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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 % VOTES % Total VOTES
FOR AGAINST votes WITHHELD
cast (excluding
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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* 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:
Chief Executive
Officer
James Fisher and Jean Vernet Chief Financial 020 7614
Sons plc Duncan Kennedy Officer 9503
Richard Mountain 0203 727
FTI Consulting Susanne Yule 1340
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