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 |
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|
|
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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%.