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Speedy Hire Plc
11 July 2019
Speedy Hire Plc ("Company")
Resolutions passed at Annual General Meeting - 11 July 2019
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 11 July 2019 at the offices of Pinsent Masons LLP at 30 Crown Place, Earl Street, London EC2A 4ES, 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 | Withheld** | ||
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 2019 together with the reports of the Directors and auditors (ordinary). | 426,007,429 | 99.99% | 55,890 | 0.01% | 39,955 |
2 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 March 2019 (ordinary). | 417,446,410 | 97.98% | 8,600,045 | 2.02% | 56,820 |
3 | To declare a final dividend of 1.40 pence per share in respect of the year ended 31 March 2019 (ordinary). | 426,083,212 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 20,063 |
4 | To elect Rhian Bartlett as a Director of the Company (ordinary). | 425,987,810 | 99.98% | 75,957 | 0.02% | 39,508 |
5 | To re-elect David Shearer as a Director of the Company (ordinary). | 404,660,768 | 96.95% | 12,720,285 | 3.05% | 8,722,221 |
6 | To re-elect Russell Down as a Director of the Company (ordinary). | 425,937,724 | 99.97% | 127,793 | 0.03% | 37,758 |
7 | To re-elect Chris Morgan as a Director of the Company (ordinary). | 425,464,623 | 99.86% | 599,144 | 0.14% | 39,508 |
8 | To re-elect Bob Contreras as a Director of the Company (ordinary). | 422,348,731 | 99.13% | 3,715,036 | 0.87% | 39,508 |
9 | To re-elect Rob Barclay as a Director of the Company (ordinary). | 422,377,365 | 99.13% | 3,686,402 | 0.87% | 39,508 |
10 | To re-elect David Garman as a Director of the Company (ordinary). | 425,878,391 | 99.95% | 200,376 | 0.05% | 24,508 |
11 | To appoint KPMG LLP as Auditors (ordinary). | 424,049,230 | 99.53% | 2,021,141 | 0.47% | 32,903 |
12 | To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of KPMG LLP (ordinary). | 425,891,431 | 99.95% | 199,003 | 0.05% | 12,840 |
13 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares (ordinary). | 425,437,890 | 99.87% | 539,340 | 0.13% | 126,045 |
14 | To authorise the Directors to allot securities free from pre-emption rights, subject to certain specified limitations (special). | 425,827,889 | 99.98% | 105,190 | 0.02% | 170,196 |
15 | To disapply statutory pre-emption rights in relation to acquisitions or other capital investments (special). | 423,990,650 | 99.55% | 1,922,898 | 0.45% | 189,726 |
16 | To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares (special). | 423,924,632 | 99.53% | 1,998,683 | 0.47% | 179,959 |
17 | To authorise the calling of general meetings on not less than 14 days' notice (special). | 423,611,908 | 99.42% | 2,455,905 | 0.58% | 35,462 |
18 | To permit the Company to make political donations (ordinary). | 391,254,101 | 91.84% | 34,752,600 | 8.16% | 96,574 |
* The votes of any proxy giving the Chairman discretion how to vote have been included in the votes For a resolution.
** A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of percentages of votes cast For and Against a resolution.
N.B. Percentage figures are rounded to 2 decimal places.
As at the date of the AGM, the number of issued shares of the Company was 525,359,273.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of all the resolutions passed as special business at the Annual General Meeting will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism which can be accessed at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.
Neil Hunt
Company Secretary