Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2510F

Speedy Hire PLC

11 July 2019

 

Speedy Hire Plc

11 July 2019

Speedy Hire Plc ("Company")

Resolutions passed at Annual General Meeting - 11 July 2019

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 11 July 2019 at the offices of Pinsent Masons LLP at 30 Crown Place, Earl Street, London EC2A 4ES, 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		Withheld**
		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 2019 together with the reports of the Directors and auditors (ordinary).	426,007,429	99.99%	55,890	0.01%	39,955
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 March 2019 (ordinary).	417,446,410	97.98%	8,600,045	2.02%	56,820
3	To declare a final dividend of 1.40 pence per share in respect of the year ended 31 March 2019 (ordinary).	426,083,212	100.00%	0	0.00%	20,063
4	To elect Rhian Bartlett as a Director of the Company (ordinary).	425,987,810	99.98%	75,957	0.02%	39,508
5	To re-elect David Shearer as a Director of the Company (ordinary).	404,660,768	96.95%	12,720,285	3.05%	8,722,221
6	To re-elect Russell Down as a Director of the Company (ordinary).	425,937,724	99.97%	127,793	0.03%	37,758
7	To re-elect Chris Morgan as a Director of the Company (ordinary).	425,464,623	99.86%	599,144	0.14%	39,508
8	To re-elect Bob Contreras as a Director of the Company (ordinary).	422,348,731	99.13%	3,715,036	0.87%	39,508
9	To re-elect Rob Barclay as a Director of the Company (ordinary).	422,377,365	99.13%	3,686,402	0.87%	39,508
10	To re-elect David Garman as a Director of the Company (ordinary).	425,878,391	99.95%	200,376	0.05%	24,508
11	To appoint KPMG LLP as Auditors (ordinary).	424,049,230	99.53%	2,021,141	0.47%	32,903
12	To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of KPMG LLP (ordinary).	425,891,431	99.95%	199,003	0.05%	12,840
13	To authorise the Directors to allot shares (ordinary).	425,437,890	99.87%	539,340	0.13%	126,045
14	To authorise the Directors to allot securities free from pre-emption rights, subject to certain specified limitations (special).	425,827,889	99.98%	105,190	0.02%	170,196
15	To disapply statutory pre-emption rights in relation to acquisitions or other capital investments (special).	423,990,650	99.55%	1,922,898	0.45%	189,726
16	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares (special).	423,924,632	99.53%	1,998,683	0.47%	179,959
17	To authorise the calling of general meetings on not less than 14 days' notice (special).	423,611,908	99.42%	2,455,905	0.58%	35,462
18	To permit the Company to make political donations (ordinary).	391,254,101	91.84%	34,752,600	8.16%	96,574

* 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.

N.B. Percentage figures are rounded to 2 decimal places.

As at the date of the AGM, the number of issued shares of the Company was 525,359,273.

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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