RNS Number : 7483C
Fisher (James) & Sons plc
14 June 2023
 

 

James Fisher and Sons plc

(the "Company")

 

Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

14 June 2023

 

The Company is pleased to announce that all the resolutions proposed at the AGM held on 14 June 2023 were duly passed.  A breakdown of proxy votes lodged prior to the AGM and the result of the Poll is set out below.

                                                                               

 

VOTES
FOR

%

VOTES
AGAINST

%

Total votes cast (excluding withheld)

VOTES
WITHHELD

Resolution 1

To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022.

34,449,387

99.98

6,764

0.02

34,456,151

480,477

Resolution 2

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2022.

32,777,381

95.46

1,557,653

4.54

34,335,034

601,594

Resolution 3

To elect Mr J B Vernet as a Director of the Company.

34,925,917

99.97

9,010

0.03

34,934,927

1,751

Resolution 4

To re-elect Mr A G Cockburn as a Director of the Company.

34,110,455

99.00

345,535

1.00

34,455,990

480,688

Resolution 5

To re-elect Mr D Kennedy as a Director of the Company.

34,838,523

99.72

96,404

0.28

34,934,927

1,751

Resolution 6

To re-elect Ms A I Comiskey as a Director of the Company.

33,199,751

95.03

1,736,462

4.97

34,936,213

465

Resolution 7

To re-elect Mr J R Atkinson as a Director of the Company.

34,668,266

99.23

268,161

0.77

34,936,427

251

Resolution 8

To re-elect Dr I Braunschmidt as a Director of the Company.

34,665,367

99.22

271,060

0.78

34,936,427

251

Resolution 9

To re-elect Ms C L Hawkings as a Director of the Company.

34,631,020

99.13

305,407

0.87

34,936,427

251

Resolution 10

To re-elect Mr K P Pandya as a Director of the Company.

34,630,036

99.13

304,677

0.87

34,934,713

1,965

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.

34,434,569

98.56

501,858

1.44

34,936,427

251

Resolution 12

To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration.

34,916,564

99.95

17,763

0.05

34,934,327

2,351

Resolution 13

That the Directors are authorised to allot shares and to grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares in the Company.

30,843,127

88.28

4,093,300

11.72

34,936,427

251

Resolution 14

That, subject to Resolution 13, the Directors be empowered to allot equity securities for cash as if section 561(1) of the Act did not apply.

33,390,888

95.60

1,536,975

4.40

34,927,863

1,115

Resolution 15

That, subject to Resolution 13 and in addition to 14, the Directors be empowered to allot equity securities for cash as if section 561 did not apply.

32,870,623

94.11

2,057,240

5.89

34,927,863

1,115

Resolution 16

That the Company be authorised to make market purchases of ordinary shares of 0.25 GBP each in the capital of the Company.

34,340,960

98.32

587,567

1.68

34,928,527

451

Resolution 17

That any general meeting (other than an AGM) may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.

34,802,921

99.66

119,059

0.34

34,921,980

6,998

* 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.

As at 12 June 2023 (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.

For further information, contact:

James Fisher and Sons plc

Jean Vernet

Duncan Kennedy

Chief Executive Officer

Chief Financial Officer

020 7614 9503

FTI Consulting

Richard Mountain

Susanne Yule


0203 727 1340

 

 

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