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RNS Number : 7196P  Boot(Henry) PLC  23 May 2024

HENRY BOOT PLC

('the Company')

 

 

 

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ('AGM'): 23 MAY 2024

 

 

Henry Boot PLC announces that following resolutions contained in the Notice of
Annual General Meeting dated 11 April 2024 previously circulated to the
Company's shareholders were passed on a poll at the Company's Annual General
Meeting ('AGM') held today. The total number of votes received on each
resolution was as follows:

 

 

 Resolution                                                                                                                Total for                Total against            Withheld

                                                                                 Total Votes Cast (excl. Votes Withheld)

                                                                                 No. of votes                              No. of votes  % of vote  No. of votes  % of vote  No. of votes
 Resolution 1:                                                                   84,979,589                                84,975,362    100.00%    4,227         0.00%      1,698,145

 To receive the Directors' Report, Auditors' Report, Strategic Report and the
 Financial Statements.
 Resolution 2:                                                                   86,660,520                                86,660,520    100.00%    0             0.00%      17,214

 To declare a final dividend on the ordinary shares.
 Resolution 3:                                                                   86,646,843                                84,439,135    97.45%     2,207,708     2.55%      25,891

 To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.
 Resolution 4:                                                                   86,651,000                                84,106,729    97.06%     2,544,271     2.94%      26,734

 To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.
 Resolution 5:                                                                   86,664,676                                86,106,973    99.36%     557,703       0.64%      13,058

 To reappoint Timothy Roberts as a Director.
 Resolution 6:                                                                   86,664,155                                86,652,950    99.99%     11,205        0.01%      13,579

 To reappoint Darren Littlewood as a Director.
 Resolution 7:                                                                   86,662,776                                85,211,642    98.33%     1,451,134     1.67%      14,958

 To reappoint Joanne Lake as a Director.
 Resolution 8:                                                                   86,662,776                                84,259,268    97.23%     2,403,508     2.77%      14,958

 To reappoint James Sykes as a Director.
 Resolution 9:                                                                   86,664,150                                85,839,049    99.05%     825,101       0.95%      13,584

 To reappoint Peter Mawson as a Director.
 Resolution 10:                                                                  86,662,776                                85,962,813    99.19%     699,963       0.81%      14,958

 To reappoint Gerald Jennings as a Director.
 Resolution 11:                                                                  84,963,220                                84,258,531    99.17%     704,689       0.83%      1,714,514

 To reappoint Serena Lang as a Director.

 Resolution 12:                                                                  86,658,700                                86,617,494    99.95%     41,206        0.05%      19,034

 To reappoint Talita Ferreira as a Director.
 Resolution 13:                                                                  86,664,999                                84,926,037    97.99%     1,738,962     2.01%      12,735

 To reappoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors.
 Resolution 14:                                                                  86,648,770                                86,599,953    99.94%     48,817        0.06%      28,964

 To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to fix the auditors' remuneration.
 Resolution 15:                                                                  86,625,455                                86,414,790    99.76%     210,665       0.24%      52,279

 To authorise the Directors under Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 to
 allot shares.
 Resolution 16*:                                                                 86,644,455                                85,617,750    98.82%     1,026,705     1.18%      33,279

 To grant the authority requested in respect of the issue of equity securities
 for cash.
 Resolution 17*:                                                                 86,642,955                                84,875,064    97.96%     1,767,891     2.04%      34,779

 To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company's shares.

 

*Special resolution

 

The 'for' vote includes those giving discretion to the Chairman.

 

A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of
the votes for or against a resolution.

 

On 21 May 2024, being the date on which shareholders had to be on the register
in order to be eligible to vote, there were 133,988,152 Henry Boot PLC
ordinary shares of 10p each in issue and no shares were held in treasury.
Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per share held.

 

A copy of the results for the AGM will also be available on the Company's
website within the latest news section at www.henryboot.co.uk
(http://www.henryboot.co.uk) .

 

The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of AGM. The
2023 Annual Report and Financial Statements, together with the Notice of AGM,
are available to view on the National Storage Mechanism ('NSM')
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) and a copy can also
be found on the Company's website.

 

 

Enquiries:

 

Henry Boot PLC

Amy Stanbridge

Company Secretary

Tel: 0114 255 5444

 

www.henryboot.co.uk (http://www.henryboot.co.uk/)

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