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Boot(Henry) PLC

25 May 2023

HENRY BOOT PLC

('the Company')

RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ('AGM'): 25 MAY 2023

Henry Boot PLC announces that following resolutions contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 12 April 2023 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 for             Total against         Withheld 
                                     Total Votes 
                                     Cast (excl. 
                                   Votes Withheld) 
                                   No. of votes      No. of votes    % of     No. of votes   % of    No. of votes 
                                                                      vote                    vote 
                                ------------------  -------------  --------  -------------  ------  ------------- 
 Resolution 1 : 
  To receive the 
  Directors' Report, 
  Auditors' Report, 
  Strategic Report 
  and the Financial 
  Statements.                       91,593,000        91,593,000    100.00%        0         0.00%    1,687,223 
                                ------------------  -------------  --------  -------------  ------  ------------- 
 Resolution 2 : 
  To declare a final 
  dividend on the 
  ordinary shares.                  93,280,223        93,278,931    100.00%      1,292       0.00%        0 
                                ------------------  -------------  --------  -------------  ------  ------------- 
 Resolution 3 : 
  To approve the 
  Directors' Remuneration 
  Report.                           93,239,551        91,422,990    98.05%     1,816,561     1.95%      40,672 
                                ------------------  -------------  --------  -------------  ------  ------------- 
 Resolution 4 : 
  To reappoint Timothy 
  Roberts as a Director.            90,731,354        89,029,310    98.12%     1,702,044     1.88%    2,548,869 
                                ------------------  -------------  --------  -------------  ------  ------------- 
 Resolution 5 : 
  To reappoint Darren 
  Littlewood as a 
  Director.                         93,253,361        93,242,875    99.99%       10,486      0.01%      26,862 
                                ------------------  -------------  --------  -------------  ------  ------------- 
 Resolution 6 : 
  To reappoint Joanne 
  Lake as a Director.               93,253,361        92,263,362    98.94%      989,999      1.06%      26,862 
                                ------------------  -------------  --------  -------------  ------  ------------- 
 Resolution 7 : 
  To reappoint James 
  Sykes as a Director.              93,253,361        92,648,737    99.35%      604,624      0.65%      26,862 
                                ------------------  -------------  --------  -------------  ------  ------------- 
 Resolution 8 : 
  To reappoint Peter 
  Mawson as a Director.             91,555,929        90,869,378    99.25%      686,551      0.75%    1,724,294 
                                ------------------  -------------  --------  -------------  ------  ------------- 
 Resolution 9 : 
  To reappoint Gerald 
  Jennings as a Director.           93,238,861        92,633,737    99.35%      605,124      0.65%      41,362 
                                ------------------  -------------  --------  -------------  ------  ------------- 
 Resolution 10 
  : 
  To reappoint Serena 
  Lang as a Director.               93,250,611        93,240,920    99.99%       9,691       0.01%      29,612 
                                ------------------  -------------  --------  -------------  ------  ------------- 
 Resolution 11 
  : 
  To reappoint Ernst 
  & Young LLP as 
  auditors.                         93,272,802        91,575,563    98.18%     1,697,239     1.82%      7,421 
                                ------------------  -------------  --------  -------------  ------  ------------- 
 Resolution 12 
  : 
  To authorise the 
  Audit and Risk 
  Committee to fix 
  the auditors' remuneration.       93,275,983        93,266,019    99.99%       9,964       0.01%      4,240 
                                ------------------  -------------  --------  -------------  ------  ------------- 
 Resolution 13 
  : 
  To authorise the 
  Directors under 
  Section 551 of 
  the Companies Act 
  2006 to allot shares.             93,239,158        93,199,386    99.96%       39,772      0.04%      41,065 
                                ------------------  -------------  --------  -------------  ------  ------------- 
 Resolution 14*: 
  To grant the authority 
  requested in respect 
  of the issue of 
  equity securities 
  for cash.                         90,700,281        90,678,058    99.98%       22,223      0.02%    2,579,942 
                                ------------------  -------------  --------  -------------  ------  ------------- 
 Resolution 15*: 
  To authorise the 
  Directors to make 
  market purchases 
  of the Company's 
  shares.                           90,720,820        89,017,117    98.12%     1,703,703     1.88%    2,559,403 
                                ------------------  -------------  --------  -------------  ------  ------------- 
 

*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 23 May 2023, being the date on which shareholders had to be on the register in order to be eligible to vote, there were 133,851,224 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 2022 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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