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RNS Number : 9586F  Helical PLC  13 July 2023

Helical plc ("Helical" or the "Company")

Results of 2023 Annual General Meeting

13 July 2023

Helical is pleased to announce that at its one hundred and third Annual
General Meeting ("Meeting") held earlier today, all resolutions set out in the
Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 13 June 2023 ("Notice") were passed by
Shareholders on a poll.

Votes were cast on the resolutions as follows:

 

     Resolution                                                                      For the Resolution(1)    % For    Against the Resolution  % Against  Total Votes Validly Cast  % of Voting Capital  Votes Withheld(2)
 1   To receive and consider the accounts of the Company for the financial year      97,692,794               100.00%  1,257                   0.00%      97,694,051                79.20                0
     ended 31 March 2023
 2   To declare a final dividend of 8.70 pence per Ordinary Share in respect of      97,693,294               100.00%  757                     0.00%      97,694,051                79.20                0
     year ended 31 March 2023
 3   To re-appoint R.R. Cotton as a Director of the Company                          95,501,575               97.76%   2,191,775               2.24%      97,693,350                79.20                701
 4   To re-appoint G. A. Kaye as a Director of the Company                           97,238,543               99.53%   454,808                 0.47%      97,693,351                79.20                700
 5   To re-appoint T. J. Murphy as a Director of the Company                         97,238,311               99.53%   455,040                 0.47%      97,693,351                79.20                700
 6   To re-appoint M. C. Bonning-Snook as a Director of the Company                  97,213,273               99.51%   480,078                 0.49%      97,693,351                79.20                700
 7   To re-appoint S. V. Clayton as a Director of the Company                        96,966,921               99.26%   726,430                 0.74%      97,693,351                79.20                700
 8   To re-appoint S. J. Farr as a Director of the Company                           91,613,967               96.11%   3,709,857               3.89%      95,323,824                77.28                2,370,227
 9   To re-appoint J. J. Lister as a Director of the Company                         96,403,238               99.25%   726,430                 0.75%      97,129,668                78.74                564,383
 10  To appoint RSM UK Audit LLP as the Company's auditor                            97,693,025               100.00%  1,026                   0.00%      97,694,051                79.20                0
 11  To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the  97,693,025               100.00%  1,026                   0.00%      97,694,051                79.20                0
     auditors for and on behalf of the Board
 12  To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                                   93,873,721               96.09%   3,818,064               3.91%      97,691,785                79.20                2,266
 13  That the Directors be authorised to allot shares or grant rights to subscribe   96,549,330               98.83%   1,144,721               1.17%      97,694,051                79.20                0
     for or to convert any securities into shares
 14  That the Directors be empowered to allot securities of the Company for cash(3)  96,345,484               98.62%   1,348,567               1.38%      97,694,051                79.20                0
 15  That the Directors be given the power to allot equity securities and/or sale    87,937,404               90.01%   9,756,647               9.99%      97,694,051                79.20                0
     of Treasury shares for cash(3)
 16  That the Company is authorised to make one or more market purchases of its      97,129,111               99.42%   564,940                 0.58%      97,694,051                79.20                0
     Ordinary Shares(3)
 17  To authorise the Directors to call a General Meeting of the Company (other      96,422,331               98.70%   1,271,720               1.30%      97,694,051                79.20                0
     than an Annual General Meetings) in not less than 14 clear days' notice(3)

Notes:

(1)  Includes discretionary votes.

(2) A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the votes 'for' or 'against' a resolution.

(3 ) Special Resolution which required at least 75% of votes in favour.

As at the date of the Meeting there were 123,335,197 ordinary shares of 1p
each in issue.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms used in this announcement shall have
the meaning given to them in the Notice.

2. Resolutions submitted to the National Storage Mechanism

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of resolutions other than those
concerning ordinary business passed at the Meeting have been submitted to the
National Storage Mechanism and can be viewed
at: https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism
(https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism)

The resolutions carried at the Meeting are set out in full in the Notice which
can be found on the Company's website at www.helical.co.uk
(http://www.helical.co.uk/) .

 

 Helical plc
 J.R. Moss (Company Secretary)  Tel:                  020 7629 0113
                                Address:         5 Hanover Square

                                                  London

                                                  W1S 1HQ
                                Website:        www.helical.co.uk (http://www.helical.co.uk/)

 

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