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23 July 2020
HELICAL PLC
("Helical" or the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting
1. Results of the 2020 Annual General Meeting
The Company is pleased to announce that at its one hundredth Annual General Meeting ("Meeting") held earlier today, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 23 June 2020 ("Notice") were put to the meeting on a poll and were passed by the requisite majority. The full results are set out in the table below:
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| Votes For1 | Votes Against | Total Votes Cast | Votes Withheld2 | ||
| Resolution | No. of Shares1 | % of Shares Voted | No. of Shares | % of Shares Voted | % of Issued Share Capital | No. of Shares |
1 | To receive and consider the accounts of the Company for the financial year ended 31 March 2020 together with the Directors' report and the report of Deloitte LLP | 100,118,845 | 99.99 | 9,717 | 0.01 | 82.57 | 83,490 |
2 | To declare a final dividend of 6.00 pence per Ordinary Share in respect of the year ended 31 March 2020 | 100,147,879 | 99.94 | 64,174 | 0.06 | 82.64 | 0 |
3 | To re-elect R. J. Grant as a Director | 99,709,190 | 99.50 | 502,462 | 0.50 | 82.64 | 400 |
4 | To re-elect G. A. Kaye as a Director | 99,999,542 | 99.79 | 212,111 | 0.21 | 82.64 | 400 |
5 | To re-elect T. J. Murphy as a Director | 99,938,785 | 99.73 | 272,868 | 0.27 | 82.64 | 400 |
6 | To re-elect M. C. Bonning-Snook as a Director | 99,999,542 | 99.79 | 212,111 | 0.21 | 82.64 | 400 |
7 | To re-elect S. V. Clayton as a Director | 99,272,844 | 99.07 | 936,544 | 0.93 | 82.64 | 2,665 |
8 | To re-elect R. R. Cotton as a Director | 100,001,370 | 99.79 | 210,283 | 0.21 | 82.64 | 400 |
9 | To re-elect J. J. Lister as a Director | 100,001,370 | 99.79 | 210,283 | 0.21 | 82.64 | 400 |
10 | To re-elect S. J. Farr as a Director | 100,001,370 | 99.79 | 210,283 | 0.21 | 82.64 | 400 |
11 | To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the Company's auditor | 100,211,653 | 99.99 | 400 | 0.01 | 82.64 | 0 |
12 | To authorise the Directors to set the remuneration of the Company's auditor | 100,207,217 | 99.99 | 4,836 | 0.01 | 82.64 | 0 |
13 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (other than the part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy) for the year ended 31 March 2020 | 98,247,053 | 99.38 | 609,358 | 0.62 | 81.52 | 1,355,641 |
14 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 | 99,641,172 | 99.43 | 566,666 | 0.57 | 82.63 | 4,125 |
15 | To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 20063 | 100,207,438 | 99.99 | 400 | 0.01 | 82.63 | 4,125 |
16 | To authorise the Directors to dis-apply pre-emption rights pursuant to sections 570 and 573 of the Companies Act 2006 in addition to resolution 163 | 98,851,079 | 98.65 | 1,356,758 | 1.35 | 82.63 | 4,125 |
17 | To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its Ordinary Shares pursuant to section 701 of the Companies Act 20063 | 98,786,284 | 98.58 | 1,420,932 | 1.42 | 82.63 | 4,836 |
18 | To approve general meetings (other than annual general meetings) to be held on not less than 14 clear days' notice3 | 98,298,251 | 98.09 | 1,913,802 | 1.91 | 82.64 | 0 |
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 requires at least a 75% majority
As at the date of the Meeting there were 121,265,710 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
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
3. Confirmed Board Committee Changes
The Company confirms that as set out in the RNS announcement dated 18 May 2020, Richard Cotton has stepped down as Chair of the Remuneration Committee and Sue Farr has assumed the position of Chair of the Remuneration Committee with immediate effect.
Helical plc |
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J.R. Moss (Company Secretary) | Tel: 020 7629 0113 |
| Address: 5 Hanover Square London W1S 1HQ |
| Website: www.helical.co.uk |