3rd May 2018 15:39
James Fisher and Sons plc
(the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
3 May 2018
The Company is pleased to announce that all the resolutions proposed at the AGM held on 3 May 2018 were duly passed. A breakdown of proxy votes lodged prior to the AGM is set out below.
Resolution | Total proxy votes cast (excluding withheld) | For | Against | Withheld | |||
Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | |||
1. | To receive the Annual Accounts and reports thereon | 41,358,870 | 41,012,596 | 99.16 | 346,274 | 0.84 | 13,700 |
2. | To approve the remuneration policy | 41,351,846 | 40,478,854 | 97.89 | 872,992 | 2.11 | 20,723 |
3. | To approve the Annual statement by the chairman of the Remuneration Committee and the Annual report on remuneration | 40,751,294 | 39,508,991 | 96.95 | 1,242,303 | 3.05 | 621,275 |
4. | To declare a final dividend | 41,372,570 | 41,369,736 | 99.99 | 2,834 | 0.01 | 0 |
5. | To re-elect Mr N P Henry | 41,367,500 | 41,161,970 | 99.5 | 205,530 | 0.5 | 5,070 |
6. | To re-elect Mr S C Kilpatrick | 41,367,500 | 41,161,554 | 99.5 | 205,946 | 0.5 | 5,070 |
7. | To re-elect Mr M S Paul | 40,161,288 | 38,326,870 | 95.43 | 1,834,418 | 4.57 | 1,211,281 |
8. | To re-elect Ms A I Comiskey | 41,366,180 | 41,352,304 | 99.97 | 13,876 | 0.03 | 6,390 |
9. | To re-elect Mr D G Moorhouse | 41,366,930 | 41,178,238 | 99.54 | 188,692 | 0.46 | 5,640 |
10. | To re-elect Mr M J L Salter | 41,366,930 | 41,178,054 | 99.54 | 188,876 | 0.46 | 5,640 |
11. | To elect Mr J R Atkinson | 41,366,750 | 41,187,483 | 99.57 | 179,267 | 0.43 | 5,820 |
12. | To elect Mr F H S Graham | 41,363,666 | 41,154,536 | 99.49 | 209,130 | 0.51 | 8,904 |
13. | To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor | 41,366,969 | 40,735,935 | 98.47 | 631,034 | 1.53 | 5,600 |
14. | To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration | 41,372,570 | 41,366,685 | 99.99 | 5,885 | 0.01 | 0 |
15. | To authorise the Directors to allot relevant securities | 41,371,500 | 41,352,853 | 99.95 | 18,647 | 0.05 | 1,070 |
16. | To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights (general) | 41,372,270 | 41,122,617 | 99.4 | 249,653 | 0.6 | 300 |
17. | To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights (acquisitions/capital investments) | 41,372,199 | 37,866,820 | 91.53 | 3,505,379 | 8.47 | 370 |
18. | To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares | 41,354,365 | 40,730,236 | 98.49 | 624,129 | 1.51 | 18,204 |
19. | To allow the Company to hold general meetings (other than AGMs) at 14 days notice | 41,371,570 | 40,980,743 | 99.06 | 390,827 | 0.94 | 1,000 |
A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.
The percentage of issued share capital voted was 82.31%.
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