Speedy Hire PLC Resolutions passed at Annual General Meeting 2017 (8984K)

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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     % of       No. of     % of        No. of 
                                   Votes     Vote        Votes     Vote         Votes 
---  ---------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------ 
      To receive 
       and adopt 
       the annual 
       accounts for 
       the financial 
       year ended 
       31 March 2017 
       together with 
       the Directors' 
       and the Auditors' 
 1     reports (ordinary)    427,177,431   99.35%    2,790,199    0.65%         9,202 
---  ---------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------ 
      To approve 
       the Directors' 
       Remuneration 
       Report for 
       the financial 
       year ended 
       31 March 2017 
 2     (ordinary)            425,270,025   98.92%    4,648,048    1.08%        58,759 
---  ---------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------ 
      To approve 
       the Directors' 
       Remuneration 
 3     Policy (ordinary)     420,503,951   98.45%    6,606,428    1.55%     2,866,453 
---  ---------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------ 
      To declare 
       a final dividend 
       of 0.67 pence 
       per share 
       in respect 
       of the year 
       ended 31 March 
 4     2017 (ordinary)       429,948,026   99.99%       24,604    0.01%         4,202 
---  ---------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------ 
      To elect David 
       Garman as 
       a Director 
       of the Company 
 5     (ordinary)            429,849,009   99.99%       55,691    0.01%        72,132 
---  ---------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------ 
      To re-elect 
       Jan Åstrand 
       as a Director 
       of the Company 
 6     (ordinary)            312,424,922   96.10%   12,678,233    3.90%   104,873,677 
---  ---------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------ 
      To re-elect 
       Russell Down 
       as a Director 
       of the Company 
 7     (ordinary)            429,779,077   99.96%      173,560    0.04%        24,195 
---  ---------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------ 
      To re-elect 
       Chris Morgan 
       as a Director 
       of the Company 
 8     (ordinary)            429,819,155   99.98%       88,505    0.02%        69,172 
---  ---------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------ 
      To re-elect 
       Bob Contreras 
       as a Director 
       of the Company 
 9     (ordinary)            312,823,590   96.24%   12,217,318    3.76%   104,935,924 
---  ---------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------ 
      To re-elect 
       Rob Barclay 
       as a Director 
       of the Company 
 10    (ordinary)            417,733,172   97.17%   12,171,528    2.83%        72,132 
---  ---------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------ 
      To re-elect 
       David Shearer 
       as a Director 
       of the Company 
 11    (ordinary)            429,822,504   99.98%       66,868    0.02%        87,460 
---  ---------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------ 
      To appoint 
       KPMG LLP as 
 12    Auditors (ordinary)   425,180,465   98.89%    4,776,707    1.11%        19,660 
---  ---------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------ 
      To authorise 
       the Directors 
       to determine 
       the remuneration 
       of KPMG LLP 
 13    (ordinary)            429,846,080   99.97%      125,800    0.03%         4,952 
---  ---------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------ 
      To authorise 
       the Directors 
       to allot shares 
 14    (ordinary)            429,195,720   99.83%      739,724    0.17%        41,388 
---  ---------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------ 
      To disapply 
       the statutory 
       pre-emption 
 15    rights (special)      429,643,164   99.94%      256,475    0.06%        77,193 
---  ---------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------ 
      To authorise 
       the Company 
       to make market 
       purchases 
       of its own 
 16    shares (special)      427,683,232   99.54%    1,955,963    0.46%       337,637 
---  ---------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------ 
      To authorise 
       the calling 
       of general 
       meetings on 
       not less than 
       14 days' notice 
 17    (special)             426,104,485   99.11%    3,847,735    0.89%        24,612 
---  ---------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------ 
      To permit 
       the Company 
       to make political 
       donations 
 18    (ordinary)            385,965,569   89.78%   43,934,263   10.22%        77,000 
---  ---------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------ 
      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 
 19    (ordinary)            429,560,757   99.92%      349,895    0.08%        66,180 
---  ---------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  -------  ------------ 
      To cancel 
       the balance 
       standing to 
       the credit 
       of the share 
       premium account 
       of the Company 
 20    (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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