Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8563H

Boot(Henry) PLC

22 May 2014

 



HENRY BOOT PLC

(the 'Company')

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ('AGM'): 22 MAY 2014

Henry Boot PLC ('the Company') announces that all resolutions contained in the Notice of annual general meeting dated 17 April 2014 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 for and at discretion)		Total against		Withheld
	No. of votes	% of vote	No. of votes	% of vote	No. of votes
Resolution 1: To receive the Directors' and Auditors' Reports, Strategic Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2013	94,047,392	99.98	14,350	0.02	0
Resolution 2: To declare a final dividend	94,061,742	100	0	0	0
Resolution 3: To re-appoint JJ Sykes as a Director	77,427,387	83.61	15,178,945	16.39	1,455,410
Resolution 4: To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of the Company	92,396,049	99.96	34,942	0.04	1,630,751
Resolution 5: To authorise the Directors to fix the auditors' remuneration	94,007,776	99.99	4,146	0.01	49,820
Resolution 6: To authorise the Directors to allot shares	94,022,367	99.98	22,000	0.02	17,375
Resolution 7: To grant the authority requested in respect of the issue of equity securities for cash	94,007,337	99.96	35,325	0.04	19,080
Resolution 8: To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company's shares	94,020,217	99.96	41,525	0.04	0
Resolution 9: To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	93,053,905	99.00	942,872	1.00	64,965
Resolution 10: To approve the Directors' remuneration policy	89,252,927	94.97	4,729,450	5.03	79,365

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 22 May 2014, there were 131,096,122 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 2013 Annual Report and Financial Statements together with the Notice of AGM are available to view on the National Storage Mechanism ('NSM') www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and a copy can also be found on the Company's website.

Enquiries:

Henry Boot PLC

Russell Deards

Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

www.henryboot.co.uk 

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Main Market: Premium Listing

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