REG - Boot(Henry) PLC - Result of AGM

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26/05/2022 15:00

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RNS Number : 8436M  Boot(Henry) PLC  26 May 2022

HENRY BOOT PLC

 

 

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ('AGM'): 26 MAY 2022

 

 

Henry Boot PLC ('the Company') announces that all resolutions contained in the
Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 13 April 2022 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

                                                                                 Total Votes Cast (excl. Votes Withheld)

                                                                                 No. of votes                              No. of votes    % of vote       No. of votes  % of vote  No. of votes
 Resolution 1:                                                                   86,402,031                                86,391,708      99.99           10,323        0.01       1,685,931

 To receive the Directors' Report, Auditors' Report, Strategic Report and the
 Financial Statements.
 Resolution 2:                                                                   88,087,962                                88,087,962      100.00          0             0.00       0

 To declare a final dividend on the ordinary shares.
 Resolution 3:                                                                   87,945,293                                83,537,884      94.99           4,407,409     5.01       12,669

 To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.
 Resolution 4:                                                                   88,066,196                                79,259,719      90.00           8,806,477     10.00      21,766

 To reappoint Timothy Roberts as a Director.
 Resolution 5:                                                                   88,066,196                                85,590,406      97.19           2,475,790     2.81       21,766

 To reappoint Darren Littlewood as a Director.
 Resolution 6:                                                                   88,066,196                                86,180,996      97.86           1,885,200     2.14       21,766

 To reappoint Joanne Lake as a Director.
 Resolution 7:                                                                   88,066,195                                83,848,623      95.21           4,217,572     4.79       21,767

 To reappoint James Sykes as a Director.
 Resolution 8:                                                                   84,700,503                                82,110,037      96.94           2,590,466     3.06       3,387,459

 To reappoint Peter Mawson as a Director.
 Resolution 9:                                                                   88,056,696                                86,279,372      97.98           1,777,324     2.02       31,266

 To reappoint Gerald Jennings as a Director.
 Resolution 10:                                                                  88,086,869                                86,253,229      97.92           1,833,640     2.08       1,093

 To reappoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors.
 Resolution 11:                                                                  88,071,869                                87,927,584      99.84           144,285       0.16       16,093

 To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to fix the auditors' remuneration.
 Resolution 12:                                                                  86,028,640                                85,001,494      98.81           1,027,146     1.19       2,059,322

 To authorise the Directors under Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 to
 allot shares.
 Resolution 13:                                                                  86,018,585                                85,268,400      99.13           750,185       0.87       2,069,377

 To grant the authority requested in respect of the issue of equity securities
 for cash.
 Resolution 14:                                                                  86,028,805                                84,323,770      98.02           1,705,035     1.98       2,059,157

 To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company's shares.

 

The 'for' vote includes those giving discretion to the Chairman.

 

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 24 May 2022, there were 133,447,951 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
(http://www.henryboot.co.uk) .

 

The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of AGM. The
2021 Annual Report and Financial Statements, together with the Notice of AGM,
are available to view on the National Storage Mechanism ('NSM')
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) and a copy can also
be found on the Company's website.

 

 

Enquiries:

 

Henry Boot PLC

Amy Stanbridge

Company Secretary

Tel: 0114 255 5444

 

www.henryboot.co.uk (http://www.henryboot.co.uk/)

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