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At the ninety second Annual General Meeting of Helical Bar plc held on Tuesday 24 July 2012, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 29 June 2012 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:
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| 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 and reports of the Directors and Independent Auditor thereon for the year ended31 March 2012 | 98,458,728 | 99.14 | 850,825 | 0.86 | 99,309,553 | 0 |
2 | To declare a final dividend of 3.40 pence per 1p share | 99,309,554 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
3 | To re-elect Mr M.E. Slade as a Director | 96,886,257 | 97.56 | 2,420,957 | 2.44 | 99,307,214 | 2,340 |
4 | To re-elect Mr N.G. McNair Scott as a Director | 74,509,226 | 91.02 | 7,346,957 | 8.98 | 81,856,183 | 17,453,370 |
5 | To re-elect Mr G.A. Kaye as a Director | 96,886,257 | 97.56 | 2,420,957 | 2.44 | 99,307,214 | 2,340 |
6 | To re-elect Mr M.C. Bonning-Snook as a Director | 96,888,597 | 97.56 | 2,420,957 | 2.44 | 99,309,554 | 0 |
7 | To re-elect J.S. Pitman as a Director | 96,888,597 | 97.56 | 2,420,957 | 2.44 | 99,309,554 | 0 |
8 | To re-elect Mr D.C. Walker as a Director | 96,886,257 | 97.56 | 2,420,957 | 2.44 | 99,307,214 | 2,340 |
9 | To re-elect Mr A.E.G. Gulliford as a Director | 96,652,493 | 97.32 | 2,657,061 | 2.68 | 99,309,554 | 0 |
10 | To re-elect Mr M.K. O'Donnell as a Director | 96,653,693 | 97.33 | 2,653,521 | 2.67 | 99,307,214 | 2,340 |
11 | To re-appoint Grant Thornton UK LLP as Independent Auditor | 99,305,090 | 99.99 | 2,124 | 0.01 | 99,307,214 | 2,340 |
12 | To authorise the Directors to set the remuneration of the Independent Auditor | 99,285,548 | 99.98 | 23,400 | 0.02 | 99,308,948 | 606 |
13 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 March 2012 | 93,007,260 | 94.72 | 5,181,917 | 5.28 | 98,189,177 | 1,120,375 |
14 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 | 92,648,410 | 94.12 | 5,782,884 | 5.88 | 98,431294 | 878,258 |
15 | To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006[iii]
| 99,302,728 | 99.99 | 6,155 | 0.01 | 99,308,883 | 670 |
16 | To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its ordinary shares pursuant to section 701 of the Companies Act 2006iii | 99,303,797 | 99.99 | 4,150 | 0.01 | 99,307,947 | 1,606 |
17 | To approve general meetings (other than annual general meetings) to be held on not less than 14 clear days' noticeiii | 95,420,996 | 96.09 | 3,886,951 | 3.91 | 99,307,947 | 1,606 |
18 | To approve the Company's Annual Bonus Scheme 2012 | 93,626,769 | 95.33 | 4,587,274 | 4.67 | 98,214,043 | 1,095,510 |
19 | To approve the renewal of the Company's 2002 Approved share Incentive Plan | 99,285,676 | 99.99 | 5,607 | 0.01 | 99,291,283 | 18,271 |
Notes to the Disclosure
As at the date of the meeting there were 118,137,522 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.hemscott.com/nsm.do
[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:
Timothy Murphy
Finance Director and Company Secretary
020 7629 0113