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HENRY BOOT PLC
(the 'Company')
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ('AGM'): 22 MAY 2014
Henry Boot PLC ('the Company') announces that all resolutions contained in the Notice of annual general meeting dated 17 April 2014 previously circulated to the Company's shareholders were passed by way of a show of hands at the Annual General Meeting ('AGM') of the Company held today.
Details of the proxy voting instructions lodged prior to the AGM for each resolution (all of which were passed on a show of hands) are shown in the table below:
Resolution | Total for and at discretion) | Total against | Withheld | ||
No. of votes | % of vote | No. of votes | % of vote | No. of votes | |
Resolution 1: To receive the Directors' and Auditors' Reports, Strategic Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2013 | 94,047,392 | 99.98 | 14,350 | 0.02 | 0 |
Resolution 2: To declare a final dividend | 94,061,742 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Resolution 3: To re-appoint JJ Sykes as a Director | 77,427,387 | 83.61 | 15,178,945 | 16.39 | 1,455,410 |
Resolution 4: To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company | 92,396,049 | 99.96 | 34,942 | 0.04 | 1,630,751 |
Resolution 5: To authorise the Directors to fix the auditors' remuneration | 94,007,776 | 99.99 | 4,146 | 0.01 | 49,820 |
Resolution 6: To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 94,022,367 | 99.98 | 22,000 | 0.02 | 17,375 |
Resolution 7: To grant the authority requested in respect of the issue of equity securities for cash | 94,007,337 | 99.96 | 35,325 | 0.04 | 19,080 |
Resolution 8: To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company's shares | 94,020,217 | 99.96 | 41,525 | 0.04 | 0 |
Resolution 9: To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 93,053,905 | 99.00 | 942,872 | 1.00 | 64,965 |
Resolution 10: To approve the Directors' remuneration policy | 89,252,927 | 94.97 | 4,729,450 | 5.03 | 79,365 |
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 22 May 2014, there were 131,096,122 Henry Boot PLC ordinary shares of 10p each in issue. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per share held.
A copy of the results for the AGM will also be available on the Company's website within the latest news section at www.henryboot.co.uk.
The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of AGM. The 2013 Annual Report and Financial Statements together with the Notice of AGM are available to view on the National Storage Mechanism ('NSM') www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and a copy can also be found on the Company's website.
Enquiries:
Henry Boot PLC
Russell Deards
Company Secretary
Tel: 0114 255 5444
www.henryboot.co.uk
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