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30 May, 2024 16:48 30 May, 2024 16:48

Results of Annual General Meeting

RNS Number : 5286Q
Fisher (James) & Sons plc
30 May 2024
 

James Fisher and Sons plc

(the "Company")

 

Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

30 May 2024

 

The Company is pleased to announce that all the resolutions proposed at the AGM held on 30 May 2024 were duly passed. A breakdown of proxy votes lodged prior to the AGM and the result of the Poll is set out below.

 

 

VOTES
FOR

%

VOTES
AGAINST

%

Total votes cast (excluding withheld)

VOTES
WITHHELD

Resolution 1

To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023.

39,200,125

99.99

5,724

0.01

39,205,849

304,461

Resolution 2

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.

38,486,812

99.18

317,121

0.82

38,803,933

706,377

Resolution 3

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2023.

39,114,306

99.01

389,921

0.99

39,504,227

6,083

Resolution 4

To elect Ms K V Hayzen-Smith as a Director of the Company.

39,505,808

99.99

3,741

0.01

39,509,549

761

Resolution 5

To elect Ms S V Jastram as a Director of the Company.

39,499,311

99.97

10,238

0.03

39,509,549

761

Resolution 6

To re-elect Mr A G Cockburn as a Director of the Company.

38,972,513

99.40

236,385

0.60

39,208,898

301,412

Resolution 7

To re-elect Mr J B Vernet as a Director of the Company.

39,494,875

99.97

13,124

0.03

39,507,999

2,311

Resolution 8

To re-elect Mr J R Atkinson as a Director of the Company.

39,269,284

99.40

236,385

0.60

39,505,669

4,641

Resolution 9

To re-elect Dr I Braunschmidt as a Director of the Company.

38,898,108

98.46

609,890

1.54

39,507,998

2,312

Resolution 10

To re-elect Ms C L Hawkings as a Director of the Company.

39,196,448

99.22

309,221

0.78

39,505,669

4,641

Resolution 11

To re-elect Mr K P Pandya as a Director of the Company.

39,268,001

99.40

236,568

0.60

39,504,569

5,741

Resolution 12

To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next AGM of the Company.

39,187,820

99.19

321,728

0.81

39,509,548

762

Resolution 13

To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration.

39,487,414

99.95

20,134

0.05

39,507,548

2,762

Resolution 14

That the Directors be authorised to allot shares and to grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares in the Company.

35,638,692

90.20

3,871,307

9.80

39,509,999

311

Resolution 15

That, subject to Resolution 14, the Directors be empowered to allot equity securities for cash as if section 561 of the Act did not apply.

39,350,727

99.61

155,957

0.39

39,506,684

3,626

Resolution 16

That, subject to Resolution 14 and in addition to Resolution 15, the Directors be empowered to allot equity securities for cash as if Section 561 of the Act did not apply.

39,057,041

98.86

449,643

1.14

39,506,684

3,626

Resolution 17

That the Company be authorised to make market purchases of ordinary shares of 0.25 GBP each in the capital of the Company.

39,120,135

99.01

389,414

0.99

39,509,549

761

Resolution 18

That any general meeting (other than an AGM) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.

39,393,868

99.71

114,337

0.29

39,508,205

2,099

* A vote Withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "For" and "Against" a resolution.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism which is located at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

As at 28 May 2024 (being the latest date by which shareholders entitled to vote must have been entered on the Company's Register of Members) the total number of voting rights in the Company was 50,398,063 ordinary shares, carrying one vote each, and 100,000 preference shares carrying one vote each. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company are 50,498,063.

At the conclusion of the AGM, as reported in the Company's 2023 Annual Report, Aedamar Comiskey stepped down as a Non-Executive Director.

For further information, contact:

James Fisher and Sons plc

Jean Vernet

Karen Hayzen-Smith

Chief Executive Officer

Chief Financial Officer

020 7614 9503

FTI Consulting

Richard Mountain

Susanne Yule


0203 727 1340

 

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