30 Apr 2020 14:49
James Fisher and Sons plc - Result of Annual General Meeting
30 April 2020
Following the Annual General Meeting held today, James Fisher and Sons plc announces the results for each resolution. Voting at the 2020 AGM was on a poll. The following table sets out the results of the poll on each resolution.
Result | FOR | % | AGAINST | % | Total votes cast (excluding withheld) | Proxy votes withheld * | |
ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS | |||||||
Resolution 1 To receive the 2019 Report and Accounts | FOR | 28,454,837
| 99.996
| 1,000
| 0.004
| 28,455,837
| 533,668
|
Resolution 2 To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report in the Annual Report on Remuneration | FOR | 26,256,596 | 94.16
| 1,628,025
| 5.84
| 27,884,621
| 1,104,884
|
Resolution 3 | WITHDRAWN | ||||||
Resolution 4 To elect Mr E P O'Lionaird as a Director of the Company. | FOR | 28,223,909
| 99.20
| 226,933
| 0.80
| 28,450,842
| 538,663
|
Resolution 5 To re-elect Mr M S Paul as a Director of the Company. | FOR | 27,598,256
| 95.22
| 1,386,249
| 4.78
| 28,984,505
| 5,000
|
Resolution 6 To re-elect Mr S C Kilpatrick as a Director of the Company. | FOR | 28,756,572
| 99.21
| 227,933
| 0.79
| 28,984,505
| 5,000
|
Resolution 7 | WITHDRAWN | ||||||
Resolution 8 To re-elect Mr J R Atkinson as a Director of the Company. | FOR | 26,043,226
| 89.85
| 2,941,279
| 10.15
| 28,984,505
| 5,000
|
Resolution 9 To re-elect Ms A I Comiskey as a Director of the Company. | FOR | 28,982,887
| 99.99
| 1,618
| 0.01
| 28,984,505
| 5,000
|
Resolution 10 To re-elect Mr M J L Salter as a Director of the Company. | FOR | 28,756,572
| 99.21
| 227,933
| 0.79
| 28,984,505
| 5,000
|
Resolution 11 To re-elect Dr I Braunschmidt as a Director of the Company. | FOR | 27,429,099
| 94.63
| 1,555,406
| 5.37
| 28,984,505
| 5,000
|
Resolution 12 To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor | FOR | 27,821,640
| 95.97
| 1,167,865
| 4.03
| 28,989,505
| 0
|
Resolution 13 To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration. | FOR | 28,362,919
| 97.84
| 626,586
| 2.16
| 28,989,505
| 0
|
Resolution 14 To renew the directors' authority to allot shares | FOR | 28,927,973
| 99.79
| 61,532
| 0.21
| 28,989,505
| 0
|
SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS | |||||||
Resolution 15 Disapply pre-emption (general) | FOR | 28,763,538
| 99.23
| 224,150
| 0.77
| 28,987,688
| 1,817
|
Resolution 16 - Disapply pre-emption (acquisitions/ capital investments) | FOR | 28,209,875
| 97.38
| 757,813
| 2.62
| 28,967,688
| 21,817
|
Resolution 17 - Authority to purchase own shares | FOR | 28,447,528
| 98.13
| 541,977
| 1.87
| 28,989,505
| 0
|
Resolution 18 - Notice of general meetings | FOR | 28,544,804 | 98.47 | 444,701 | 1.53 | 28,989,505 | 0 |
* 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 the UK Listing Authority's listing rules, 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
As at 28 April 2019 (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 50,355,223 ordinary shares, carrying one vote each, and 100,000 preference shares carrying one vote each. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company are 50,455,223.
Contact
Jim Marsh
Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
01229 615 559
Legal Entity Identifier: 213800J975E5OYR6S216
James Fisher and Sons (FSJ)