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James Fisher and Sons plc
(the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
3rd May 2012
The Company is pleased to announce that all the resolutions proposed at the AGM held on 3 May 2012 were duly passed unanimously on a show of hands. A breakdown of proxy votes lodged prior to the AGM is set out below.
Resolution | Total proxy votes cast | Proxy cards received | In favour | Against | Withheld | ||
Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | |||
1. To receive the reports and accounts. | 40,284,308 | 304 | 40,036,254 | 99.40 | 243,492 | 0.60 | 4,561 |
2. To approve the Report on Directors' Remuneration | 40,284,308 | 304 | 39,947,147 | 99.82 | 72,641 | 0.18 | 264,519 |
3. To declare a final dividend | 40,284,308 | 304 | 40,276,912 | 99.99 | 2,834 | 0.01 | 4,561 |
4. To re-elect Mr C.Rice | 40,284,308 | 304 | 40,264,832 | 99.99 | 2,530 | 0.01 | 16,945 |
5. To re-elect Mr M.Storey | 40,284,308 | 304 | 40,262,632 | 99.99 | 4,570 | 0.01 | 17,105 |
6. To re-elect Mr M.Everard | 40,284,308 | 304 | 36,380,188 | 93.87 | 2,377,419 | 6.13 | 1,526,700 |
7. To re-appoint the auditors and fix their remuneration | 40,284,308 | 304 | 40,017,861 | 99.95 | 18,111 | 0.05 | 248,335 |
8. To authorise the directors to allot shares | 40,284,308 | 304 | 40,219,557 | 99.97 | 12,925 | 0.03 | 51,825 |
9. To authorise disapplication of pre-emption rights | 40,284,308 | 304 | 39,921,200 | 99.23 | 309,055 | 0.77 | 54,052 |
10. To authorise market purchases of Company's own shares | 40,284,308 | 304 | 40,248,010 | 99.92 | 31,106 | 0.08 | 5,191 |
11. To allow the Company to hold general meetings (other than AGM's) at 14 days notice | 40,284,308 | 304 | 39,641,815 | 98.42 | 637,931 | 1.58 | 4,561 |
The percentage of votes cast excludes withheld votes. Votes in favour include votes at Chairman's discretion.
The total number of votes cast by proxy was 40,284,308.
The number of shares in issue at the record date was 50,025,431.
The percentage of issued share capital voted was 80.53%.