BOOT (HENRY) PLC — AGM Information 2019

May 23, 2019

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RNS Number : 0437A

Boot(Henry) PLC

23 May 2019

HENRY BOOT PLC

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ('AGM'): 23 MAY 2019

Henry Boot PLC ('the Company') announces that all resolutions contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 11 April 2019 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 Votes Cast (excl. Votes Withheld)	Total for and at discretion		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.	94,643,943	94,643,943	100.00	0	0.00	1,000
Resolution 2: To declare a final dividend on the ordinary shares.	94,644,943	94,644,943	100.00	0	0.00	0
Resolution 3: To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.	94,612,448	80,357,367	84.93	14,255,081	15.07	32,495
Resolution 4: To reappoint Jamie Boot as a Director.	94,582,845	82,841,176	87.59	11,741,669	12.41	62,098
Resolution 5: To reappoint John Sutcliffe as a Director.	94,643,543	94,643,179	100.00	364	0.00	1,400
Resolution 6: To reappoint Darren Littlewood as a Director.	94,643,543	94,594,526	99.95	49,017	0.05	1,400
Resolution 7: To reappoint Joanne Lake as a Director.	91,783,982	85,923,653	93.62	5,860,329	6.38	2,860,961
Resolution 8: To reappoint James Sykes as a Director.	94,575,345	84,516,607	89.36	10,058,738	10.64	69,598
Resolution 9: To reappoint Peter Mawson as a Director.	94,641,543	90,929,385	96.08	3,712,158	3.92	3,400
Resolution 10: To reappoint Gerald Jennings as a Director.	94,634,043	90,921,885	96.08	3,712,158	3.92	10,900
Resolution 11: To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors.	92,957,612	92,922,213	99.96	35,399	0.04	1,687,331
Resolution 12: To authorise the Audit and Risk Committee to fix the auditors' remuneration.	94,644,943	94,606,288	99.96	38,655	0.04	0
Resolution 13: To authorise the Directors under Section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 to allot shares.	94,622,878	94,608,886	99.99	13,992	0.01	22,065
Resolution 14: To grant the authority requested in respect of the issue of equity securities for cash.	94,620,878	94,589,555	99.97	31,323	0.03	24,065
Resolution 15: To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company's shares.	94,616,378	92,905,191	98.19	1,711,187	1.81	28,565

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 2019, there were 133,162,602 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 2018 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

Amy Oakley

Company Secretary

Tel: 0114 255 5444

www.henryboot.co.uk 

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