Results of Annual General Meeting

RNS Number : 0887I

HSS Hire Group PLC

14 June 2017

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 11 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 12 to 15 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	135,523,587	99.99	6,904	0.01	135,530,491	79.63	0
Resolution 2: Receive and approve remuneration report	135,332,906	99.86	195,585	0.14	135,528,491	79.63	2,000
Resolution 3: Re-election of Alan Peterson	135,504,434	99.98	25,105	0.02	135,529,539	79.63	952
Resolution 4: Re-election of Amanda Burton	135,510,276	99.99	19,263	0.01	135,529,539	79.63	952
Resolution 5: Re-election of Douglas Robertson	135,510,752	99.99	18,787	0.01	135,529,539	79.63	952
Resolution 6: Re-election of Thomas Sweet-Escott	135,490,516	99.97	39,023	0.03	135,529,539	79.63	952
Resolution 7: Re-election of Paul Quested	135,510,276	99.99	19,263	0.01	135,529,539	79.63	952
Resolution 8: Re-appoint BDO LLP as auditors	135,332,682	99.98	27,105	0.02	135,359,787	79.53	170,704
Resolution 9: Authorise directors to agree auditors' remuneration	135,523,587	99.99	6,904	0.01	135,530,491	79.63	0
Resolution 10: Renew authority to allot new shares	135,466,383	99.95	63,632	0.05	135,530,015	79.63	476
Resolution 11: Political donations	135,472,142	99.97	45,349	0.03	135,517,491	79.62	13,000

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	49,828,568	99.96	19,263	0.04	49,847,831	58.97	952
Resolution 5: Re-election of Douglas Robertson	49,829,044	99.96	18,787	0.04	49,847,831	58.97	952

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 12: Disapplication of pre-emption rights	135,520,752	99.99	9,263	0.01	135,530,015	79.63	476
Resolution 13: Disapplication of pre-emption rights	135,330,526	99.85	199,489	0.15	135,530,015	79.63	476
Resolution 14: Authority to purchase own shares	135,500,669	99.98	29,346	0.02	135,530,015	79.63	476
Resolution 15: Notice of general meetings	135,469,323	99.95	61,167	0.05	135,530,490	79.63	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 14 June 2017 was 170,207,142. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.

4. The number of ordinary shares in issue on 14 June 2017 controlled by Independent Shareholders as defined in the explanatory notes to the Notice of the Annual General Meeting circulated on 28 April 2017.

Copies of resolutions 12 to 15, 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.

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