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Annual General Meeting and COVID-19
Annual General Meeting and COVID-19.
About this update from James Fisher And Sons Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n RNS Number : 1212I\n Fisher (James) & Sons plc\n 31 March 2020\n \n \n \n 31 March 2020\n James Fisher and Sons plc\n Annual General Meeting and COVID-19\n In view of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Government's measures to restrict travel and public gatherings, the Board has decided that it is no longer practical or desirable to hold the Company's Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Abbey House Hotel, Barrow-in-Furness, as previously notified in the Notice of Meeting.\n Consequently the Company announces, in accordance with Article 55 of its Articles of Association, that the AGM is adjourned to the Company's office at 68 Cornhill, London EC3V 3QX and will proceed there on the notified time and date of Thursday 30 April 2020 at 11am, unless the Company announces otherwise as a result of Government updated measures.\n In addition, the Company hereby announces that it is withdrawing the following two resolutions:\n Pursuant to the announcement by the Company on 20 March 2020 in relation to the departure of Fergus Graham as an Executive Director, Resolution 7 relating to his re-election as a Director has been withdrawn.\n Resolution 3 in the AGM Notice seeks shareholders' approval of the final dividend for 2019. In view of the announcement by the Company on 26 March 2020 in relation to the Company's decision to suspend the proposed final dividend for 2019 until further notice, Resolution 3 has therefore been withdrawn.\n The Company considers safeguarding its shareholders' and employees' health and complying with the Government's measures to be of paramount importance. The Company's resulting plans for the AGM are set out below, based on the Government's current prohibition on public gatherings of more than two people. However the situation is evolving and further announcements may be required via the Regulatory News Service and the website (www.james-fisher.com).\n The meeting will be restricted to the formal business of the AGM, and there will be no corporate presentation, Q&A or refreshments. \n The meeting will be restricted to two attendees (for example, the Chairman and one Executive Director), both of whom will be shareholders for the purposes of forming a quorum. This complies with Government measures as a gathering that is 'essential for work purposes', in order to form a valid quorum to hold the ...