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Helios Towers plc ("the Company")
2020 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") Results
At the Company's Annual General Meeting held at 10.00 a.m. today, Thursday 9 April 2020, 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 http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm and from the Company's investor relations website, www.heliostowers.com/investors/investor-home/
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 | |||||||
1. To receive the annual accounts of the Company and the reports of the Directors for the financial year ended 31 December 2019 together with the auditor's reports thereon. | 698,563,504 | 100.00% | 27,201 | 0.00% | 698,590,705 | 69.86% | 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 76-79 and pages 87-96 respectively of the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2019. | 698,590,706 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 698,590,706 | 69.86% | 0 |
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy set out on pages 80-86 of the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2019. | 692,418,280 | 99.36% | 4,477,870 | 0.64% | 696,896,150 | 69.69% | 1,694,555 |
4. To elect Samuel Jonah, KBE, OSG as a Director of the Company | 603,491,668 | 89.94% | 67,500,661 | 10.06% | 670,992,329 | 67.10% | 27,598,376 |
5. To elect Kashyap Pandya as a Director of the Company. | 683,367,851 | 97.82% | 15,222,855 | 2.18% | 698,590,706 | 69.86% | 0 |
6. To elect Thomas Greenwood as a Director of the Company. | 683,367,851 | 97.82% | 15,222,855 | 2.18% | 698,590,706 | 69.86% | 0 |
7. To elect Magnus Mandersson as a Director of the Company. | 661,249,051 | 94.65% | 37,341,655 | 5.35% | 698,590,706 | 69.86% | 0 |
8. To elect Alison Baker as a Director of the Company. | 698,069,595 | 99.93% | 521,110 | 0.07% | 698,590,705 | 69.86% | 0 |
9. To elect Richard Byrne as a Director of the Company. | 683,930,853 | 97.90% | 14,659,852 | 2.10% | 698,590,705 | 69.86% | 0 |
10. To elect David Wassong as a Director of the Company. | 654,515,575 | 97.54% | 16,476,754 | 2.46% | 670,992,329 | 67.10% | 27,598,376 |
11. To elect Temitope Lawani as a Director of the Company. | 648,824,157 | 96.70% | 22,168,172 | 3.30% | 670,992,329 | 67.10% | 27,598,376 |
12. To reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the Company. | 670,471,219 | 99.92% | 521,110 | 0.08% | 670,992,329 | 67.10% | 27,598,376 |
13. To authorise the Audit Committee of the Company, on behalf of the Directors, to fix the remuneration of the auditors. | 670,471,219 | 99.92% | 521,110 | 0.08% | 670,992,329 | 67.10% | 27,598,376 |
14. To authorise the Directors to allot securities pursuant to and in accordance with Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006. | 661,382,930 | 94.67% | 37,207,776 | 5.33% | 698,590,706 | 69.86% | 0 |
Special resolutions
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15. To authorise the partial disapplication of pre-emption rights | 695,655,605 | 99.58% | 2,935,101 | 0.42% | 698,590,706 | 69.86% | 0 |
16.To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified capital investment | 695,628,403 | 99.58% | 2,962,302 | 0.42% | 698,590,705 | 69.86% | 0 |
17. To authorise the Company to make market purchases pursuant to Section 701 of the Companies Act 2006. | 698,563,504 | 100.00% | 27,201 | 0.00% | 698,590,705 | 69.86% | 0 |
18. To authorise the Directors to call a general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice. | 682,586,151 | 97.71% | 16,004,555 | 2.29% | 698,590,706 | 69.86% | 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 www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
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/.
Enquiries
For investor enquiries | investorrelations@heliostowers.com
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