Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6488Y

Speedy Hire PLC

10 September 2020

 

Speedy Hire Plc

10 September 2020

Speedy Hire Plc ("Company")

Resolutions passed at Annual General Meeting - 10 September 2020

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 10 September 2020, all the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting were approved by the shareholders which were voted by way of a poll.

The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:

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 2020 together with the reports of the Directors and auditors (ordinary).	429,110,504	99.99%	61,279	0.01%	1,763,389
2.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 March 2020 (ordinary).	413,084,883	96.26%	16,058,430	3.74%	1,791,859
3.	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	413,837,471	96.18%	16,425,923	3.82%	671,778
4.	To re-elect David Shearer as a Director of the Company (ordinary).	409,238,686	94.97%	21,671,537	5.03%	24,949
5.	To re-elect Russell Down as a Director of the Company (ordinary).	430,891,557	99.99%	40,216	0.01%	3,400
6.	To re-elect Bob Contreras as a Director of the Company (ordinary).	429,827,036	99.75%	1,069,038	0.25%	39,099
7.	To re-elect Rob Barclay as a Director of the Company (ordinary).	430,873,243	99.99%	36,981	0.01%	24,949
8.	To re-elect Rhian Bartlett as a Director of the Company (ordinary).	430,584,369	99.93%	311,705	0.07%	39,099
9.	To re-elect David Garman as a Director of the Company (ordinary).	430,579,756	99.92%	325,628	0.08%	29,789
10.	To appoint KPMG LLP as Auditors (ordinary).	429,011,017	99.56%	1,906,913	0.44%	17,242
11.	To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of KPMG LLP (ordinary).	430,790,575	99.97%	140,747	0.03%	3,850
12.	To authorise the Directors to allot shares (ordinary).	428,222,310	99.37%	2,712,661	0.63%	202
13.	To authorise the Directors to allot securities free from pre-emption rights, subject to certain specified limitations (special).	430,777,426	99.97%	139,648	0.03%	18,099
14.	To disapply statutory pre-emption rights in relation to acquisitions or other capital investments (special).	427,437,680	99.20%	3,456,923	0.80%	40,569
15.	To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares (special).	428,865,686	99.57%	1,869,352	0.43%	200,134
16.	To authorise the calling of general meetings on not less than 14 days' notice (special).	428,214,536	99.38%	2,690,127	0.62%	30,510
17.	To permit the Company to make political donations (ordinary).	410,567,392	95.30%	20,240,797	4.70%	126,984

* 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 Annual General Meeting, the number of issued shares of the Company was 527,003,391.

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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

Neil Hunt

Company Secretary

 

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