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22 May 2025 15:59:04
- Source: Sharecast
HENRY BOOT PLC
('the Company')
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ('AGM'): 22 MAY 2025
Henry Boot PLC announces that following resolutions contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 11 April 2025 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. |
76,219,296 |
76,217,127 |
100.00% |
2,169 |
0.00% |
1,688,910 |
|
Resolution 2: To declare a final dividend on the ordinary shares. |
77,906,874 |
77,890,874 |
99.98% |
16,000 |
0.02% |
1,332 |
|
Resolution 3: To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report. |
76,184,270 |
75,824,093 |
99.53% |
360,177 |
0.47% |
1,712,436 |
|
Resolution 4: To reappoint Timothy Roberts as a Director. |
77,877,555 |
76,459,479 |
98.18% |
1,418,076 |
1.82% |
30,651 |
|
Resolution 5: To reappoint Darren Littlewood as a Director. |
77,866,055 |
77,811,773 |
99.93% |
54,282 |
0.07% |
42,151 |
|
Resolution 6: To reappoint Peter Mawson as a Director. |
77,876,180 |
73,190,601 |
93.98% |
4,685,579 |
6.02% |
32,026 |
|
Resolution 7: To reappoint Talita Ferreira as a Director. |
77,848,791 |
75,573,205 |
97.08% |
2,275,586 |
2.92% |
59,415 |
|
Resolution 8: To reappoint Serena Lang as a Director. |
76,177,578 |
73,914,274 |
97.03% |
2,263,304 |
2.97% |
1,730,628 |
|
Resolution 9: To reappoint Earl Sibley as a Director. |
77,865,921 |
77,052,814 |
98.96% |
813,107 |
1.04% |
42,285 |
|
Resolution 10: To reappoint James Sykes as a Director. |
77,858,615 |
76,371,465 |
98.09% |
1,487,150 |
1.91% |
49,591 |
|
Resolution 11: To reappoint Ernst & Young LLP as auditors. |
77,900,897 |
77,553,285 |
99.55% |
347,612 |
0.45% |
7,309 |
|
Resolution 12: To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to fix the auditors' remuneration. |
77,906,874 |
77,850,253 |
99.93% |
56,621 |
0.07% |
1,332 |
|
Resolution 13: To authorise the Directors under Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 to allot shares. |
77,864,367 |
77,745,877 |
99.85% |
118,490 |
0.15% |
43,839 |
|
Resolution 14: To approve the Henry Boot PLC 2025 Long-Term Incentive Plan. |
77,878,896 |
75,806,823 |
97.34% |
2,072,073 |
2.66% |
29,310 |
|
Resolution 15*: To grant the authority requested in respect of the issue of equity securities for cash. |
77,883,332 |
76,984,518 |
98.85% |
898,814 |
1.15% |
24,874 |
|
Resolution 16*: To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company's shares. |
77,883,932 |
77,794,875 |
99.89% |
89,057 |
0.11% |
24,274 |
|
Resolution 17*: To approve the articles of association. |
77,884,479 |
77,824,469 |
99.92% |
60,010 |
0.08% |
23,727 |
*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 20 May 2025, being the date on which shareholders had to be on the register in order to be eligible to vote, there were 134,025,096 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 news section at www.henryboot.co.uk.
The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of AGM. The 2024 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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