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Helical PLC
14 July 2017
Helical plc (Company)
Annual General Meeting - 13 July 2017
At the ninety seventh Annual General Meeting of Helical plc held
on Thursday 13 July 2017, all resolutions set out in the Notice of
Meeting dated 13 June 2017, except for resolution 7, were passed by
Shareholders on a show of hands. The Company announced on 12 July
2017 that Duncan Walker had stepped down from the Board with
immediate effect and as a consequence, resolution 7 to re-elect him
as a Director was withdrawn. Proxies were received by the Company
from Shareholders in advance of the Annual General Meeting as
follows:
Proxy Votes Received
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Resolution For the % For Against the % Against Total Votes Votes
Resolution(1) Resolution Validly Cast Withheld(2)
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To receive and
consider the
accounts and
reports of the
Directors and
Independent
Auditor
for the year ended
1 31 March 2017 96,504,069 100% 0.0% 0.0% 96,504,069 53,045
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2 To declare a final
dividend of 6.20
pence per ordinary
share 96,557,114 100% 0.0% 0.0% 96,557,114 0
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To re-elect M. E.
Slade as a
3 Director 90,711,831 93.95% 5,845,283 6.05% 96,557,114 0
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To re-elect G. A.
4 Kaye as a Director 95,327,423 98.73% 1,229,691 1.27% 96,557,114 0
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To re-elect T. J.
Murphy as a
5 Director 95,325,083 98.72% 1,232,031 1.28% 96,557,114 0
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6 To re-elect M. C.
Bonning-Snook as a
Director 95,325,083 98.73% 1,229,691 1.27% 96,554,774 2,340
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7 To re-elect D. C.
E. Walker as a
Director -
Resolution
Withdrawn - - - - - -
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8 To re-elect R. D.
Gillingwater as a
Director 94,906,222 98.29% 1,650,892 1.71% 96,557,114 0
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To re-elect S. V.
Clayton as a
9 Director 96,418,677 99.86% 138,437 0.14% 96,557,114 0
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To re-elect R. R.
Cotton as a
10 Director 96,416,337 99.86% 138,437 0.14% 96,554,774 2,340
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To re-elect R. J.
Grant as a
11 Director 96,274,837 99.71% 282,277 0.29% 96,557,114 0
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To re-elect M. K.
O'Donnell as a
12 Director 95,898,916 99.32% 658,198 0.68% 96,557,114 0
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13 To re-appoint
Grant Thornton UK
LLP as Auditors of
the Company 95,080,997 99.98% 17,689 0.02% 95,098,686 1,458,428
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14 To authorise the
Directors to set
the remuneration
of the Independent
Auditor 96,531,961 99.97% 25,153 0.03% 96,557,114 0
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15 To approve the
Directors'
Remuneration
Report (other than
the section
containing the
Directors'
remuneration
policy) for the
year ended 31
March 2017 81,173,041 84.07% 15,381,808 15.93% 96,554,849 2,265
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16 To authorise the
Directors to allot
shares pursuant to
section 551 of the
Companies Act 2006 89,381,316 93.04% 6,723,458 6.96% 96,554,774 2,340
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17 To authorise the
Directors to
dis-apply
pre-emption rights
pursuant to
sections 570 and
573
of the Companies
Act 2006(3) 96,550,169 99.99% 6,945 0.01% 96,557,114 0
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18 To authorise the
Directors to
dis-apply
pre-emption rights
pursuant to
sections 570 and
573
of the Companies
Act 2006 in
addition to
resolution 17(3) 85,575,692 88.63% 10,981,422 11.37% 96,557,114 0
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19 To authorise the
Company to make
market purchases
of its Ordinary
Shares pursuant to
section
701 of the
Companies Act
2006(3) 95,058,416 98.46% 1,483,071 1.54% 96,541,487 15,627
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20 To approve general
meetings (other
than annual
general meetings)
to be held on not
less than
14 clear days'
notice(3) 94,869,964 98.25% 1,687,150 1.75% 96,557,114 0
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Notes to the Disclosure:
As at the date of the meeting there were 118,534,278 ordinary
shares of 1p each in issue.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of resolutions
other than those concerning ordinary business passed at the Annual
General Meeting have been submitted to the National Storage
Mechanism and can be viewed at
http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.
(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 requires at least 75% of votes in
favour
For further information please contact:
James Moss
Company Secretary
020 7629 0113
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