Helical PLC
16 July 2026
16 July 2026
HELICAL PLC
("Helical" or the "Company")
Voting Results of 2026 General Meeting and Share Issuance
Voting Results
Helical is pleased to announce the results of its General Meeting held earlier today. All resolutions set out in the Notice of General Meeting of the Company (the "General Meeting") contained in the explanatory circular dated 30 June 2026 (the "Circular") 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 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 approve the adoption of new Articles of Association* |
91,919,141 |
99.97 |
31,248 |
0.03 |
91,950,389 |
75.17% |
0 |
|
2. |
To authorise the directors of the Company to Issue B Shares* |
91,919,141 |
99.97 |
31,248 |
0.03 |
91,950,389 |
75.17% |
0 |
|
3. |
To authorise the Share Consolidation |
91,918,565 |
99.97 |
31,824 |
0.03 |
91,950,389 |
75.17% |
0 |
|
4. |
To authorise the directors of the Company to allot new ordinary shares |
91,000,578 |
98.97 |
949,811 |
1.03 |
91,950,389 |
75.17% |
0 |
|
5. |
Disapplication of pre-emption rights*
|
90,798,522 |
98.75 |
1,151,867 |
1.25 |
91,950,389 |
75.17% |
0 |
|
6. |
Disapplication of pre-emption rights - specified capital projects* |
80,927,271 |
88.01 |
11,023,118 |
11.99 |
91,950,389 |
75.17% |
0 |
|
7. |
To authorise the Company to purchase new ordinary shares* |
91,920,641 |
99.97 |
29,748 |
0.03 |
91,950,389 |
75.17% |
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 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 Circular including the Notice of General Meeting which is available on the Helical website at www.helical.co.uk.
Issuance of Shares and Total Voting Rights
Helical has today approved the allotment and issuance of 63 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the capital of the Company (the "New Shares") to the trustee of the Helical Employee Benefit Trust, to ensure that the number of the Company's Existing Ordinary Shares is exactly divisible by 105 in order to effect the Share Consolidation (as further described in the Circular). An application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for admission to trading of the New Shares on its main market for listed securities under ISIN GB00B0FYMT95 and the New Shares will also be admitted to the Official List of the FCA (the "New Shares Admission"). The New Shares Admission is expected to take place at 8.00 a.m. on Friday 17 July 2026 and the New Shares will be fungible with the Company's other ordinary shares already admitted to trading.
Following such allotment and issuance, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 123,355,260 ordinary shares of 1 pence each, of which the Company will hold 1,035,167 shares in treasury and therefore the total number of voting rights in the Company will be 122,320,093.
Capitalised terms used in this announcement shall, unless otherwise defined, have the same meanings as set out in the Circular.
For further information, please contact:
|
Helical plc |
Address: 22 Ganton Street, London, W1F 7FD Website: www.helical.co.uk Tel: 020 7629 0113 |
|
Marsha Rennie Acting Company Secretary |
|
LEI number: 2138003SBD2Z7WV2MP70
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