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RNS Number : 2057E  Fisher (James) & Sons plc  13 May 2026

13 May 2026

James Fisher and Sons plc

(the "Company")

 

Results of Annual General Meeting

 

The Company is pleased to announce that all the resolutions proposed at the
Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held earlier today were duly passed.
Resolutions 1 to 14 were each passed as an Ordinary Resolution (requiring a
simple majority for them to be passed) and resolutions 15 to 18 were each
passed as a Special Resolution (requiring at least a 75% majority for them to
be passed). The polling results for each resolution are set out below:

 

 Resolution                                                                                  Votes For   %       Votes Against  %       Total votes cast  % of ISC voted(1)  Votes Withheld(2)
 1.          To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025   40,715,246  99.99%  2,201          0.01%   40,717,447        80.28%             297,251
 2.          To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December    40,665,621  99.24%  310,300        0.76%   40,975,921        80.79%             38,777
             2025
 3.          To re-elect Angus Cockburn as a Director                                        40,459,948  99.38%  251,348        0.62%   40,711,296        80.26%             303,402
 4.          To re-elect Jean Vernet as a Director                                           40,996,785  99.96%  17,223         0.04%   41,014,008        80.86%             690
 5.          To re-elect Karen Hayzen-Smith as a Director                                    40,990,770  99.96%  17,366         0.04%   41,008,136        80.85%             6,562
 6.          To re-elect Justin Atkinson as a Director                                       40,715,170  99.37%  257,219        0.63%   40,972,389        80.78%             42,309
 7.          To re-elect Inken Braunschmidt as a Director                                    40,417,638  98.65%  554,062        1.35%   40,971,700        80.78%             42,998
 8.          To re-elect Claire Hawkings as a Director                                       40,716,942  99.38%  255,580        0.62%   40,972,522        80.78%             42,176
 9.          To re-elect Kash Pandya as a Director                                           40,714,940  99.37%  257,451        0.63%   40,972,391        80.78%             42,307
 10.         To re-elect Shian Jastram as a Director                                         40,715,071  99.38%  254,615        0.62%   40,969,686        80.77%             45,012
 11.         To appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the Company                              40,997,794  99.96%  16,040         0.04%   41,013,834        80.86%             864
 12.         To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration        40,998,590  99.96%  15,290         0.04%   41,013,880        80.86%             818
 13.         To approve the James Fisher and Sons Long Term Incentive Plan.                  37,310,882  99.93%  25,531         0.07%   37,336,413        73.61%             3,678,285
 14.         To authorise the directors to allot shares                                      36,701,729  89.49%  4,309,043      10.51%  41,010,772        80.85%             3,926
 15.         To disapply pre-emption rights (Special Resolution)                             40,935,260  99.83%  69,503         0.17%   41,004,763        80.84%             9,935
 16.         To disapply pre-emption rights - specified capital investments (Special         40,941,014  99.84%  63,749         0.16%   41,004,763        80.84%             9,935
             Resolution)
 17.         To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares (Special Resolution)        40,984,005  99.93%  28,671         0.07%   41,012,676        80.86%             2,022
 18.         That any general meeting (other than an AGM) may be called on not less than 14  40,988,765  99.94%  25,405         0.06%   41,014,170        80.86%             528
             clear days' notice (Special Resolution)

 

Notes:

1.     As at 11 May 2026 (being the latest date by which shareholders
entitled to vote must have been entered on the Company's Register of Members)
the total number of voting rights in the Company was  50,621,497  ordinary
shares, carrying one vote each, and 100,000 preference shares carrying one
vote each. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company are 50,721,497.

2.     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 UK Listing Rule 6.4.2, copies of resolutions that
constitute as special 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) .

 

For further information, contact:

 James Fisher and Sons plc                     020 7614 9503

 Jean Vernet, Chief Executive Officer

 Karen Hayzen-Smith, Chief Financial Officer
 Alma Strategic Communications                 020 3405 0205

 Justine James / Sam Modlin                    jamesfisher@almastrategic.com (mailto:jamesfisher@almastrategic.com)

 

Notes to editors

James Fisher and Sons plc is a leading provider of unique marine solutions in
Energy, Defence and Maritime Transport. The Group pioneers safe, innovative
solutions that solve complex customer challenges for industries and
governments around the world.

For more information visit  www.james-fisher.com
(http://www.james-fisher.com/)

 

 

 

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