5 May 2022 17:05
James Fisher and Sons plc
(the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
5 May 2022
The Company is pleased to announce that all the resolutions proposed at the AGM held on 5 May 2022 were duly passed. A breakdown of proxy votes lodged prior to the AGM and the result of the Poll is set out below.
| VOTESFOR | % | VOTESAGAINST | % | Total votes cast (excluding withheld) | VOTESWITHHELD |
Resolution 1 To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021. | 39,446,472 | 99.99 | 4,072 | 0.01 | 39,450,544 | 474,135 |
Resolution 2 To approve the Director's Remuneration Report For the financial year ended 31 December 2021. | 37,913,927 | 95.00 | 1,995,607 | 5.00 | 39,909,534 | 18,745 |
Resolution 3 To elect Mr A Cockburn as Director of the Company. | 39,591,914 | 99.16 | 335,279 | 0.84 | 39,927,193 | 1,086 |
Resolution 4 To elect Mr D Kennedy as a Director of the Company. | 39,919,963 | 99.98 | 7,178 | 0.02 | 39,927,141 | 1,138 |
Resolution 5 To elect Mr K Pandya as a Director of the Company. | 39,899,747 | 99.93 | 28,446 | 0.07 | 39,928,193 | 86 |
Resolution 6 To elect Ms C A Hawkings as a Director of the Company. | 39,859,730 | 99.95 | 19,759 | 0.05 | 39,879,489 | 48,790 |
Resolution 7 To re-elect Mr E P O'Lionaird as a Director of the Company. | 39,317,389 | 99.70 | 117,632 | 0.30 | 39,435,021 | 493,258 |
Resolution 8 To re-elect Ms A I Comiskey as a Director of the Company. | 25,687,144 | 93.80 | 1,698,784 | 6.20 | 27,385,928 | 12,542,351 |
Resolution 9 To re-elect Mr J R Atkinson as a Director of the Company. | 27,189,501 | 99.15 | 232,043 | 0.85 | 27,421,544 | 12,506,735 |
Resolution 10 To re-elect Dr I Braunschmidt as Director of the Company. | 39,726,820 | 99.61 | 157,057 | 0.39 | 39,883,877 | 44,402 |
Resolution 11 To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next AGM of the Company. | 39,429,439 | 98.80 | 478,047 | 1.20 | 39,907,486 | 20,793 |
Resolution 12 To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration. | 39,910,736 | 99.96 | 14,682 | 0.04 | 39,925,418 | 2,861 |
Resolution 13 To authorise the Directors of the Company to allot shares in the Company. | 38,340,897 | 96.04 | 1,581,661 | 3.96 | 39,922,558 | 5,721 |
Resolution 14 To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights (general). | 38,270,461 | 95.85 | 1,656,100 | 4.15 | 39,926,561 | 1,718 |
Resolution 15 To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights (acquisitions/capital investments). | 37,798,444 | 94.67 | 2,127,488 | 5.33 | 39,925,932 | 2,347 |
Resolution 16 To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares. | 39,292,100 | 98.43 | 628,393 | 1.57 | 39,920,493 | 7,786 |
Resolution 17 To allow the Company to hold general meetings (other than AGMs) at 14 days' notice. | 39,805,911 | 99.74 | 103,782 | 0.26 | 39,909,693 | 4,586 |
* 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. In addition, and in accordance with Listing Rule 9.2.6E, a copy of the articles of association of the Company has also been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism.
As at 3 May 2022 (being the latest date by which shareholders who wanted to vote at the Annual General Meeting must have been entered on the company's Register of Members) the total number of voting rights in the company was 50,395,519 ordinary shares, carrying one vote each, and 100,000 preference shares carrying one vote each. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company are 50,495,519.
Contact
Jim Marsh
Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
01229 615 559
Legal Entity Identifier: 213800J975E5OYR6S216
James Fisher and Sons (FSJ)