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James Fisher And SonsAnnouncement

30/05/2024 17:00

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RNS Number : 5286Q  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       %      VOTES      %     Total votes cast (excluding withheld)  VOTES

FOR
AGAINST
WITHHELD
 Resolution 1                                                                     39,200,125  99.99  5,724      0.01  39,205,849                             304,461

 To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023.
 Resolution 2                                                                     38,486,812  99.18  317,121    0.82  38,803,933                             706,377

 To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.
 Resolution 3                                                                     39,114,306  99.01  389,921    0.99  39,504,227                             6,083

 To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December
 2023.
 Resolution 4                                                                     39,505,808  99.99  3,741      0.01  39,509,549                             761

 To elect Ms K V Hayzen-Smith as a Director of the Company.
 Resolution 5                                                                     39,499,311  99.97  10,238     0.03  39,509,549                             761

 To elect Ms S V Jastram as a Director of the Company.
 Resolution 6                                                                     38,972,513  99.40  236,385    0.60  39,208,898                             301,412

 To re-elect Mr A G Cockburn as a Director of the Company.
 Resolution 7                                                                     39,494,875  99.97  13,124     0.03  39,507,999                             2,311

 To re-elect Mr J B Vernet as a Director of the Company.
 Resolution 8                                                                     39,269,284  99.40  236,385    0.60  39,505,669                             4,641

 To re-elect Mr J R Atkinson as a Director of the Company.
 Resolution 9                                                                     38,898,108  98.46  609,890    1.54  39,507,998                             2,312

 To re-elect Dr I Braunschmidt as a Director of the Company.
 Resolution 10                                                                    39,196,448  99.22  309,221    0.78  39,505,669                             4,641

 To re-elect Ms C L Hawkings as a Director of the Company.
 Resolution 11                                                                    39,268,001  99.40  236,568    0.60  39,504,569                             5,741

 To re-elect Mr K P Pandya as a Director of the Company.
 Resolution 12                                                                    39,187,820  99.19  321,728    0.81  39,509,548                             762

 To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor of the Company to hold office until the
 conclusion of the next AGM of the Company.
 Resolution 13                                                                    39,487,414  99.95  20,134     0.05  39,507,548                             2,762

 To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration.
 Resolution 14                                                                    35,638,692  90.20  3,871,307  9.80  39,509,999                             311

 That the Directors be authorised to allot shares and to grant rights to
 subscribe for or convert any security into shares in the Company.
 Resolution 15                                                                    39,350,727  99.61  155,957    0.39  39,506,684                             3,626

 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.
 Resolution 16                                                                    39,057,041  98.86  449,643    1.14  39,506,684                             3,626

 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.
 Resolution 17                                                                    39,120,135  99.01  389,414    0.99  39,509,549                             761

 That the Company be authorised to make market purchases of ordinary shares of
 0.25 GBP each in the capital of the Company.
 Resolution 18                                                                    39,393,868  99.71  114,337    0.29  39,508,205                             2,099

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

* 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
(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:

 James Fisher and Sons plc  Jean Vernet          Chief Executive Officer   020 7614 9503

                            Karen Hayzen-Smith   Chief Financial Officer
 FTI Consulting             Richard Mountain                               0203 727 1340

                            Susanne Yule

 

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