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21 July 2022
HICL Infrastructure PLC
Results of Annual General Meeting
The Directors of HICL Infrastructure PLC ("HICL" or the "Company"), are pleased to announce the results of voting at the annual general meeting of the Company held at 3:00 PM on Wednesday, 20 July 2022 at Trinity House, Tower Hill, London, EC3N 4DH (the "AGM" or the "Meeting").
The notice of the AGM and proposed agenda and resolutions were circulated to shareholders and announced to the market on 7 June 2022.
Each of the resolutions proposed at the AGM was duly passed. Voting was conducted by way of a poll on each of the resolutions put to the Meeting. This is seen as best practice as it gives all shareholders the opportunity to participate in the decision-making of the Company and have their votes recorded even if they are unable to attend the Meeting in person.
Total proxy votes of 306 were cast at the AGM. The results of the voting are noted as follows:
In Favour | Against | Withheld | ||||
Resolution | Type | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes |
1 | Ordinary | 1,229,658,849 | 99.80% | 2,403,591 | 0.20% | 455,794 |
2 | Ordinary | 1,224,782,521 | 99.41% | 7,222,690 | 0.59% | 513,023 |
3 | Ordinary | 1,224,796,377 | 99.42% | 7,204,794 | 0.58% | 517,063 |
4 | Ordinary | 1,224,781,376 | 99.41% | 7,223,835 | 0.59% | 513,023 |
5 | Ordinary | 1,216,709,674 | 98.76% | 15,293,056 | 1.24% | 515,504 |
6 | Ordinary | 1,224,760,577 | 99.41% | 7,242,348 | 0.59% | 515,309 |
7 | Ordinary | 1,224,814,087 | 99.42% | 7,188,838 | 0.58% | 515,309 |
8 | Ordinary | 1,231,570,845 | 99.97% | 342,666 | 0.03% | 604,723 |
9 | Ordinary | 1,223,604,811 | 99.33% | 8,258,615 | 0.67% | 654,808 |
10 | Ordinary | 1,207,847,383 | 98.65% | 16,527,759 | 1.35% | 8,143,092 |
11 | Ordinary | 1,215,450,473 | 99.27% | 8,919,102 | 0.73% | 8,148,659 |
12 | Ordinary | 1,232,020,151 | 100.00% | 16,348 | 0.00% | 481,735 |
13 | Ordinary | 1,231,381,861 | 99.99% | 155,476 | 0.01% | 980,897 |
14 | Ordinary | 1,231,727,270 | 99.98% | 242,459 | 0.02% | 548,505 |
15 | Special | 1,213,172,404 | 98.47% | 18,792,622 | 1.53% | 553,208 |
A copy of this announcement will be available on the Company's website and, in accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, the full text of the resolutions passed at the AGM may be found in the Notice of AGM published on 7 June 2022 available from the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
Notes:,
1. Defined terms used in this announcement shall bear the meanings given in the AGM Circular.
2. Ordinary resolutions are passed if more than 50% of votes are cast in favour of the resolution; special resolutions are passed if more than 75% of votes are cast in favour of the resolution.
3. The Discretionary votes received were voted in favour of each resolution.
4. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" and "against" a particular resolution.
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Enquiries
InfraRed Capital Partners Limited +44 (0) 20 7484 1800 / info@hicl.com
Edward Hunt
Helen Price
Kirsty MacCallum
Teneo +44 (0) 20 7420 3169/ HICL@teneo.com
Haya Herbert-Burns
Matthew Thomlinson
Jesse Mathews
Investec Bank plc +44 (0) 20 7597 4952
David Yovichic
RBC Capital Markets +44 (0) 20 7653 4000
Matthew Coakes
Aztec Financial Services (UK) Limited +44(0) 203 818 0246
Chris Copperwaite
Sarah Felmingham
HICL Infrastructure PLC
HICL Infrastructure PLC ("HICL") is a long-term investor in infrastructure assets which are predominantly operational and yielding steady returns. It was the first infrastructure investment company to be listed on the London Stock Exchange.
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Further details can be found on the HICL website www.hicl.com.
Investment Manager (InfraRed Capital Partners)
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Further details can be found on InfraRed's website www.ircp.com.