underwriting capacity at Lloyd's, announces that at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM'), held earlier today, all resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed.

The full text of the resolutions considered at the AGM is set out in the Notice of AGM published on 2 June 2021, available on the Company's website at www.huwplc.com .

Results of the poll vote on each resolution are set out below:

Resolution		For	Against	Withheld
1	To receive the 2020 Annual Report	51,898,998	0	115,000
2	To approve the payment of a final dividend	51,898,998	0	115,000
3	Re-elect Edward Fitzalan Howard	51,898,998	0	115,000
4	Re-elect Tom Libassi	51,890,473	8,525	115,000
5	Re-elect Martin Reith	51,898,998	0	115,000
6	Re-appointment of the auditor	51,898,478	520	115,000
7	Remuneration of the auditor	51,867,218	31,780	115,000
8	To renew the Directors' authority to allot securities	51,898,478	520	115,000
9	To disapply pre-emption rights	51,812,991	77,127	123,880
10	To disapply pre-emption rights in respect of a specified capital investment	51,812,991	77,127	123,880
11	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares	51,897,819	1,179	115,000
12	To adopt new articles of association of the Company	51,898,478	520	115,000

For further information please contact:

Helios Underwriting plc

Nigel Hanbury - Chief Executive  [phone] / [e-mail]

Arthur Manners - Chief Financial Officer  [phone]

Shore Capital (Nomad and Broker)

Robert Finlay                                                                              [phone]

David Coaten 

Henry Willcocks

Willis Re Securities (Financial Adviser)

Alastair Rodger                                                                          [phone]

Quentin Perrot                                                                           [phone]

Buchanan

Helen Tarbet / Henry Wilson / George Beale                      [phone]

                                                                                                     [phone] 

About Helios

Helios provides a limited liability direct investment into the Lloyd's insurance market and is quoted on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market (ticker: HUW). Helios trades within the Lloyd's insurance market writing approximately £110m of capacity for the 2021 account. The portfolio provides a good spread of business being concentrated in property insurance and reinsurance. For further information please visit www.huwplc.com.

 

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