Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7657W

Helical PLC

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:

	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
	Website: www.helical.co.uk

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