Fisher (James) & Sons plc Results of Annual General Meeting
31 May 2024 - 1:48AM
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Fisher (James) & Sons plc
30 May 2024
James Fisher and Sons
plc
(the
"Company")
Results of Annual General
Meeting ("AGM")
30 May 2024
The Company is pleased to announce
that all the resolutions proposed at the AGM held on 30 May 2024
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
|
%
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VOTES
AGAINST
|
%
|
Total votes cast (excluding
withheld)
|
VOTES
WITHHELD
|
|
Resolution 1
To receive the Annual Report and
Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023.
|
39,200,125
|
99.99
|
5,724
|
0.01
|
39,205,849
|
304,461
|
|
Resolution 2
To approve the Directors'
Remuneration Policy.
|
38,486,812
|
99.18
|
317,121
|
0.82
|
38,803,933
|
706,377
|
|
Resolution 3
To approve the Directors'
Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2023.
|
39,114,306
|
99.01
|
389,921
|
0.99
|
39,504,227
|
6,083
|
|
Resolution 4
To elect Ms K V Hayzen-Smith as a
Director of the Company.
|
39,505,808
|
99.99
|
3,741
|
0.01
|
39,509,549
|
761
|
|
Resolution 5
To elect Ms S V Jastram as a
Director of the Company.
|
39,499,311
|
99.97
|
10,238
|
0.03
|
39,509,549
|
761
|
|
Resolution 6
To re-elect Mr A G Cockburn as a
Director of the Company.
|
38,972,513
|
99.40
|
236,385
|
0.60
|
39,208,898
|
301,412
|
|
Resolution 7
To re-elect Mr J B Vernet as a
Director of the Company.
|
39,494,875
|
99.97
|
13,124
|
0.03
|
39,507,999
|
2,311
|
|
Resolution 8
To re-elect Mr J R Atkinson as a
Director of the Company.
|
39,269,284
|
99.40
|
236,385
|
0.60
|
39,505,669
|
4,641
|
|
Resolution 9
To re-elect Dr I Braunschmidt as a
Director of the Company.
|
38,898,108
|
98.46
|
609,890
|
1.54
|
39,507,998
|
2,312
|
|
Resolution 10
To re-elect Ms C L Hawkings as a
Director of the Company.
|
39,196,448
|
99.22
|
309,221
|
0.78
|
39,505,669
|
4,641
|
|
Resolution 11
To re-elect Mr K P Pandya as a
Director of the Company.
|
39,268,001
|
99.40
|
236,568
|
0.60
|
39,504,569
|
5,741
|
|
Resolution 12
To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of
the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next AGM of
the Company.
|
39,187,820
|
99.19
|
321,728
|
0.81
|
39,509,548
|
762
|
|
Resolution 13
To authorise the Audit Committee to
determine the auditor's remuneration.
|
39,487,414
|
99.95
|
20,134
|
0.05
|
39,507,548
|
2,762
|
|
Resolution 14
That the Directors be authorised to
allot shares and to grant rights to subscribe for or convert any
security into shares in the Company.
|
35,638,692
|
90.20
|
3,871,307
|
9.80
|
39,509,999
|
311
|
|
Resolution 15
That, subject to Resolution 14, the
Directors be empowered to allot equity securities for cash as if
section 561 of the Act did not apply.
|
39,350,727
|
99.61
|
155,957
|
0.39
|
39,506,684
|
3,626
|
|
Resolution 16
That, subject to Resolution 14 and
in addition to Resolution 15, the Directors be empowered to allot
equity securities for cash as if Section 561 of the Act did not
apply.
|
39,057,041
|
98.86
|
449,643
|
1.14
|
39,506,684
|
3,626
|
|
Resolution 17
That the Company be authorised to
make market purchases of ordinary shares of 0.25 GBP each in the
capital of the Company.
|
39,120,135
|
99.01
|
389,414
|
0.99
|
39,509,549
|
761
|
|
Resolution 18
That any general meeting (other than
an AGM) may be called on not less than 14 clear days'
notice.
|
39,393,868
|
99.71
|
114,337
|
0.29
|
39,508,205
|
2,099
|
* 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 28 May 2024 (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 50,398,063 ordinary shares, carrying one
vote each, and 100,000 preference shares carrying one vote each.
Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company are
50,498,063.
At the conclusion of the AGM, as
reported in the Company's 2023 Annual Report, Aedamar Comiskey
stepped down as a Non-Executive Director.
For
further information, contact:
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James Fisher and Sons plc
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Jean Vernet
Karen Hayzen-Smith
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Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
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020 7614 9503
|
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FTI Consulting
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Richard Mountain
Susanne Yule
|
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0203 727 1340
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