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Speedy Hire Plc
16 July 2014
Speedy Hire Plc ("Company")
Annual General Meeting 2014
Voting Results
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 16 July 2014 at Pinsent Masons LLP, 30 Crown Place, Earl Street, London, EC2A 4ES 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** | ||
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 2014 together with the Directors' and the Auditors' reports (ordinary) | 398,861,172 | 100.00% | 3,747 | 0.00% | 407,651 |
2 | To approve the Directors' remuneration report for the financial year ended 31 March 2014 (ordinary) | 395,234,498 | 98.99% | 4,028,891 | 1.01% | 9,181 |
3 | To approve the Directors' remuneration policy (ordinary) | 393,579,189
| 98.58%
| 5,660,630
| 1.42%
| 32,751
|
4 | To declare a final dividend of 0.35 pence per share in respect of the year ended 31 March 2014 (ordinary) | 399,247,514 | 99.99% | 24,134 | 0.01% | 922 |
5 | To re-elect James Morley as a Director of the Company (ordinary) | 394,584,174 | 98.84% | 4,632,636 | 1.16% | 55,760 |
6 | To re-elect Chris Masters as a Director of the Company (ordinary) | 395,414,657 | 99.42% | 2,314,039 | 0.58% | 1,543,874 |
7 | To elect Mark Rogerson as a Director of the Company (ordinary) | 396,771,183 | 99.39% | 2,444,626 | 0.61% | 56,761 |
8 | To appoint KPMG LLP as Auditors (ordinary) | 363,806,000 | 91.61% | 33,336,462 | 8.39% | 2,130,108 |
9 | To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of KPMG LLP (ordinary) | 391,029,134 | 98.46% | 6,128,328 | 1.54% | 2,115,108 |
10 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares (ordinary) | 395,358,174 | 99.40% | 2,384,884 | 0.60% | 1,529,512 |
11 | To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights (special) | 399,086,814 | 99.96% | 149,344 | 0.04% | 36,412 |
12 | To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares (special) | 399,158,111 | 99.98% | 99,459 | 0.02% | 15,000 |
13 | To authorise the calling of general meetings on not less than 14 days' notice (special) | 389,616,578 | 97.60% | 9,594,570 | 2.40% | 61,422 |
14 | To permit the Company to make political donations (ordinary) | 394,948,023 | 98.94% | 4,233,674 | 1.06% | 90,873 |
15 | To approve the Speedy Hire Plc Performance Share Plan 2014 (Ordinary) | 390,375,038 | 97.78% | 8,882,692 | 2.22% | 14,840 |
16 | To approve the Speedy Hire 2014 Sharesave Scheme (Ordinary) | 397,718,922 | 99.61% | 1,541,688 | 0.39% | 11,960 |
17 | To approve the Speedy Hire 2014 Irish Sharesave Scheme (Ordinary) | 397,693,562 | 99.61% | 1,565,822 | 0.39% | 13,186 |
* The For Vote includes those votes that were cast as Discretion
** Percentages of votes cast For and Against have been calculated excluding the Abstain/Witheld votes
NB Percentage figures are rounded to 2 decimal places
James Blair
Company Secretary