17 July 2024
HELICAL PLC
("Helical" or the "Company")
Results of 2024 Annual General Meeting
Helical is pleased to announce that at its one hundred and fourth Annual General Meeting ("Meeting") held earlier today, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 20 June 2024 ("Notice") were passed by Shareholders on a poll.
Votes were cast on the resolutions as follows:
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| Resolution | For the Resolution1 | % For | Against the Resolution | % Against | Votes Withheld2 | Total Votes Validly Cast | % of Voting Capital |
| 1 | To receive and consider the accounts of the Company for the financial year ended 31 March 2024 | 101,319,422 | 100.00 | 400 | 0.00 | 0 | 101,319,822 | 82.14 |
| 2 | To declare a final dividend of 1.78 pence per Ordinary Share in respect of year ended 31 March 2024 | 101,319,422 | 100.00 | 400 | 0.00 | 0 | 101,319,822 | 82.14 |
| 3 | To re-appoint R.R. Cotton as a Director of the Company | 100,249,700 | 98.94 | 1,070,121 | 1.06 | 1 | 101,319,821 | 82.14 |
| 4 | To re-appoint T. J. Murphy as a Director of the Company | 101,319,422 | 100.00 | 400 | 0.00 | 0 | 101,319,822 | 82.14 |
| 5 | To re-appoint M. C. Bonning-Snook as a Director of the Company | 101,319,422 | 100.00 | 400 | 0.00 | 0 | 101,319,822 | 82.14 |
| 6 | To re-appoint S. V. Clayton as a Director of the Company | 100,754,040 | 99.44 | 565,781 | 0.56 | 1 | 101,319,821 | 82.14 |
| 7 | To re-appoint S. J. Farr as a Director of the Company | 100,754,927 | 99.44 | 564,894 | 0.56 | 1 | 101,319,821 | 82.14 |
| 8 | To appoint R. T. Fowlds as a Director of the Company | 101,317,645 | 100.00 | 2,177 | 0.00 | 0 | 101,319,822 | 82.14 |
| 9 | To appoint A. A. Aldridge as a Director of the Company | 100,709,276 | 99.40 | 610,546 | 0.60 | 0 | 101,319,822 | 82.14 |
| 10 | To appoint RSM UK Audit LLP as the Company's auditor | 101,319,253 | 100.00 | 569 | 0.00 | 0 | 101,319,822 | 82.14 |
| 11 | To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditors for and on behalf of the Board | 101,319,253 | 100.00 | 569 | 0.00 | 0 | 101,319,822 | 82.14 |
| 12 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 94,209,554 | 92.98 | 7,110,268 | 7.02 | 0 | 101,319,822 | 82.14 |
| 13 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 96,400,314 | 95.14 | 4,919,508 | 4.86 | 0 | 101,319,822 | 82.14 |
| 14 | Renewal of the Helical Performance Share Plan | 99,550,604 | 98.25 | 1,768,113 | 1.75 | 1,105 | 101,318,717 | 82.14 |
| 15 | That the Directors be authorised to allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any securities into shares | 99,120,301 | 97.83 | 2,199,521 | 2.17 | 0 | 101,319,822 | 82.14 |
| 16 | That the Directors be empowered to allot securities of the Company for cash3 | 98,202,915 | 96.92 | 3,116,907 | 3.08 | 0 | 101,319,822 | 82.14 |
| 17 | That the Directors be given the power to allot equity securities and/or sale of Treasury shares for cash3 | 85,800,322 | 84.68 | 15,519,500 | 15.32 | 0 | 101,319,822 | 82.14 |
| 18 | That the Company is authorised to make one or more market purchases of its Ordinary Shares3 | 99,581,422 | 98.28 | 1,738,400 | 1.72 | 0 | 101,319,822 | 82.14 |
| 19 | 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' notice3 | 100,074,411 | 98.77 | 1,245,410 | 1.23 | 1 | 101,319,821 | 82.14 |
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 | Tel: 020 7629 0113 |
| James R. Moss Company Secretary | Address: 5 Hanover Square London W1S 1HQ |
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| Website: www.helical.co.uk |
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