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Helios Towers plc (the "Company")
2021 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") Results
At the Company's Annual General Meeting held at 10.00 a.m. today, Thursday 15 April 2021, all of the resolutions put to the meeting were passed on a poll vote. The results are set out below.
The full text of all the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available for viewing at the National Storage Mechanism which can be located at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and from the Company's investor relations website at https://www.heliostowers.com/investors/annual-general-meeting/.
| In Favour (including Discretionary) | Against | Total Votes Cast | Votes Withheld | |||
Resolutions | No. of Votes | % of Votes | No. of Votes | % of Votes | No. of Votes | % of issued share capital voted | No. of Votes |
Ordinary resolutions
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1. To receive the annual accounts of the Company and the reports of the Directors for the financial year ended 31 December 2020 together with the auditor's reports thereon. | 598,265,606 | 99.99% | 42,097 | 0.01% | 598,307,703 | 59.83% | 0 |
2. To approve the annual statement by the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and the Directors' Remuneration Report (excluding the directors Remuneration Policy) set out on pages 92-105 of the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020. | 565,256,250 | 94.48% | 33,051,453 | 5.52% | 598,307,703 | 59.83% | 0 |
3. To elect Sally Ashford as a Director of the Company. | 598,307,058 | 100.00% | 646 | 0.00% | 598,307,704 | 59.83% | 0 |
4. To elect Carole Wamuyu Wainaina as a Director of the Company. | 598,301,244 | 100.00% | 6,460 | 0.00% | 598,307,704 | 59.83% | 0 |
5. To elect Manjit Dhillon as a Director of the Company. | 591,263,625 | 98.82% | 7,044,078 | 1.18% | 598,307,703 | 59.83% | 0 |
6. To re-elect Sir Samuel Jonah, KBE, OSG as a Director of the Company. | 513,080,379 | 85.76% | 85,227,324 | 14.24% | 598,307,703 | 59.83% | 0 |
7. To re-elect Kash Pandya as a Director of the Company. | 593,364,385 | 99.17% | 4,943,319 | 0.83% | 598,307,704 | 59.83% | 0 |
8. To re-elect Tom Greenwood as a Director of the Company. | 593,364,385 | 99.17% | 4,943,319 | 0.83% | 598,307,704 | 59.83% | 0 |
9. To re-elect Magnus Mandersson as a Director of the Company. | 585,808,839 | 97.91% | 12,498,865 | 2.09% | 598,307,704 | 59.83% | 0 |
10. To re-elect Alison Baker as a Director of the Company. | 584,710,257 | 97.73% | 13,591,633 | 2.27% | 598,301,890 | 59.83% | 5,814 |
11. To re-elect Richard Byrne as a Director of the Company. | 532,709,495 | 89.04% | 65,592,394 | 10.96% | 598,301,889 | 59.83% | 5,814 |
12. To re-elect David Wassong as a Director of the Company. | 528,374,200 | 88.31% | 69,927,689 | 11.69% | 598,301,889 | 59.83% | 5,814 |
13. To re-elect Temitope Lawani as a Director of the Company. | 504,425,756 | 84.31% | 93,876,133 | 15.69% | 598,301,889 | 59.83% | 5,814 |
14. To reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company. | 597,790,353 | 99.91% | 517,350 | 0.09% | 598,307,703 | 59.83% | 0 |
15. To authorise the Audit Committee of the Company, on behalf of the Directors, to fix the remuneration of the auditors. | 597,726,630 | 99.90% | 581,073 | 0.10% | 598,307,703 | 59.83% | 0 |
16. To authorise the Directors to make political donations and political expenditure up to an aggregate of £100,000. | 515,506,845 | 98.87% | 5,913,189 | 1.13% | 521,420,034 | 52.14% | 76,887,670 |
17. To authorise the Directors to allot securities pursuant to and in accordance with Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006. | 575,928,674 | 96.26% | 22,379,030 | 3.74% | 598,307,704 | 59.83% | 0 |
18. To approve the HT UK Share Purchase Plan. | 598,307,058 | 100.00% | 646 | 0.00% | 598,307,704 | 59.83% | 0 |
19. To approve the HT Global Share Purchase Plan. | 598,307,058 | 100.00% | 646 | 0.00% | 598,307,704 | 59.83% | 0 |
Special resolutions
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20. To authorise the partial disapplication of pre-emption rights. | 593,306,241 | 99.16% | 5,001,463 | 0.84% | 598,307,704 | 59.83% | 0 |
21. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment. | 583,681,901 | 97.56% | 14,619,988 | 2.44% | 598,301,889 | 59.83% | 5,814 |
22. To authorise the Company to make market purchases pursuant to Section 701 of the Companies Act 2006. | 598,159,785 | 99.99% | 47,720 | 0.01% | 598,207,505 | 59.82% | 100,198 |
23. To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice. | 575,846,568 | 96.25% | 22,461,136 | 3.75% | 598,307,704 | 59.83% | 0 |
24. To adopt new Articles of Association. | 586,707,360 | 98.06% | 11,600,344 | 1.94% | 598,307,704 | 59.83% | 0 |
The total number of shares in issue at the voting date is 1,000,000,000. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against the resolution.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of all resolutions passed as special business will shortly be available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
A copy of the voting results shown above will also be made available on the Company's website at https://www.heliostowers.com/investors/annual-general-meeting/.
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For media enquiries | Edward Bridges, Stephanie Ellis |
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