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Speedy Hire Plc
10 September 2020
Speedy Hire Plc ("Company")
Resolutions passed at Annual General Meeting - 10 September 2020
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 10 September 2020, all the resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting were approved by the shareholders which were voted by way of a poll.
The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:
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 2020 together with the reports of the Directors and auditors (ordinary). | 429,110,504 | 99.99% | 61,279 | 0.01% | 1,763,389 |
2. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 March 2020 (ordinary). | 413,084,883 | 96.26% | 16,058,430 | 3.74% | 1,791,859 |
3. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 413,837,471 | 96.18% | 16,425,923 | 3.82% | 671,778 |
4. | To re-elect David Shearer as a Director of the Company (ordinary). | 409,238,686 | 94.97% | 21,671,537 | 5.03% | 24,949 |
5. | To re-elect Russell Down as a Director of the Company (ordinary). | 430,891,557 | 99.99% | 40,216 | 0.01% | 3,400 |
6. | To re-elect Bob Contreras as a Director of the Company (ordinary). | 429,827,036 | 99.75% | 1,069,038 | 0.25% | 39,099 |
7. | To re-elect Rob Barclay as a Director of the Company (ordinary). | 430,873,243 | 99.99% | 36,981 | 0.01% | 24,949 |
8. | To re-elect Rhian Bartlett as a Director of the Company (ordinary). | 430,584,369 | 99.93% | 311,705 | 0.07% | 39,099 |
9. | To re-elect David Garman as a Director of the Company (ordinary). | 430,579,756 | 99.92% | 325,628 | 0.08% | 29,789 |
10. | To appoint KPMG LLP as Auditors (ordinary). | 429,011,017 | 99.56% | 1,906,913 | 0.44% | 17,242 |
11. | To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of KPMG LLP (ordinary). | 430,790,575 | 99.97% | 140,747 | 0.03% | 3,850 |
12. | To authorise the Directors to allot shares (ordinary). | 428,222,310 | 99.37% | 2,712,661 | 0.63% | 202 |
13. | To authorise the Directors to allot securities free from pre-emption rights, subject to certain specified limitations (special). | 430,777,426 | 99.97% | 139,648 | 0.03% | 18,099 |
14. | To disapply statutory pre-emption rights in relation to acquisitions or other capital investments (special). | 427,437,680 | 99.20% | 3,456,923 | 0.80% | 40,569 |
15. | To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares (special). | 428,865,686 | 99.57% | 1,869,352 | 0.43% | 200,134 |
16. | To authorise the calling of general meetings on not less than 14 days' notice (special). | 428,214,536 | 99.38% | 2,690,127 | 0.62% | 30,510 |
17. | To permit the Company to make political donations (ordinary). | 410,567,392 | 95.30% | 20,240,797 | 4.70% | 126,984 |
* 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 Annual General Meeting, the number of issued shares of the Company was 527,003,391.
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 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
Neil Hunt
Company Secretary