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Speedy Hire Plc
15 July 2015
Speedy Hire Plc ("Company")
Annual General Meeting 2015
Voting Results
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 15 July 2015 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 2015 together with the Directors' and the Auditors' reports (ordinary) | 411,706,658 | 98.55% | 6,058,643 | 1.45% | 397,557 |
2 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 March 2015 (ordinary) | 395,805,100 | 94.68% | 22,241,315 | 5.32% | 116,443 |
3 | To declare a final dividend of 0.40 pence per share in respect of the year ended 31 March 2015 (ordinary) | 418,058,245 | 100.00% | 17,898 | 0.00% | 86,715 |
4 | To re-elect James Morley as a Director of the Company (ordinary) | 390,293,485 | 93.36% | 27,749,390 | 6.64% | 119,982 |
5 | To elect Jan Åstrand as a Director of the Company (ordinary) | 408,607,170 | 97.74% | 9,435,197 | 2.26% | 120,490 |
6 | To elect Russell Down as a Director of the Company (ordinary) | 415,676,948 | 99.44% | 2,345,831 | 0.56% | 140,079 |
7 | To appoint KPMG LLP as Auditors (ordinary) | 381,116,054 | 91.18% | 36,884,182 | 8.82% | 162,621 |
8 | To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of KPMG LLP (ordinary) | 363,387,989 | 87.56% | 51,623,890 | 12.44% | 3,150,979 |
9 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares (ordinary)*** | 414,463,193 | 99.59% | 1,686,031 | 0.41% | 2,013,634 |
10 | To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights (special)**** | 417,755,849 | 99.95% | 222,474 | 0.05% | 184,535 |
11 | To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares (special) | 417,996,055 | 99.99% | 36,290 | 0.01% | 130,513 |
12 | To authorise the calling of general meetings on not less than 14 days' notice (special) | 408,232,544 | 97.65% | 9,806,869 | 2.35% | 123,444 |
13 | To permit the Company to make political donations (ordinary) | 395,951,267 | 94.72% | 22,063,121 | 5.28% | 148,470 |
* The For Vote includes those votes that were cast as Discretion
** Percentages of votes cast For and Against have been calculated excluding the Abstain/Withheld votes
NB Percentage figures are rounded to 2 decimal places
*** At the AGM the Chairman reported that the authority being sought was overstated in the Notice of Meeting and confirmed that the Company would only exercise the authority up to a maximum aggregate nominal amount of £8,698,957 in respect of sub-paragraph (a), and £17,397,913 in respect of sub-paragraph (b).
**** At the AGM the Chairman reported that this authority being sought was overstated in the Notice of Meeting and confirmed that the Company would only exercise the authority up to a maximum aggregate nominal amount of £1,304,843.
James Blair
Company Secretary