Resolutions passed at Annual General Meeting 2017

RNS Number : 8984K

Speedy Hire PLC

12 July 2017

 

Speedy Hire Plc

12 July 2017

Speedy Hire Plc ("Company")

Resolutions passed at Annual General Meeting - 12 July 2017

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 12 July 2017 at the offices of Liberum Capital Limited at Ropemaker Place, Level 12, 25 Ropemaker Street, London, EC2Y 9LY 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 2017 together with the Directors' and the Auditors' reports (ordinary)	427,177,431	99.35%	2,790,199	0.65%	9,202
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 March 2017 (ordinary)	425,270,025	98.92%	4,648,048	1.08%	58,759
3	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy (ordinary)	420,503,951	98.45%	6,606,428	1.55%	2,866,453
4	To declare a final dividend of 0.67 pence per share in respect of the year ended 31 March 2017 (ordinary)	429,948,026	99.99%	24,604	0.01%	4,202
5	To elect David Garman as a Director of the Company (ordinary)	429,849,009	99.99%	55,691	0.01%	72,132
6	To re-elect Jan Åstrand as a Director of the Company (ordinary)	312,424,922	96.10%	12,678,233	3.90%	104,873,677
7	To re-elect Russell Down as a Director of the Company (ordinary)	429,779,077	99.96%	173,560	0.04%	24,195
8	To re-elect Chris Morgan as a Director of the Company (ordinary)	429,819,155	99.98%	88,505	0.02%	69,172
9	To re-elect Bob Contreras as a Director of the Company (ordinary)	312,823,590	96.24%	12,217,318	3.76%	104,935,924
10	To re-elect Rob Barclay as a Director of the Company (ordinary)	417,733,172	97.17%	12,171,528	2.83%	72,132
11	To re-elect David Shearer as a Director of the Company (ordinary)	429,822,504	99.98%	66,868	0.02%	87,460
12	To appoint KPMG LLP as Auditors (ordinary)	425,180,465	98.89%	4,776,707	1.11%	19,660
13	To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of KPMG LLP (ordinary)	429,846,080	99.97%	125,800	0.03%	4,952
14	To authorise the Directors to allot shares (ordinary)	429,195,720	99.83%	739,724	0.17%	41,388
15	To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights (special)	429,643,164	99.94%	256,475	0.06%	77,193
16	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares (special)	427,683,232	99.54%	1,955,963	0.46%	337,637
17	To authorise the calling of general meetings on not less than 14 days' notice (special)	426,104,485	99.11%	3,847,735	0.89%	24,612
18	To permit the Company to make political donations (ordinary)	385,965,569	89.78%	43,934,263	10.22%	77,000
19	To amend article 103 of the Company's articles of association to increase the annual aggregate limit on fees payable by the Company to non-executive directors (ordinary)	429,560,757	99.92%	349,895	0.08%	66,180
20	To cancel the balance standing to the credit of the share premium account of the Company (special)	429,788,539	99.99%	29,276	0.01%	159,017

* The votes of any proxy giving the Chairman discretion how to vote have been included in the votes For a resolution.

** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of percentages of votes cast For and Against a resolution.

NB Percentage figures are rounded to 2 decimal places

As at the date of the AGM, the number of issued shares of the Company was 523,603,472.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed as special business at the Annual General Meeting will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism which can be accessed at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

Neil Hunt

Company Secretary

 

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