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James Fisher and Sons plc
(the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
28 April 2016
The Company is pleased to announce that all the resolutions proposed at the AGM held on 28 April 2016 were duly passed. A breakdown of proxy votes lodged prior to the AGM is set out below.
Resolution | Total proxy votes cast (excluding withheld) | For | Against | Withheld | ||
Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | ||
1. To receive the Annual Accounts and reports thereon | 35,904,160 | 35,497,840 | 98.87 | 406,320 | 1.13 | 0 |
2. To approve the Annual statement by the chairman of the Remuneration Committee and the Annual report on remuneration | 35,877,147 | 35,818,578 | 99.84 | 58,569 | 0.16 | 27,013 |
3. To declare a final dividend | 35,904,160 | 35,901,326 | 99.99 | 2,834 | 0.01 | 0 |
4. To re-elect Mr C J Rice | 35,898,251 | 35,895,066 | 99.99 | 3,185 | 0.01 | 5,909 |
5. To re-elect Mr N P Henry | 35,898,251 | 35,895,793 | 99.99 | 2,458 | 0.01 | 5,909 |
6. To re-elect Mr S C Kilpatrick | 35,897,501 | 35,895,793 | 99.99 | 1,708 | 0.01 | 6,659 |
7. To re-elect Mr M S Paul | 35,898,251 | 35,894,166 | 99.99 | 4,085 | 0.01 | 5,909 |
8. To re-elect Ms A I Comiskey | 35,898,371 | 35,896,850 | 99.99 | 1,521 | 0.01 | 5,789 |
9. To re-elect Mr D G Moorhouse | 35,897,621 | 35,896,970 | 99.99 | 651 | 0.01 | 6,539 |
10. To re-elect Mr M J L Salter | 35,898,371 | 35,897,320 | 99.99 | 1,051 | 0.01 | 5,789 |
11. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor | 35,411,038 | 35,346,195 | 99.82 | 64,843 | 0.18 | 493,122 |
12. To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration | 35,898,160 | 35,818,715 | 99.78 | 79,445 | 0.22 | 6,000 |
13. To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 35,899,614 | 35,890,363 | 99.97 | 9,251 | 0.03 | 4,546 |
14. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights | 35,897,953 | 35,655,679 | 99.33 | 242,274 | 0.67 | 6,207 |
15. To authorise market purchases of Company's own shares | 35,876,143 | 35,358,297 | 98.56 | 517,846 | 1.44 | 28,017 |
16. To allow the Company to hold general meetings (other than AGMs) at 14 days notice | 35,903,709 | 35,218,843 | 98.09 | 684,866 | 1.91 | 450 |
A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
The percentage of issued share capital voted was 71.43%.