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: [phone]

www.henryboot.co.uk

 

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