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Helical plc (Company)
Annual General Meeting - 11 July 2019
At the ninety-ninth Annual General Meeting of Helical plc held on Thursday 11 July 2019, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 10 June 2019 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:
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 of the Company for the financial year ended 31 March 2019 together with the Directors' report and the report of Deloitte LLP | 98,070,873 | 99.99 | 10,852 | 0.01 | 98,081,725 | 735,790 |
2 | To declare a final dividend of 7.50 pence per Ordinary Share in respect of the year ended 31 March 2019 | 98,817,517 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 98,817,517 | 0 |
3 | To re-elect R. J. Grant as a Director of the Company | 96,731,113 | 99.55 | 437,805 | 0.45 | 97,168,918 | 1,648,598 |
4 | To re-elect G. A. Kaye as a Director of the Company | 98,657,626 | 99.84 | 159,891 | 0.16 | 98,817,517 | 0 |
5 | To re-elect T. J. Murphy as a Director of the Company | 98,577,285 | 99.76 | 240,232 | 0.24 | 98,817,517 | 0 |
6 | To re-elect M. C. Bonning-Snook as a Director of the Company | 98,657,626 | 99.84 | 159,891 | 0.16 | 98,817,517 | 0 |
7 | To re-elect S. V. Clayton as a Director of the Company | 97,782,329 | 98.95 | 1,035,188 | 1.05 | 98,817,517 | 0 |
8 | To re-elect R. R. Cotton as a Director of the Company | 98,627,260 | 99.81 | 190,257 | 0.19 | 98,817,517 | 0 |
9 | To elect J. J. Lister as a Director of the Company | 98,124,965 | 99.99 | 10,852 | 0.01 | 98,135,817 | 681,698 |
10 | To elect S. J. Farr as a Director of the Company | 98,817,517 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 98,817,517 | 0 |
11 | To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the Company's auditor to hold office from the conclusion of this meeting until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company | 98,813,394 | 99.99 | 4,123 | 0.01 | 98,817,517 | 0 |
12 | To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditors on behalf of the Board | 98,817,517 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 98,817,517 | 0 |
13 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report, other than the part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy, for the financial year ended 31 March 2019 | 97,131,716 | 99.27 | 712,513 | 0.73 | 97,844,229 | 973,288 |
14 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 | 91,524,363 | 92.62 | 7,293,154 | 7.38 | 98,817,517 | 0 |
15 | To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act [iii] | 98,712,258 | 99.89 | 105,259 | 0.11 | 98,817,517 | 0 |
16 | To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act in addition to resolution 15 [iii] | 91,066,694 | 92.16 | 7,750,822 | 7.84 | 98,817,517 | 0 |
17 | To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its Ordinary Shares pursuant to section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 [iii] | 98,113,651 | 99.30 | 693,625 | 0.70 | 98,807,276 | 10,240 |
18 | To approve general meetings (other than annual general meetings) to be held on not less than 14 clear days' notice [iii] | 97,388,604 | 98.55 | 1,428,913 | 1.45 | 98,817,517 | 0 |
Notes to the Disclosure:As at the date of the meeting there were 119,956,767 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.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.
[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:
James MossCompany Secretary020 7629 0113