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RNS Number : 5318R Helical PLC 17 July 2025
17 July 2025
HELICAL PLC
("Helical" or the "Company")
Results of 2025 Annual General Meeting
1. Results of the 2025 Annual General Meeting
Helical is pleased to announce that at its one hundred and fifth Annual
General Meeting ("Meeting") held earlier today, all resolutions set out in the
Notice of Meeting dated 16 June 2025 ("Notice") were passed by Shareholders on
a poll. All valid proxy votes and voting instructions (whether submitted
electronically or in hard copy form) were included in the poll taken at the
meeting.
The voting results for each resolution are detailed below:
Resolution For the Resolution(1) % For Against the Resolution % Against Total Votes Validly Cast % of Voting Capital Votes Withheld2
1 To receive and consider the accounts of the Company for the financial year 94,753,171 100.00% 550 0.00% 94,753,721 76.81 2,973
ended 31 March 2025
2 To declare a final dividend of 3.50 pence per Ordinary Share in respect of 94,756,144 100.00% 550 0.00% 94,756,694 76.82 0
year ended 31 March 2025
3 To re-appoint R.R. Cotton as a Director of the Company 82,958,742 95.95% 3,503,802 4.05% 86,462,544 70.09 8,294,150
4 To re-appoint M. C. Bonning-Snook as a Director of the Company 94,684,197 99.93% 69,532 0.07% 94,753,729 76.81 2,965
5 To re-appoint S. J. Farr as a Director of the Company 90,358,219 95.36% 4,395,510 4.64% 94,753,729 76.81 2,965
6 To re-appoint R. T. Fowlds as a Director of the Company 93,885,740 99.08% 870,254 0.92% 94,755,994 76.82 700
7 To re-appoint A. A. Aldridge as a Director of the Company 93,864,936 99.06% 891,058 0.94% 94,755,994 76.82 700
8 To appoint J. R. Moss as a Director of the Company 94,686,462 99.93% 69,532 0.07% 94,755,994 76.82 700
9 To appoint RSM UK Audit LLP as the Company's auditor 94,755,657 100.00% 1,037 0.00% 94,756,694 76.82 0
10 To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the 94,755,444 100.00% 550 0.00% 94,755,994 76.82 700
auditors for and on behalf of the Board
11 To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report 89,521,344 95.72% 4,003,269 4.28% 93,524,613 75.82 1,232,081
12 That the Directors be authorised to allot shares or grant rights to subscribe 91,921,213 97.01% 2,835,081 2.99% 94,756,294 76.82 400
for or to convert any securities into shares
13 That the Directors be empowered to allot securities of the Company for cash(3) 93,241,457 98.40% 1,514,837 1.60% 94,756,294 76.82 400
14 That the Directors be given the power to allot equity securities and/or sale 79,707,749 84.23% 14,919,807 15.77% 94,627,556 76.71 129,138
of Treasury shares for cash(3)
15 That the Company is authorised to make one or more market purchases of its 94,732,674 99.98% 22,120 0.02% 94,754,794 76.81 1,900
Ordinary Shares(3)
16 To authorise the Directors to call a General Meeting of the Company (other 93,761,706 98.95% 993,088 1.05% 94,754,794 76.81 1,900
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 6.4.2, 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://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)
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
Eleanor Gavin Address: 22 Ganton Street
Company Secretary London
W1F 7FD
Website: www.helical.co.uk (http://www.helical.co.uk)
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