REG - Speedy Hire PLC - Results of AGM, Board Changes

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RNS Number : 0929Y  Speedy Hire PLC  04 September 2025

Speedy Hire Plc

4 September 2025

 

 

Speedy Hire Plc ("Company")

 

Results of AGM, Board Changes

 

 

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 4 September 2025 at the
offices of Addleshaw Goddard LLP, Milton Gate, 60 Chiswell Street, London,
EC1Y 4AG, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting were voted on by
means of a poll.

 

Resolutions 1 to 13 and 18 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions
14 to 17 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll are set
out below:

 

 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 of the Company for the financial year  304,976,788   98.37      5,046,712     1.63       728,541
     ended 31 March 2025 together with the

     reports of the Directors and auditors (ordinary).
 2   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31   309,364,669   99.59      1,288,633     0.41       98,739
     March 2025 (ordinary).
 3   To declare a final dividend of 1.80 pence per ordinary share in respect of the  310,392,425   99.91      290,800       0.09       68,816
     financial year ended 31 March 2025 (ordinary).
 4   To re-elect Dan Evans as a Director of the Company (ordinary).                  310,055,762   99.84      504,666       0.16       191,613
 5   To re-elect Paul Rayner as a Director of the Company (ordinary).                310,099,211   99.85      475,527       0.15       177,303
 6   To re-elect David Shearer as a Director of the Company (ordinary).              296,386,194   95.43      14,188,544    4.57       177,303
 7   To re-elect David Garman as a Director of the Company (ordinary).               303,307,399   97.66      7,267,339     2.34       177,303
 8   To re-elect Rhian Bartlett as a Director of the Company (ordinary).             303,281,952   97.65      7,292,786     2.35       177,303
 9   To re-elect Shatish Dasani as a Director of the Company (ordinary).             303,305,740   97.66      7,268,998     2.34       177,303
 10  To re-elect Carol Kavanagh as a Director of the Company (ordinary).             309,919,869   99.82      568,554       0.18       263,618
 11  To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors (ordinary).                310,050,802   99.82      566,925       0.18       134,314
 12  To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the Auditors        310,147,900   99.85      460,026       0.15       144,115
     (ordinary).
 13  To authorise the Directors to allot shares (ordinary).                          309,560,597   99.77      703,981       0.23       467,463
 14  To authorise the Directors to allot securities free from pre-emption rights,    309,102,408   99.51      1,521,378     0.49       128,255
     subject to certain specified limitations (special).
 15  To disapply statutory pre-emption rights in relation to acquisitions or other   307,356,172   98.95      3,268,414     1.05       127,455
     capital investments (special).
 16  To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares (special).  305,691,065   98.39      4,989,360     1.61       71,616
 17  To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than Annual General         310,001,104   99.79      662,699       0.21       88,238
     Meetings) on not less than 14 days' notice (special).
 18  To permit the Company to make political donations (ordinary).                   300,755,801   96.82      9,876,689     3.18       119,551

 

N.B. Percentage figures are rounded to 2 decimal places.

 

*     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.

 

As at 4 September 2025, the number of issued shares of the Company was
516,983,637, of which 55,141,657 were held in treasury. Therefore, the total
voting rights in the Company as at that date was 461,841,980.

 

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
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism) .

 

In keeping with the Company's announcement on 18 June 2025, Rob Barclay
stepped down from the Board at the end of the AGM. The Board approved the
following changes to the roles and responsibilities of the Non-Executive
Directors with immediate effect:

 

•   David Garman joins the Audit & Risk Committee;

•   Shatish Dasani joins the Remuneration Committee;

•   Carol Kavanagh joins the Sustainability Committee, which will be
chaired by Rhian Bartlett;

•   Carol Kavanagh takes over the role of Employee Designated
Non-Executive Director.

 

 

Neil Hunt

Company Secretary

 

 

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