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RNS Number : 7657W  Helical PLC  17 July 2024

17 July 2024

HELICAL PLC

("Helical" or the "Company")

Results of 2024 Annual General Meeting

Helical is pleased to announce that at its one hundred and fourth Annual
General Meeting ("Meeting") held earlier today, all resolutions set out in the
Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 20 June 2024 ("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  Votes Withheld(2)  Total Votes Validly Cast  % of Voting Capital
 1   To receive and consider the accounts of the Company for the financial year      101,319,422              100.00  400                     0.00       0                  101,319,822               82.14
     ended 31 March 2024
 2   To declare a final dividend of 1.78 pence per Ordinary Share in respect of      101,319,422              100.00  400                     0.00       0                  101,319,822               82.14
     year ended 31 March 2024
 3   To re-appoint R.R. Cotton as a Director of the Company                          100,249,700              98.94   1,070,121               1.06       1                  101,319,821               82.14
 4   To re-appoint T. J. Murphy as a Director of the Company                         101,319,422              100.00  400                     0.00       0                  101,319,822               82.14
 5   To re-appoint M. C. Bonning-Snook as a Director of the Company                  101,319,422              100.00  400                     0.00       0                  101,319,822               82.14
 6   To re-appoint S. V. Clayton as a Director of the Company                        100,754,040              99.44   565,781                 0.56       1                  101,319,821               82.14
 7   To re-appoint S. J. Farr as a Director of the Company                           100,754,927              99.44   564,894                 0.56       1                  101,319,821               82.14
 8   To appoint R. T. Fowlds as a Director of the Company                            101,317,645              100.00  2,177                   0.00       0                  101,319,822               82.14
 9   To appoint A. A. Aldridge as a Director of the Company                          100,709,276              99.40   610,546                 0.60       0                  101,319,822               82.14
 10  To appoint RSM UK Audit LLP as the Company's auditor                            101,319,253              100.00  569                     0.00       0                  101,319,822               82.14
 11  To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the  101,319,253              100.00  569                     0.00       0                  101,319,822               82.14
     auditors for and on behalf of the Board
 12  To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                                   94,209,554               92.98   7,110,268               7.02       0                  101,319,822               82.14
 13  To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy                                   96,400,314               95.14   4,919,508               4.86       0                  101,319,822               82.14
 14  Renewal of the Helical Performance Share Plan                                   99,550,604               98.25   1,768,113               1.75       1,105              101,318,717               82.14
 15  That the Directors be authorised to allot shares or grant rights to subscribe   99,120,301               97.83   2,199,521               2.17       0                  101,319,822               82.14
     for or to convert any securities into shares
 16  That the Directors be empowered to allot securities of the Company for cash(3)  98,202,915               96.92   3,116,907               3.08       0                  101,319,822               82.14
 17  That the Directors be given the power to allot equity securities and/or sale    85,800,322               84.68   15,519,500              15.32      0                  101,319,822               82.14
     of Treasury shares for cash(3)
 18  That the Company is authorised to make one or more market purchases of its      99,581,422               98.28   1,738,400               1.72       0                  101,319,822               82.14
     Ordinary Shares(3)
 19  To authorise the Directors to call a General Meeting of the Company (other      100,074,411              98.77   1,245,410               1.23       1                  101,319,821               82.14
     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         Tel:                      020 7629 0113
 James R. Moss       Address:             5 Hanover Square

 Company Secretary            London

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

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

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