Last checked at 15 Jun 2016 15:13
15 June 2016
HSS Hire Group plc
Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
At the AGM of HSS Hire Group plc held today at 1.30 pm at Haberdashers' Hall, 18 West Smithfield, London EC1A 9HA, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting were voted on a poll and were passed by the requisite majorities.
Resolutions 1 to 13 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 14 to 16 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll are set out below.
Ordinary resolutions | Votesfor | % Votes for 1 | Votesagainst | % Votes against 1 | Total votes validly cast | % of Issued share capital voted 1,2,3 | Votes withheld 2 |
Resolution 1: Receive annual report and accounts | 113,431,845 | 99.98 | 17,070 | 0.02 | 113,448,915 | 73.31 | 476 |
Resolution 2: Approve remuneration report | 113,424,930 | 99.98 | 23,985 | 0.02 | 113,448,915 | 73.31 | 476 |
Resolution 3: Approve remuneration policy | 113,407,717 | 99.96 | 41,198 | 0.04 | 113,448,915 | 73.31 | 476 |
Resolution 4: Declare final dividend | 113,445,845 | 100.00 | 3,070 | 0.00 | 113,448,915 | 73.31 | 476 |
Resolution 5: Re-election of Alan Peterson | 113,423,455 | 99.98 | 24,508 | 0.02 | 113,447,963 | 73.30 | 1,428 |
Resolution 6: Re-election of John Gill | 113,428,037 | 99.98 | 19,926 | 0.02 | 113,447,963 | 73.30 | 1,428 |
Resolution 7: Re-election of Amanda Burton | 113,428,513 | 99.98 | 19,450 | 0.02 | 113,447,963 | 73.30 | 1,428 |
Resolution 8: Re-election of Douglas Robertson | 113,428,513 | 99.98 | 19,450 | 0.02 | 113,447,963 | 73.30 | 1,428 |
Resolution 9: Re-election of Thomas Sweet-Escott | 113,428,513 | 99.98 | 19,450 | 0.02 | 113,447,963 | 73.30 | 1,428 |
Resolution 10: Re-appoint BDO as auditors | 113,413,477 | 99.97 | 34,962 | 0.03 | 113,448,439 | 73.31 | 952 |
Resolution 11: Authorise directors to agree auditors' remuneration | 113,445,893 | 100.00 | 2,546 | 0.00 | 113,448,439 | 73.31 | 952 |
Resolution 12: Renew authority to allot new shares | 113,404,632 | 99.96 | 44,283 | 0.04 | 113,448,915 | 73.31 | 476 |
Resolution 13: Political donations | 113,328,763 | 99.90 | 118,962 | 0.10 | 113,447,725 | 73.30 | 1,666 |
VOTES OF INDEPENDENT SHAREHOLDERS ON THE RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING THE RE-ELECTION OF THE INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS | |||||||
Ordinary resolutions | Votesfor | % Votes for 1 | Votesagainst | % Votes against 1 | Total votes validly cast | % of Issued share capital voted 1,2,4 | Votes withheld 2 |
Resolution 7: Re-election of Amanda Burton | 35,469,424 | 99.95 | 19,450 | 0.05 | 35,488,874 | 46.21 | 1,428 |
Resolution 8: Re-election of Douglas Robertson | 35,469,424 | 99.95 | 19,450 | 0.05 | 35,488,874 | 46.21 | 1,428 |
Special resolutions | Votes for | % Votes for 1 | Votesagainst | % Votes against 1 | Total votes validly cast | % of Issued share capital voted 1,2,3 | Votes withheld 2 |
Resolution 14: Dis-application of pre-emption rights | 113,399,907 | 99.96 | 47,818 | 0.04 | 113,447,725 | 73.30 | 1,666 |
Resolution 15: Authority to purchase own shares | 113,416,879 | 99.97 | 32,036 | 0.03 | 113,448,915 | 73.31 | 476 |
Resolution 16: Notice of general meetings | 112,849,682 | 99.47 | 599,233 | 0.53 | 113,448,915 | 73.31 | 476 |
Notes:
1. The percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.
2. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" or "against" a resolution.
3. The number of ordinary shares in issue on 15 June 2016 was 154,761,904. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.
4. The number of ordinary shares in issue on 15 June 2016 controlled by Independent Shareholders as defined in the explanatory notes to the Notice of the Annual General Meeting circulated on 26 April 2016.
Copies of resolutions 14 to 16, being resolutions other than resolutions concerning ordinary business passed by the Company at the above AGM, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
For further information, please contact:
HSS Hire Group plc | Tel: 020 8260 3343 |
Patrick Hartrey, Company Secretary | |
Robert Halls, Investor Relations Manager |
Citigate Dewe Rogerson | Tel: 020 7638 9571 |
Simon Rigby | |
Kevin Smith | |
Nick Hayns |