REG - Helical PLC - Result of AGM

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11/07/2019 15:05

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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