Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2089V

Speedy Hire PLC

19 July 2018

 

Speedy Hire Plc

19 July 2018

Speedy Hire Plc ("Company")

Resolutions passed at Annual General Meeting - 19 July 2018

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 19 July 2018 at the offices of Instinctif at 65 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7NQ, 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 2018 together with the reports of the Directors and auditors (ordinary)	385,422,941	99.49%	1,971,429	0.51%	-
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 March 2018 (ordinary).	378,510,864	97.71%	8,868,506	2.29%	15,000
3	To declare a final dividend of 1.15 pence per ordinary share in respect of the year ended 31 March 2018 (ordinary)	387,392,276	100.00%	2,094	0.00%	-
4	To re-elect Jan Åstrand as a Director of the Company (ordinary)	365,463,369	96.62%	12,776,537	3.38%	9,154,463
5	To re-elect Russell Down as a Director of the Company (ordinary)	387,197,695	99.95%	176,675	0.05%	20,000
6	To re-elect Chris Morgan as a Director of the Company (ordinary)	386,693,466	99.82%	680,904	0.18%	20,000
7	To re-elect Bob Contreras as a Director of the Company (ordinary)	373,967,000	96.54%	13,408,060	3.46%	19,310
8	To re-elect Rob Barclay as a Director of the Company (ordinary)	374,767,906	96.74%	12,621,464	3.26%	5,000
9	To re-elect David Garman as a Director of the Company (ordinary)	379,476,696	97.96%	7,912,674	2.04%	5,000
10	To re-elect David Shearer as a Director of the Company (ordinary)	379,461,512	97.96%	7,911,318	2.04%	21,540
11	To appoint KPMG LLP as Auditors (ordinary).	383,326,625	98.95%	4,052,145	1.05%	15,599
12	To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of KPMG LLP (ordinary)	387,189,974	99.95%	203,340	0.05%	1,055
13	To authorise the Directors to allot shares (ordinary)	386,869,013	99.87%	509,315	0.13%	16,042
14	To authorise the Directors to allot securities free from pre-emption rights, subject to certain specified limitations (special)	387,124,254	99.94%	239,233	0.06%	30,883
15	To disapply statutory pre-emption rights in relation to acquisitions and other capital investments (special)	385,427,652	99.50%	1,945,834	0.50%	20,883
16	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares (special)	385,277,177	99.50%	1,943,163	0.50%	174,029
17	To authorise the calling of general meetings on not less than 14 days' notice (special)	380,944,045	98.34%	6,421,942	1.66%	28,383
18	To permit the Company to make political donations (ordinary)	359,457,111	92.80%	27,908,353	7.20%	28,906
19	To amend the Company's Articles of Association (special)	387,291,363	99.98%	75,067	0.02%	27,940

* 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 523,758,650.

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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