⌘K
t
Helical PLC announced on 17 July 2025 that all 16 resolutions put to shareholders at its 2025 Annual General Meeting were passed on a poll. These included the declaration of a 3.50 pence final dividend per Ordinary Share, the re-appointment of five directors, the appointment of J. R. Moss as a director, and the appointment of RSM UK Audit LLP as auditor. For most resolutions, the total votes validly cast represented approximately 76.8% of the company's 123,335,197 ordinary shares in issue.
| Date | 17 Jul 2025 |
| Time | 13:24:48 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 5318R |
17 July 2025
HELICAL PLC
("Helical" or the "Company")
Results of 2025 Annual General Meeting
1. Results of the 2025 Annual General Meeting
Helical is pleased to announce that at its one hundred and fifth Annual General Meeting ("Meeting") held earlier today, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 16 June 2025 ("Notice") were passed by Shareholders on a poll. All valid proxy votes and voting instructions (whether submitted electronically or in hard copy form) were included in the poll taken at the meeting.
The voting results for each resolution are detailed below:
|
|
Resolution |
For the Resolution1 |
% For |
Against the Resolution |
% Against |
Total Votes Validly Cast |
% of Voting Capital |
Votes Withheld2 |
|
1 |
To receive and consider the accounts of the Company for the financial year ended 31 March 2025 |
94,753,171 |
100.00% |
550 |
0.00% |
94,753,721 |
76.81 |
2,973 |
|
2 |
To declare a final dividend of 3.50 pence per Ordinary Share in respect of year ended 31 March 2025 |
94,756,144 |
100.00% |
550 |
0.00% |
94,756,694 |
76.82 |
0 |
|
3 |
To re-appoint R.R. Cotton as a Director of the Company |
82,958,742 |
95.95% |
3,503,802 |
4.05% |
86,462,544 |
70.09 |
8,294,150 |
|
4 |
To re-appoint M. C. Bonning-Snook as a Director of the Company |
94,684,197 |
99.93% |
69,532 |
0.07% |
94,753,729 |
76.81 |
2,965 |
|
5 |
To re-appoint S. J. Farr as a Director of the Company |
90,358,219 |
95.36% |
4,395,510 |
4.64% |
94,753,729 |
76.81 |
2,965 |
|
6 |
To re-appoint R. T. Fowlds as a Director of the Company |
93,885,740 |
99.08% |
870,254 |
0.92% |
94,755,994 |
76.82 |
700 |
|
7 |
To re-appoint A. A. Aldridge as a Director of the Company |
93,864,936 |
99.06% |
891,058 |
0.94% |
94,755,994 |
76.82 |
700 |
|
8 |
To appoint J. R. Moss as a Director of the Company |
94,686,462 |
99.93% |
69,532 |
0.07% |
94,755,994 |
76.82 |
700 |
|
9 |
To appoint RSM UK Audit LLP as the Company's auditor |
94,755,657 |
100.00% |
1,037 |
0.00% |
94,756,694 |
76.82 |
0 |
|
10 |
To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to determine the remuneration of the auditors for and on behalf of the Board |
94,755,444 |
100.00% |
550 |
0.00% |
94,755,994 |
76.82 |
700 |
|
11 |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report |
89,521,344 |
95.72% |
4,003,269 |
4.28% |
93,524,613 |
75.82 |
1,232,081 |
|
12 |
That the Directors be authorised to allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any securities into shares |
91,921,213 |
97.01% |
2,835,081 |
2.99% |
94,756,294 |
76.82 |
400 |
|
13 |
That the Directors be empowered to allot securities of the Company for cash3 |
93,241,457 |
98.40% |
1,514,837 |
1.60% |
94,756,294 |
76.82 |
400 |
|
14 |
That the Directors be given the power to allot equity securities and/or sale of Treasury shares for cash3 |
79,707,749 |
84.23% |
14,919,807 |
15.77% |
94,627,556 |
76.71 |
129,138 |
|
15 |
That the Company is authorised to make one or more market purchases of its Ordinary Shares3 |
94,732,674 |
99.98% |
22,120 |
0.02% |
94,754,794 |
76.81 |
1,900 |
|
16 |
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 |
93,761,706 |
98.95% |
993,088 |
1.05% |
94,754,794 |
76.81 |
1,900 |
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 6.4.2, 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://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
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 |
|
Eleanor Gavin Company Secretary |
Address: 22 Ganton Street London W1F 7FD |
|
|
Website: www.helical.co.uk |
|
|
|