AGM Results

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Boot(Henry) PLC
30 June 2020
 

HENRY BOOT PLC

 

 

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ('AGM'): 30 June 2020

 

 

Henry Boot PLC ('the Company') announces that all resolutions contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 20 May 2020 previously circulated to the Company's shareholders were passed by way of a show of hands at the Annual General Meeting ('AGM') of the Company held today.

 

Details of the proxy voting instructions lodged prior to the AGM for each resolution (all of which were passed on a show of hands) are shown in the table below:

 

Resolution

 

Total Votes Cast (excl. Votes Withheld)

 

Total for and at discretion

Total against

Withheld


No. of votes

No. of votes

% of vote

No. of votes

% of vote

No. of votes

Resolution 1 :

To receive the Directors' Report, Auditors' Report, Strategic Report and the Financial Statements.

95,548,737

95,535,771

99.99

12,966

0.01

1,685,931

Resolution 2 :

To declare a final dividend on the ordinary shares.

97,211,104

97,206,850

100.00

4,254

0.00

23,565

Resolution 3 :

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.

97,202,829

91,440,756

94.07

5,762,073

5.93

31,839

Resolution 4 :

To reappoint Tim Roberts as a Director.

97,068,271

97,064,271

100.00

4,000

0.00

165,398

Resolution 5 :

To reappoint Jamie Boot as a Director.

97,186,477

93,550,239

96.26

3,636,238

3.74

48,191

Resolution 6 :

To reappoint Darren Littlewood as a Director.

97,069,271

97,016,254

99.95

53,017

0.05

165,398

Resolution 7 :

To reappoint Joanne Lake as a Director.

97,069,270

92,913,691

95.72

4,155,579

4.28

165,398

Resolution 8 :

To reappoint James Sykes as a Director.

97,059,895

94,175,433

97.03

2,884,462

2.97

174,773

Resolution 9 :

To reappoint Peter Mawson as a Director.

97,069,270

94,172,344

97.02

2,896,926

2.98

165,398

Resolution 10 :

To reappoint Gerald Jennings as a Director.

97,067,271

95,860,342

98.76

1,206,929

1.24

167,398

Resolution 11 :

To reappoint Ernst and Young as auditors.

97,206,290

97,000,949

99.79

205,341

0.21

28,379

Resolution 12:

To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to fix the auditors' remuneration.

97,051,686

96,846,906

99.79

204,780

0.21

182,983

Resolution 13:

That the rules of the Henry Boot PLC 2020 Company Share Option Plan, be and are hereby approved.

 

97,158,513

94,228,285

96.98

2,930,228

3.02

76,155

Resolution 14:

THAT the rules of the Henry Boot PLC 2020 Sharesave Plan, be and are hereby approved.

97,191,154

94,265,926

96.99

2,925,228

3.01

43,514

Resolution 15:

To authorise the Directors under Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 to allot shares.

 

97,203,104

96,879,291

99.67

323,813

0.33

31,565

Resolution 16:

To grant the authority requested in respect of the issue of equity securities for cash.

 

97,164,570

96,811,705

99.64

352,865

0.36

70,099

Resolution 17:

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

 

97,193,603

95,137,209

97.88

2,056,394

2.12

41,065

 

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 26 June 2020, there were 133,177,602 Henry Boot PLC ordinary shares of 10p each in issue. 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 .

 

The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of AGM. The 2019 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 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  


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