REG - Speedy Hire PLC - Result of AGM

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11/07/2019 11:45

RNS Number : 2510F
Speedy Hire PLC
11 July 2019
 


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
 
 




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