Speedy Hire PLC Result of AGM (2089V)

TIDMSDY

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

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact [e-mail] or visit www.rns.com.

END

RAGGGUBAMUPRGWB

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

July 19, 2018 10:01 ET (14:01 GMT)