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James Fisher And SonsAnnouncement

05/05/2022 17:15

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RNS Number : 5223K  Fisher (James) & Sons plc  05 May 2022

 

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.

 

                                                                                  VOTES       %      VOTES      %     Total votes cast (excluding withheld)  VOTES

FOR
AGAINST
WITHHELD
 Resolution 1                                                                     39,446,472  99.99  4,072      0.01  39,450,544                             474,135

 To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021.
 Resolution 2                                                                     37,913,927  95.00  1,995,607  5.00  39,909,534                             18,745

 To approve the Director's Remuneration Report For the financial year ended 31
 December 2021.
 Resolution 3                                                                     39,591,914  99.16  335,279    0.84  39,927,193                             1,086

 To elect Mr A Cockburn as Director of the Company.
 Resolution 4                                                                     39,919,963  99.98  7,178      0.02  39,927,141                             1,138

 To elect Mr D Kennedy as a Director of the Company.
 Resolution 5                                                                     39,899,747  99.93  28,446     0.07  39,928,193                             86

 To elect Mr K Pandya as a Director of the Company.
 Resolution 6                                                                     39,859,730  99.95  19,759     0.05  39,879,489                             48,790

 To elect Ms C A Hawkings as a Director of the Company.
 Resolution 7                                                                     39,317,389  99.70  117,632    0.30  39,435,021                             493,258

 To re-elect Mr E P O'Lionaird as a Director of the Company.
 Resolution 8                                                                     25,687,144  93.80  1,698,784  6.20  27,385,928                             12,542,351

 To re-elect Ms A I Comiskey as a Director of the Company.
 Resolution 9                                                                     27,189,501  99.15  232,043    0.85  27,421,544                             12,506,735

 To re-elect Mr J R Atkinson as a Director of the Company.
 Resolution 10                                                                    39,726,820  99.61  157,057    0.39  39,883,877                             44,402

 To re-elect Dr I Braunschmidt as Director of the Company.
 Resolution 11                                                                    39,429,439  98.80  478,047    1.20  39,907,486                             20,793

 To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company to hold office until the
 conclusion of the next AGM of the Company.
 Resolution 12                                                                    39,910,736  99.96  14,682     0.04  39,925,418                             2,861

 To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration.
 Resolution 13                                                                    38,340,897  96.04  1,581,661  3.96  39,922,558                             5,721

 To authorise the Directors of the Company to allot shares in the Company.
 Resolution 14                                                                    38,270,461  95.85  1,656,100  4.15  39,926,561                             1,718

 To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights (general).
 Resolution 15                                                                    37,798,444  94.67  2,127,488  5.33  39,925,932                             2,347

 To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights (acquisitions/capital
 investments).
 Resolution 16                                                                    39,292,100  98.43  628,393    1.57  39,920,493                             7,786

 To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares.
 Resolution 17                                                                    39,805,911  99.74  103,782    0.26  39,909,693                             4,586

 To allow the Company to hold general meetings (other than AGMs) at 14 days'
 notice.

* 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
(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

 

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