Result of AGM

Boot(Henry) PLC

25 May 2023

 

HENRY BOOT PLC

('the Company')

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ('AGM'): 25 MAY 2023

Henry Boot PLC announces that following resolutions contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 12 April 2023 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 Votes Cast (excl. Votes Withheld)	Total for		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.	91,593,000	91,593,000	100.00%	0	0.00%	1,687,223
Resolution 2: To declare a final dividend on the ordinary shares.	93,280,223	93,278,931	100.00%	1,292	0.00%	0
Resolution 3: To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.	93,239,551	91,422,990	98.05%	1,816,561	1.95%	40,672
Resolution 4: To reappoint Timothy Roberts as a Director.	90,731,354	89,029,310	98.12%	1,702,044	1.88%	2,548,869
Resolution 5: To reappoint Darren Littlewood as a Director.	93,253,361	93,242,875	99.99%	10,486	0.01%	26,862
Resolution 6: To reappoint Joanne Lake as a Director.	93,253,361	92,263,362	98.94%	989,999	1.06%	26,862
Resolution 7: To reappoint James Sykes as a Director.	93,253,361	92,648,737	99.35%	604,624	0.65%	26,862
Resolution 8: To reappoint Peter Mawson as a Director.	91,555,929	90,869,378	99.25%	686,551	0.75%	1,724,294
Resolution 9: To reappoint Gerald Jennings as a Director.	93,238,861	92,633,737	99.35%	605,124	0.65%	41,362
Resolution 10: To reappoint Serena Lang as a Director.	93,250,611	93,240,920	99.99%	9,691	0.01%	29,612
Resolution 11: To reappoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors.	93,272,802	91,575,563	98.18%	1,697,239	1.82%	7,421
Resolution 12: To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to fix the auditors' remuneration.	93,275,983	93,266,019	99.99%	9,964	0.01%	4,240
Resolution 13: To authorise the Directors under Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 to allot shares.	93,239,158	93,199,386	99.96%	39,772	0.04%	41,065
Resolution 14*: To grant the authority requested in respect of the issue of equity securities for cash.	90,700,281	90,678,058	99.98%	22,223	0.02%	2,579,942
Resolution 15*: To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company's shares.	90,720,820	89,017,117	98.12%	1,703,703	1.88%	2,559,403

*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 23 May 2023, being the date on which shareholders had to be on the register in order to be eligible to vote, there were 133,851,224 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.

The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of AGM. The 2022 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: [phone]

www.henryboot.co.uk

 

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