16th Jul 2026 13:15
16 July 2026
HELICAL PLC
("Helical" or the "Company")
Voting Results of 2026 Annual General Meeting
Voting Results
Helical is pleased to announce the results of its Annual General Meeting held earlier today. All resolutions set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting of the Company 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 Annual General Meeting.
The total number of votes received on each resolution is as follows:
| Resolution | For | % of votes cast | Against | % of votes cast | Total votes validly cast | Votes cast as % of Issued Share Capital (excl. treasury shares) | Withheld |
1 | To receive the report and accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2026 | 96,587,616 | 100.00 | 2,423 | 0.00 | 96,590,039 | 78.97% | 565,206 |
2 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 91,658,315 | 98.30 | 1,586,881 | 1.70 | 93,245,196 | 76.23% | 3,910,049 |
3 | To approve a final dividend of 1.00 pence per share. | 97,153,322 | 100.00 | 1,923 | 0.00 | 97,155,245 | 79.43% | 0 |
4 | To appoint M. Malone as a Director of the Company | 97,134,089 | 99.98 | 20,456 | 0.02 | 97,154,545 | 79.43% | 700 |
5 | To re-appoint R. T. Fowlds as a Director of the Company | 95,958,076 | 98.77 | 1,194,204 | 1.23 | 97,152,280 | 79.42% | 2,965 |
6 | To re-appoint M. C. Bonning-Snook as a Director of the Company | 94,807,575 | 99.91 | 83,163 | 0.09 | 94,890,738 | 77.58% | 2,264,507 |
7 | To re-appoint J. R. Moss as a Director of the Company
| 94,808,983 | 99.92 | 79,490 | 0.08 | 94,888,473 | 77.57% | 2,266,772 |
8 | To re-appoint A. A. Aldridge as a Director of the Company | 96,382,751 | 99.21 | 769,529 | 0.79 | 97,152,280 | 79.42% | 2,965 |
9 | To re-appoint S. J. Farr as a Director of the Company | 95,102,125 | 97.89 | 2,052,420 | 2.11 | 97,154,545 | 79.43% | 700 |
10 | To appoint RSM UK Audit LLP as the Company's auditor | 97,147,752 | 100.00 | 4,687 | 0.00 | 97,152,439 | 79.42% | 2,806 |
11 | To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to agree the Auditor's remuneration | 97,150,016 | 100.00 | 2,423 | 0.00 | 97,152,439 | 79.42% | 2,806 |
12 | To authorise the Directors to allot new shares | 93,970,452 | 96.72 | 3,184,793 | 3.28 | 97,155,245 | 79.43% | 0 |
13 | To grant the Directors general authority to disapply pre-emption rights* | 93,770,745 | 96.52 | 3,384,500 | 3.48 | 97,155,245 | 79.43% | 0 |
14 | To grant the Directors additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights* | 83,347,236 | 85.79 | 13,807,309 | 14.21 | 97,154,545 | 79.43% | 700 |
15 | To grant the Directors general authority to purchase own shares.* | 97,117,680 | 99.96 | 37,565 | 0.04 | 97,155,245 | 79.43% | 0 |
16 | To authorise the Company to call a general meeting, other than an Annual General Meeting, on 14 clear days' notice.* | 96,143,935 | 98.96 | 1,012,077 | 1.04 | 97,156,012 | 79.43% | 0 |
Notes:
1. * indicates a Special Resolution requiring 75% of votes cast to be carried.
2. Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes cast.
3. Votes "For" include discretionary votes.
4. A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
On Tuesday 14 July 2026, there were 123,355,197 ordinary shares in issue with 1,035,167 shares held in treasury, and therefore the total number of voting rights in the Company was 122,320,030. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per share held.
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 6.4.2R copies of all the resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism today and will be shortly available for inspection at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
A copy of the poll results for Annual General Meeting will also be available on the Helical website at www.helical.co.uk shortly.
The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available on the Helical website at www.helical.co.uk.
Helical plc | Tel: 020 7629 0113 |
Marsha Rennie Acting Company Secretary | Address: 22 Ganton Street London W1F 7FD
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| Website: www.helical.co.uk |
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