Speedy Hire PLC Result of AGM (2510F)

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