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7 August 2018

HSS Hire Group plc ("HSS" or the "Company") 

Result of General Meetings

The Company is pleased to announce that at the General Meeting held today at 11:00 a.m. the ordinary resolution to approve the conditional agreement with Nationwide Platforms Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Loxam Group, with respect to the sale of UK Platforms Limited for a total Enterprise Value of £60.5 million, was duly passed on a poll. The results of the poll are as follows:

In addition, at the separate General Meeting held today at 11:30 a.m. the ordinary resolution to approve the proposed amendments to the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan and consequential amendments to the Company's other share plans, was also duly passed on a poll. The results of the poll are as follows:

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 7 August 2018 was 170,207,142. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.

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