Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM"))

RNS Number : 1698S

HSS Hire Group PLC

21 June 2018

 

21 June 2018

HSS Hire Group plc

Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

At the AGM of HSS Hire Group plc held today at 11.00 am at Hilton Garden Inn Heathrow, Pavilion Centre, Eastern Perimeter Road, Hatton Cross, Heathrow, TW6 2SQ, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting were voted on a poll and were passed by the requisite majorities.

Resolutions 1 to 12 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 13 to 16 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll are set out below.

Ordinary resolutions	Votes for	% Votes for 1	Votes against	% Votes against 1	Total votes validly cast	% of Issued share capital voted 1,2,3	Votes withheld 2
Resolution 1: Receive annual report and accounts	132,577,519	100.00	4,903	0.00	132,582,422	77.89%	0
Resolution 2: Receive and approve remuneration report	132,564,675	99.99	12,987	0.01	132,577,662	77.89%	4,760
Resolution 3: Re-election of Alan Peterson	132,571,915	99.99	10,031	0.01	132,581,946	77.89%	476
Resolution 4: Re-election of Amanda Burton	132,571,185	99.99	10,031	0.01	132,581,216	77.89%	1,206
Resolution 5: Re-election of Douglas Robertson	132,571,915	99.99	10,031	0.01	132,581,946	77.89%	476
Resolution 6: Re-election of Thomas Sweet-Escott	132,571,439	99.99	10,507	0.01	132,581,946	77.89%	476
Resolution 7: Re-election of Steve Ashmore	132,571,915	99.99	10,031	0.01	132,581,946	77.89%	476
Resolution 8: Re-election of Paul Quested	132,572,391	99.99	9,555	0.01	132,581,946	77.89%	476
Resolution 9: Re-appoint BDO LLP as auditors	132,571,031	99.99	6,631	0.01	132,577,662	77.89%	4,760
Resolution 10: Authorise directors to agree auditors' remuneration	132,571,031	99.99	6,631	0.01	132,577,662	77.89%	4,760
Resolution 11: Renew authority to allot new shares	132,567,631	99.99	9,555	0.01	132,577,186	77.89%	5,236
Resolution 12: Political donations	132,563,726	99.99	18,196	0.01	132,581,922	77.89%	500

VOTES OF INDEPENDENT SHAREHOLDERS ON THE RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING THE RE-ELECTION OF THE INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Ordinary resolutions	Votes for	% Votes for 1	Votes against	% Votes against 1	Total votes validly cast	% of Issued share capital voted 1,2,4	Votes withheld 2
Resolution 4: Re-election of Amanda Burton	46,889,477	99.98	10,031	0.02	46,899,508	55.49%	1,206
Resolution 5: Re-election of Douglas Robertson	46,890,207	99.98	10,031	0.02	46,900,238	55.49%	476

Special resolutions	Votes for	% Votes for 1	Votes against	% Votes against 1	Total votes validly cast	% of Issued share capital voted 1,2,3	Votes withheld 2
Resolution 13: Disapplication of pre-emption rights to allotment of equity securities	132,567,631	99.99	9,555	0.01	132,577,186	77.89%	5,236
Resolution 14: Disapplication of pre-emption rights for financing or capital investment	132,567,631	99.99	10,031	0.01	132,577,662	77.89%	4,760
Resolution 15: Authority to purchase own shares	132,566,287	99.99	16,135	0.01	132,582,422	77.89%	0
Resolution 16: Notice of general meetings	132,575,061	99.99	7,361	0.01	132,582,422	77.89%	0

Notes:

1.    The percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.

2.    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.

3.    The number of ordinary shares in issue on 21 June 2018 was 170,207,142. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.

4.    The number of ordinary shares in issue on 21 June 2018 controlled by Independent Shareholders as defined in the explanatory notes to the Notice of the Annual General Meeting circulated on 9 May 2018.

Copies of resolutions 13 to 16, being resolutions other than resolutions concerning ordinary business passed by the Company at the above AGM, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

For further information, please contact:

HSS Hire Group plc	Tel: [phone]
Daniel Joll, Company Secretary
Jonathan Edwards, Investor Relations, Treasury and Special Projects  Manager

Teneo Blue Rubicon	Tel: [phone]
Robert Morgan Shona Buchanan

 

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