Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2816F

Helical PLC

11 July 2019

 

Helical plc (Company)

Annual General Meeting - 11 July 2019

At the ninety-ninth Annual General Meeting of Helical plc held on Thursday 11 July 2019, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 10 June 2019 were passed by Shareholders on a show of hands.  Proxies were received by the Company from Shareholders in advance of the Annual General Meeting as follows:

		Proxy Votes Received
	Resolution	For the Resolution[i]	% For	Against the Resolution	% Against	Total Votes Validly Cast	Votes Withheld [ii]
1	To receive and consider the accounts of the Company for the financial year ended 31 March 2019 together with the Directors' report and the report of Deloitte LLP	98,070,873	99.99	10,852	0.01	98,081,725	735,790
2	To declare a final dividend of 7.50 pence per Ordinary Share in respect of the year ended 31 March 2019	98,817,517	100.00	0	0.00	98,817,517	0
3	To re-elect R. J. Grant as a Director of the Company	96,731,113	99.55	437,805	0.45	97,168,918	1,648,598
4	To re-elect G. A. Kaye as a Director of the Company	98,657,626	99.84	159,891	0.16	98,817,517	0
5	To re-elect T. J. Murphy as a Director of the Company	98,577,285	99.76	240,232	0.24	98,817,517	0
6	To re-elect M. C. Bonning-Snook as a Director of the Company	98,657,626	99.84	159,891	0.16	98,817,517	0
7	To re-elect S. V. Clayton as a Director of the Company	97,782,329	98.95	1,035,188	1.05	98,817,517	0
8	To re-elect R. R. Cotton as a Director of the Company	98,627,260	99.81	190,257	0.19	98,817,517	0
9	To elect J. J. Lister as a Director of the Company	98,124,965	99.99	10,852	0.01	98,135,817	681,698
10	To elect S. J. Farr as a Director of the Company	98,817,517	100.00	0	0.00	98,817,517	0
11	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the Company's auditor to hold office from the conclusion of this meeting until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company	98,813,394	99.99	4,123	0.01	98,817,517	0
12	To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditors on behalf of the Board	98,817,517	100.00	0	0.00	98,817,517	0
13	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report, other than the part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy, for the financial year ended 31 March 2019	97,131,716	99.27	712,513	0.73	97,844,229	973,288
14	To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006	91,524,363	92.62	7,293,154	7.38	98,817,517	0
15	To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act [iii]	98,712,258	99.89	105,259	0.11	98,817,517	0
16	To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act in addition to resolution 15 [iii]	91,066,694	92.16	7,750,822	7.84	98,817,517	0
17	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its Ordinary Shares pursuant to section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 [iii]	98,113,651	99.30	693,625	0.70	98,807,276	10,240
18	To approve general meetings (other than annual general meetings) to be held on not less than 14 clear days' notice [iii]	97,388,604	98.55	1,428,913	1.45	98,817,517	0

Notes to the Disclosure:
As at the date of the meeting there were 119,956,767 ordinary shares of 1p each in issue. 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of resolutions other than those concerning ordinary business passed at the Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and can be viewed at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

[i] Includes discretionary votes

[ii] A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution

[iii] Special Resolution requires at least 75% of votes in favour

For further information please contact:

James Moss
Company Secretary
020 7629 0113

 

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