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HENRY BOOT PLC
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ('AGM'): 21 MAY 2015
Henry Boot PLC ('the Company') announces that all resolutions contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 17 April 2015 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 | % of vote | |
Resolution 1: To receive the Directors' Report, Auditors' Report, Strategic Report and the Financial Statements. | 93,095,302 | 99.98 | 14,350 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.00 |
Resolution 2: To declare a final dividend on the ordinary shares. | 93,109,652 | 100 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
Resolution 3: To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report. | 92,468,054 | 99.31 | 634,688 | 0.68 | 6,910 | 0.01 |
Resolution 4: To approve the Directors' Remuneration policy. | 89,838,765 | 96.49 | 2,905,772 | 3.12 | 365,115 | 0.39 |
Resolution 5: To reappoint J E Brown as a Director. | 93,033,543 | 99.92 | 68,839 | 0.07 | 7,270 | 0.01 |
Resolution 6: To reappoint E J Boot as a Director. | 89,082,669 | 95.68 | 4,026,983 | 4.32 | 0 | 0.00 |
Resolution 7: To reappoint J T Sutcliffe as a Director. | 89,040,803 | 95.63 | 4,068,149 | 4.37 | 700 | 0.00 |
Resolution 8: To reappoint M I Gunston as a Director. | 93,091,880 | 99.98 | 17,072 | 0.02 | 700 | 0.00 |
Resolution 9: To reappoint J J Sykes as a Director. | 79,118,887 | 84.97 | 9,498,251 | 10.20 | 4,492,514 | 4.83 |
Resolution 10: To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors. | 91,047,796 | 97.79 | 2,061,156 | 2.21 | 700 | 0.00 |
Resolution 11: To authorise the Directors to fix the auditors' remuneration. | 93,102,255 | 99.98 | 2,397 | 0.01 | 5,000 | 0.01 |
Resolution 12: To approve the rules of the Henry Boot PLC Long Term Incentive Plan 2015. | 90,490,728 | 97.19 | 2,614,844 | 2.81 | 4,080 | 0.00 |
Resolution 13: To approve the amendments to the rules of the Henry Boot PLC 2010 Schedule 4 Company Share Option Plan. | 90,473,043 | 97.17 | 2,614,844 | 2.81 | 21,765 | 0.02 |
Resolution 14: To authorise the Directors under Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 to allot shares. | 93,079,640 | 99.97 | 4,867 | 0.01 | 25,145 | 0.02 |
Resolution 15: To grant the authority requested in respect of the issue of equity securities for cash. | 93,057,320 | 99.95 | 30,567 | 0.03 | 21,765 | 0.02 |
Resolution 16: To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company's shares. | 93,039,422 | 99.93 | 49,165 | 0.05 | 21,065 | 0.02 |
The 'for' vote includes those giving discretion to the Chairman or one of the other Directors of the Company. In addition, other discretionary votes representing less than 0.072% of the votes cast were also received on each resolution.
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 21 May 2015, there were 132,004,076 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 2014 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.
Copies of the resolutions passed at the AGM that the Company considers to be special business will be submitted to the NSM and will shortly be available for inspection.
Enquiries:
Henry Boot PLC
Russell Deards
Company Secretary
Tel: 0114 255 5444
www.henryboot.co.uk
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