Helios Towers plc (the
"Company")
2024 Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
Results
At the Company's AGM held at 10.00 a.m. today,
Thursday 25 April 2024, all of the resolutions put to the meeting
were passed on a poll vote. The results are set out
below.
The full text of all the resolutions can be
found in the Notice of AGM, which is available for viewing at the
National Storage Mechanism, which can be located at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
and from the Company's website at
https://www.heliostowers.com/investors/shareholder-centre/general-meetings/.
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In Favour (including
Discretionary)
|
Against
|
Total Votes Cast
|
Votes Withheld
|
Resolutions
|
No. of Votes
|
% of Votes
|
No. of Votes
|
% of Votes
|
No. of Votes
|
% of issued share capital
voted
|
No. of Votes
|
Ordinary
resolutions
|
1. To receive the Annual Report and Accounts
for the year ended 31 December 2023.
|
717,860,600
|
100.00%
|
1,923
|
0.00%
|
717,862,523
|
68.19%
|
390,714
|
2. To approve the annual statement by the Chair
of the Remuneration Committee and the Directors' Remuneration
Report (excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy) set out on
pages 102-119 of the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended
31 December 2023.
|
619,492,742
|
96.79%
|
20,564,461
|
3.21%
|
640,057,203
|
60.80%
|
78,196,034
|
3. To re-elect Sir Samuel Jonah, KBE, OSG as a
Director of the Company.
|
674,743,694
|
93.94%
|
43,503,245
|
6.06%
|
718,246,939
|
68.23%
|
6,298
|
4. To re-elect Tom Greenwood as a Director of
the Company.
|
714,632,683
|
99.50%
|
3,615,337
|
0.50%
|
718,248,020
|
68.23%
|
5,217
|
5. To re-elect Manjit Dhillon as a Director of
the Company.
|
711,521,988
|
99.06%
|
6,726,032
|
0.94%
|
718,248,020
|
68.23%
|
5,217
|
6. To re-elect Alison Baker as a Director of
the Company.
|
714,844,311
|
99.53%
|
3,403,713
|
0.47%
|
718,248,024
|
68.23%
|
5,213
|
7. To re-elect Richard Byrne as a Director of
the Company.
|
649,034,356
|
90.37%
|
69,149,056
|
9.63%
|
718,183,412
|
68.22%
|
69,825
|
8. To re-elect Helis Zulijani-Boye as a
Director of the Company.
|
662,464,078
|
92.23%
|
55,783,942
|
7.77%
|
718,248,020
|
68.23%
|
5,217
|
9. To re-elect Temitope Lawani as a Director of
the Company.
|
604,952,593
|
84.23%
|
113,295,428
|
15.77%
|
718,248,021
|
68.23%
|
5,216
|
10. To re-elect Sally Ashford as a Director of
the Company.
|
694,841,178
|
96.74%
|
23,406,845
|
3.26%
|
718,248,023
|
68.23%
|
5,214
|
11. To re-elect Carole Wamuyu Wainaina as a
Director of the Company.
|
694,916,373
|
96.75%
|
23,331,651
|
3.25%
|
718,248,024
|
68.23%
|
5,213
|
12. To reappoint Deloitte LLP as auditor of the
Company.
|
715,931,436
|
99.68%
|
2,319,087
|
0.32%
|
718,250,523
|
68.23%
|
2,714
|
13. To authorise the Audit Committee of the
Company, for and on behalf of the Directors, to fix the
remuneration of the auditors.
|
718,249,313
|
100.00%
|
1,424
|
0.00%
|
718,250,737
|
68.23%
|
2,500
|
14. To authorise the Directors to make
political donations and political expenditure up to an aggregate of
£100,000.
|
639,835,987
|
99.96%
|
227,050
|
0.04%
|
640,063,037
|
60.80%
|
78,190,200
|
15. To authorise the Directors to allot
securities pursuant to and in accordance with Section 551 of the
Companies Act 2006.
|
713,370,277
|
99.32%
|
4,881,956
|
0.68%
|
718,252,233
|
68.23%
|
1,004
|
Special
resolutions
|
16. To authorise the disapplication of
pre-emption rights.
|
712,973,659
|
99.27%
|
5,277,077
|
0.73%
|
718,250,736
|
68.23%
|
2,501
|
17. To authorise the disapplication of
pre-emption rights in connection with an acquisition or specified
capital investment.
|
710,731,676
|
98.95%
|
7,517,844
|
1.05%
|
718,249,520
|
68.23%
|
3,717
|
18. To authorise the Company to make market
purchases pursuant to Section 701 of the Companies Act
2006.
|
717,145,093
|
99.85%
|
1,068,003
|
0.15%
|
718,213,096
|
68.23%
|
40,141
|
19. To authorise the Directors to call a
general meeting other than an annual general meeting on not less
than 14 clear days' notice.
|
710,788,416
|
98.96%
|
7,461,799
|
1.04%
|
718,250,215
|
68.23%
|
3,022
|
The total number of shares in issue at the
voting date is 1,052,700,000. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in
law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of
votes for and against the resolution.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy
of all resolutions passed as special business will shortly be
available for inspection on the National Storage Mechanism at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
A copy of the voting results shown above will
also be made available on the Company's website at
https://www.heliostowers.com/investors/shareholder-centre/general-meetings/.
About Helios Towers
·
Helios Towers is a leading independent
telecommunications infrastructure company, having established one
of the most extensive tower portfolios across Africa and the Middle
East. It builds, owns and operates telecom passive infrastructure,
providing services to mobile network operators.
·
Helios Towers owns and operates over 14,000 telecommunication tower sites in nine
countries across Africa and the Middle East.
·
Helios Towers pioneered the model in Africa of
buying towers that were held by single operators and providing
services utilising the tower infrastructure to the seller and other
operators. This allows wireless operators to outsource non-core
tower-related activities, enabling them to focus their capital and
managerial resources on providing higher quality services more
cost-effectively.
For more information about Helios
Towers, please visit: https://www.heliostowers.com/investors/