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16 Jun 2015 16:30
16 June 2015
HSS Hire Group plc
Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
At the AGM of HSS Hire Group plc held today at 2.30 pm at Haberdashers' Hall, 18 West Smithfield, London EC1A 9HA, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting, with the exception of resolution 6 which was withdrawn, were voted on a poll and were passed by the requisite majorities.
Resolution 6 in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which referred to the proposed re-election of Fiona Perrin, was withdrawn from the meeting following her resignation from the board on 15 May 2015 as it would have been of no effect.
Resolutions 1 to 5 and 7 to 11 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 12 to 15 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: Re-election of Alan Peterson | 134,707,864 | 99.76 | 320,231 | 0.24 | 135,028,095 | 87.25% | 476 |
Resolution 2: Re-election of Neil Sachdev | 134,998,893 | 99.98 | 29,202 | 0.02 | 135,028,095 | 87.25% | 476 |
Resolution 3: Re-election of John Christopher Davies | 135,024,180 | 100.00 | 3,915 | 0.00 | 135,028,095 | 87.25% | 476 |
Resolution 4: Re-election of Steve Trowbridge | 135,024,180 | 100.00 | 3,915 | 0.00 | 135,028,095 | 87.25% | 476 |
Resolution 5: Re-election of John Gil | 135,023,704 | 100.00 | 4,391 | 0.00 | 135,028,095 | 87.25% | 476 |
Resolution 6: Re-election of Fiona Perrin | Resolution withdrawn at AGM | ||||||
Resolution 7: Re-election of Amanda Burton | 134,999,369 | 99.98 | 28,726 | 0.02 | 135,028,095 | 87.25% | 476 |
Resolution 8: Re-election of Douglas Robertson | 134,999,369 | 99.98 | 28,726 | 0.02 | 135,028,095 | 87.25% | 476 |
Resolution 9: Re-election of Thomas Sweet-Escott | 132,098,704 | 97.83 | 2,929,391 | 2.17 | 135,028,095 | 87.25% | 476 |
Resolution 10: Authority to allot new shares | 135,023,704 | 100.00 | 4,867 | 0.00 | 135,028,571 | 87.25% | 0 |
Resolution 11: Political donations | 128,910,239 | 95.47 | 6,117,428 | 4.53 | 135,027,667 | 87.25% | 904 |
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 2: Re-election of Neil Sachdev | 57,039,804 | 99.95 | 29,202 | 0.05 | 57,069,006 | 74.31% | 476 |
Resolution 7: Re-election of Amanda Burton | 57,040,280 | 99.95 | 28,726 | 0.05 | 57,069,006 | 74.31% | 476 |
Resolution 8: Re-election of Douglas Robertson | 57,040,280 | 99.95 | 28,726 | 0.05 | 57,069,006 | 74.31% | 476 |
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 12: Dis-application of pre-emption rights | 125,504,931 | 92.95 | 9,523,640 | 7.05 | 135,028,571 | 87.25% | 0 |
Resolution 13: Authority to purchase own shares | 134,948,751 | 99.94 | 79,820 | 0.06 | 135,028,571 | 87.25% | 0 |
Resolution 14: Electronic communications | 135,025,622 | 100.00 | 2,949 | 0.00 | 135,028,571 | 87.25% | 0 |
Resolution 15: Notice of general meetings | 134,930,519 | 99.93 | 98,052 | 0.07 | 135,028,571 | 87.25% | 0 |
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 16 June 2015 was 154,761,904. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.
4. The number of ordinary shares in issue on 16 June 2015 controlled by Independent Shareholders as defined in the explanatory notes to the Notice of the Annual General Meeting circulated on 11 May 2015.
Copies of resolutions 12 to 15, 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 |
Paul Devereux, Assistant Company Secretary | |
Robert Halls, Investor Relations Manager |
Citigate Dewe Rogerson | Tel: 020 7638 9571 |
Simon Rigby | |
Kevin Smith | |
Jos Bieneman |
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