Helical PLC Result of AGM (9586F)

TIDMHLCL

RNS Number : 9586F

Helical PLC

13 July 2023

Helical plc ("Helical" or the "Company")

Results of 2023 Annual General Meeting

13 July 2023

Helical is pleased to announce that at its one hundred and third Annual General Meeting ("Meeting") held earlier today, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 13 June 2023 ("Notice") were passed by Shareholders on a poll.

Votes were cast on the resolutions as follows:

 
      Resolution       For the          %         Against          % Against  Total Votes   % of Voting   Votes 
                        Resolution(1)    For      the Resolution               Validly       Capital       Withheld(2) 
                                                                               Cast 
      To receive and 
      consider the 
      accounts of 
      the Company 
      for the 
      financial 
      year ended 31 
 1    March 2023           97,692,794   100.00%            1,257       0.00%   97,694,051         79.20              0 
     ---------------  ---------------  --------  ---------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ------------- 
      To declare a 
      final dividend 
      of 8.70 pence 
      per Ordinary 
      Share in 
      respect 
      of year ended 
 2    31 March 2023        97,693,294   100.00%              757       0.00%   97,694,051         79.20              0 
     ---------------  ---------------  --------  ---------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ------------- 
      To re-appoint 
      R.R. Cotton 
      as a Director 
 3    of the Company       95,501,575    97.76%        2,191,775       2.24%   97,693,350         79.20            701 
     ---------------  ---------------  --------  ---------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ------------- 
      To re-appoint 
       G. A. Kaye as 
       a Director of 
 4     the Company         97,238,543    99.53%          454,808       0.47%   97,693,351         79.20            700 
     ---------------  ---------------  --------  ---------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ------------- 
      To re-appoint 
      T. J. Murphy 
      as a Director 
 5    of the Company       97,238,311    99.53%          455,040       0.47%   97,693,351         79.20            700 
     ---------------  ---------------  --------  ---------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ------------- 
      To re-appoint 
      M. C. 
      Bonning-Snook 
      as a Director 
 6    of the Company       97,213,273    99.51%          480,078       0.49%   97,693,351         79.20            700 
     ---------------  ---------------  --------  ---------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ------------- 
      To re-appoint 
      S. V. Clayton 
      as a Director 
 7    of the Company       96,966,921    99.26%          726,430       0.74%   97,693,351         79.20            700 
     ---------------  ---------------  --------  ---------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ------------- 
      To re-appoint 
       S. J. Farr as 
       a Director of 
 8     the Company         91,613,967    96.11%        3,709,857       3.89%   95,323,824         77.28      2,370,227 
     ---------------  ---------------  --------  ---------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ------------- 
      To re-appoint 
      J. J. Lister 
      as a Director 
 9    of the Company       96,403,238    99.25%          726,430       0.75%   97,129,668         78.74        564,383 
     ---------------  ---------------  --------  ---------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ------------- 
      To appoint RSM 
      UK Audit LLP 
      as the 
      Company's 
 10   auditor              97,693,025   100.00%            1,026       0.00%   97,694,051         79.20              0 
     ---------------  ---------------  --------  ---------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ------------- 
      To authorise 
      the Audit and 
      Risk Committee 
      to determine 
      the 
      remuneration 
      of the 
      auditors 
      for and on 
      behalf 
 11   of the Board         97,693,025   100.00%            1,026       0.00%   97,694,051         79.20              0 
     ---------------  ---------------  --------  ---------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ------------- 
      To approve the 
      Directors' 
      Remuneration 
 12   Report               93,873,721    96.09%        3,818,064       3.91%   97,691,785         79.20          2,266 
     ---------------  ---------------  --------  ---------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ------------- 
      That the 
      Directors 
      be authorised 
      to allot 
      shares 
      or grant 
      rights 
      to subscribe 
      for or to 
      convert 
      any securities 
 13   into shares          96,549,330    98.83%        1,144,721       1.17%   97,694,051         79.20              0 
     ---------------  ---------------  --------  ---------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ------------- 
      That the 
      Directors 
      be empowered 
      to allot 
      securities 
      of the Company 
 14   for cash(3)          96,345,484    98.62%        1,348,567       1.38%   97,694,051         79.20              0 
     ---------------  ---------------  --------  ---------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ------------- 
      That the 
      Directors 
      be given the 
      power to allot 
      equity 
      securities 
      and/or sale 
      of Treasury 
      shares for 
 15   cash(3)              87,937,404    90.01%        9,756,647       9.99%   97,694,051         79.20              0 
     ---------------  ---------------  --------  ---------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ------------- 
      That the 
      Company 
      is authorised 
      to make one 
      or more market 
      purchases of 
      its Ordinary 
 16   Shares(3)            97,129,111    99.42%          564,940       0.58%   97,694,051         79.20              0 
     ---------------  ---------------  --------  ---------------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ------------- 
      To authorise 
      the Directors 
      to call a 
      General 
      Meeting of the 
      Company (other 
      than an Annual 
      General 
      Meetings) 
      in not less 
      than 14 clear 
      days' 
 17   notice(3)            96,422,331    98.70%        1,271,720       1.30%   97,694,051         79.20              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 required at least 75% of votes in favour. 

As at the date of the Meeting there were 123,335,197 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 .

 
Helical plc 
J.R. Moss (Company Secretary)  Tel: [phone] 
                                   Address: 5 Hanover Square 
                                    London 
                                    W1S 1HQ 
                               Website: www.helical.co.uk 
 

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact [e-mail] or visit www.rns.com.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy.

END

RAGFLFVIDSIVLIV

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

July 13, 2023 06:36 ET (10:36 GMT)