REG - Speedy Hire PLC - Result of AGM

Speedy HireAnnouncement

10/09/2020 12:35

RNS Number : 6488Y
  
Speedy Hire PLC
  
10 September 2020
  
 

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
 
 

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