Result of AGM

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 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.

84,979,589

84,975,362

100.00%

4,227

0.00%

1,698,145

Resolution 2:

To declare a final dividend on the ordinary shares.

86,660,520

86,660,520

100.00%

0

0.00%

17,214

Resolution 3:

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.

86,646,843

84,439,135

97.45%

2,207,708

2.55%

25,891

Resolution 4:

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.

86,651,000

84,106,729

97.06%

2,544,271

2.94%

26,734

Resolution 5:

To reappoint Timothy Roberts as a Director.

86,664,676

86,106,973

99.36%

557,703

0.64%

13,058

Resolution 6:

To reappoint Darren Littlewood as a Director.

86,664,155

86,652,950

99.99%

11,205

0.01%

13,579

Resolution 7:

To reappoint Joanne Lake as a Director.

86,662,776

85,211,642

98.33%

1,451,134

1.67%

14,958

Resolution 8:

To reappoint James Sykes as a Director.

86,662,776

84,259,268

97.23%

2,403,508

2.77%

14,958

Resolution 9:

To reappoint Peter Mawson as a Director.

86,664,150

85,839,049

99.05%

825,101

0.95%

13,584

Resolution 10:

To reappoint Gerald Jennings as a Director.

86,662,776

85,962,813

99.19%

699,963

0.81%

14,958

Resolution 11:

To reappoint Serena Lang as a Director.

 

 

84,963,220

84,258,531

99.17%

704,689

0.83%

1,714,514

Resolution 12:

To reappoint Talita Ferreira as a Director.

86,658,700

86,617,494

99.95%

41,206

0.05%

19,034

Resolution 13:

To reappoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors.

86,664,999

84,926,037

97.99%

1,738,962

2.01%

12,735

Resolution 14:

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

86,648,770

86,599,953

99.94%

48,817

0.06%

28,964

Resolution 15:

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

86,625,455

86,414,790

99.76%

210,665

0.24%

52,279

Resolution 16*:

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

86,644,455

85,617,750

98.82%

1,026,705

1.18%

33,279

Resolution 17*:

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

86,642,955

84,875,064

97.96%

1,767,891

2.04%

34,779

 

*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.

 

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 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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