Annual General Meeting 2015 Voting Results

RNS Number : 1489T

Speedy Hire PLC

15 July 2015

 



Speedy Hire Plc

15 July 2015

Speedy Hire Plc ("Company")

Annual General Meeting 2015

Voting Results

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 15 July 2015 at Pinsent Masons LLP, 30 Crown Place, Earl Street, London, EC2A 4ES at 11.00am, all resolutions were passed on a show of hands.

The following is a summary of the Forms of Proxy received up to 48 hours before the time of the Annual General Meeting by the Registrars, appointing the Chairman of the Annual General Meeting as proxy:

No	Resolution	For*		Against		Abstain**
		No. of Votes	% of Vote	No. of Votes	% of Vote	No. of Votes
1	To receive and adopt the annual accounts for the financial year ended 31 March 2015 together with the Directors' and the Auditors' reports (ordinary)	411,706,658	98.55%	6,058,643	1.45%	397,557
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 March 2015 (ordinary)	395,805,100	94.68%	22,241,315	5.32%	116,443
3	To declare a final dividend of 0.40 pence per share in respect of the year ended 31 March 2015 (ordinary)	418,058,245	100.00%	17,898	0.00%	86,715
4	To re-elect James Morley as a Director of the Company (ordinary)	390,293,485	93.36%	27,749,390	6.64%	119,982
5	To elect Jan Åstrand as a Director of the Company (ordinary)	408,607,170	97.74%	9,435,197	2.26%	120,490
6	To elect Russell Down as a Director of the Company (ordinary)	415,676,948	99.44%	2,345,831	0.56%	140,079
7	To appoint KPMG LLP as Auditors (ordinary)	381,116,054	91.18%	36,884,182	8.82%	162,621
8	To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of KPMG LLP (ordinary)	363,387,989	87.56%	51,623,890	12.44%	3,150,979
9	To authorise the Directors to allot shares (ordinary)***	414,463,193	99.59%	1,686,031	0.41%	2,013,634
10	To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights (special)****	417,755,849	99.95%	222,474	0.05%	184,535
11	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares (special)	417,996,055	99.99%	36,290	0.01%	130,513
12	To authorise the calling of general meetings on not less than 14 days' notice (special)	408,232,544	97.65%	9,806,869	2.35%	123,444
13	To permit the Company to make political donations (ordinary)	395,951,267	94.72%	22,063,121	5.28%	148,470

*   The For Vote includes those votes that were cast as Discretion

**  Percentages of votes cast For and Against have been calculated excluding the Abstain/Withheld votes

NB Percentage figures are rounded to 2 decimal places

***  At the AGM the Chairman reported that the authority being sought was overstated in the Notice of Meeting and confirmed that the Company would only exercise the authority up to a maximum aggregate nominal amount of £8,698,957 in respect of sub-paragraph (a), and  £17,397,913 in respect of sub-paragraph (b).

**** At the AGM the Chairman reported that this authority being sought was overstated in the Notice of Meeting and confirmed that the Company would only exercise the authority up to a maximum aggregate nominal amount of £1,304,843.

James Blair

Company Secretary

 

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