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Speedy Hire Plc
20 July 2010
Speedy Hire Plc ("Company")
Annual General Meeting 2010
Voting Results
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 20 July 2010 at Mere Court Hotel & Conference Centre, Warrington Road, Mere, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 0RW at 11.00am, 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 | ||
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| No. of Votes | % of Vote | No. of Votes | % of Vote | No. of Votes |
| 1 | To receive and adopt the annual accounts for the financial year ended 31 March 2010 together with the Directors' and Auditors' reports | 336,001,872 | 98.43% | 5,375,368 | 1.57% | 7,750 |
| 2 | To approve the Directors' remuneration report for the financial year ended 31 March 2010 | 341,183,871 | 99.97% | 89,579 | 0.03% | 111,540 |
| 3 | To declare a final dividend of 0.2 pence per share in respect of the year ended 31 March 2010 | 341,377,240 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,750 |
| 4 | To re-elect David Wallis as a Director of the Company | 285,410,854 | 83.61% | 55,960,626 | 16.39% | 13,510 |
| 5 | To re-elect Claudio Veritiero as a Director of the Company | 335,388,976 | 98.25% | 5,982,504 | 1.75% | 13,510 |
| 6 | To re-elect Ishbel Macpherson as a Director of the Company | 333,539,940 | 97.71% | 7,817,230 | 2.29% | 27,820 |
| 7 | To reappoint KPMG Audit Plc as Auditors and to authorise the Directors to fix their remuneration | 328,218,904 | 98.10% | 6,353,035 | 1.90% | 6,813,051 |
| 8 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares | 338,400,364 | 99.16% | 2,851,089 | 0.84% | 133,537 |
| 9 | To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights** | 340,946,635 | 99.88% | 423,645 | 0.12% | 14,710 |
| 10 | To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares** | 341,207,736 | 99.95% | 157,138 | 0.05% | 20,116 |
| 11 | To adopt new articles of association** | 332,403,137 | 97.54% | 8,382,244 | 2.46% | 257,689 |
| 12 | To authorise the calling of general meetings on not less than 14 days notice** | 329,553,554 | 96.54% | 11,823,686 | 3.46% | 7,750 |
| 13 | To authorise the use of electronic communications | 341,290,586 | 99.98% | 64,114 | 0.02% | 30,290 |
| 14 | To permit the Company to make political donations | 340,711,240 | 99.81% | 642,240 | 0.19% | 31,510 |
* The FOR Vote includes those votes that were cast as Discretion
** Passed as special resolutions
Suzana Koncarevic
Group Company Secretary