Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3091B

HSS Hire Group PLC

15 June 2016

 

15 June 2016

HSS Hire Group plc

Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

At the AGM of HSS Hire Group plc held today at 1.30 pm at Haberdashers' Hall, 18 West Smithfield, London EC1A 9HA, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting were voted on a poll and were passed by the requisite majorities.

Resolutions 1 to 13 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 14 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	113,431,845	99.98	17,070	0.02	113,448,915	73.31	476
Resolution 2: Approve remuneration report	113,424,930	99.98	23,985	0.02	113,448,915	73.31	476
Resolution 3: Approve remuneration policy	113,407,717	99.96	41,198	0.04	113,448,915	73.31	476
Resolution 4: Declare final dividend	113,445,845	100.00	3,070	0.00	113,448,915	73.31	476
Resolution 5: Re-election of Alan Peterson	113,423,455	99.98	24,508	0.02	113,447,963	73.30	1,428
Resolution 6: Re-election of John Gill	113,428,037	99.98	19,926	0.02	113,447,963	73.30	1,428
Resolution 7: Re-election of Amanda Burton	113,428,513	99.98	19,450	0.02	113,447,963	73.30	1,428
Resolution 8: Re-election of Douglas Robertson	113,428,513	99.98	19,450	0.02	113,447,963	73.30	1,428
Resolution 9: Re-election of Thomas Sweet-Escott	113,428,513	99.98	19,450	0.02	113,447,963	73.30	1,428
Resolution 10: Re-appoint BDO as auditors	113,413,477	99.97	34,962	0.03	113,448,439	73.31	952
Resolution 11: Authorise directors to agree auditors' remuneration	113,445,893	100.00	2,546	0.00	113,448,439	73.31	952
Resolution 12: Renew authority to allot new shares	113,404,632	99.96	44,283	0.04	113,448,915	73.31	476
Resolution 13: Political donations	113,328,763	99.90	118,962	0.10	113,447,725	73.30	1,666

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 7: Re-election of Amanda Burton	35,469,424	99.95	19,450	0.05	35,488,874	46.21	1,428
Resolution 8: Re-election of Douglas Robertson	35,469,424	99.95	19,450	0.05	35,488,874	46.21	1,428

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 14: Dis-application of pre-emption rights	113,399,907	99.96	47,818	0.04	113,447,725	73.30	1,666
Resolution 15: Authority to purchase own shares	113,416,879	99.97	32,036	0.03	113,448,915	73.31	476
Resolution 16: Notice of general meetings	112,849,682	99.47	599,233	0.53	113,448,915	73.31	476

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 15 June 2016 was 154,761,904. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.

4.    The number of ordinary shares in issue on 15 June 2016 controlled by Independent Shareholders as defined in the explanatory notes to the Notice of the Annual General Meeting circulated on 26 April 2016.

Copies of resolutions 14 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]
Patrick Hartrey, Company Secretary
Robert Halls, Investor Relations Manager

Citigate Dewe Rogerson	Tel: [phone]
Simon Rigby
Kevin Smith
Nick Hayns

 

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