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Speedy Hire Plc held its Annual General Meeting on 4 September 2025, where all 18 proposed resolutions were passed, including the declaration of a final dividend of 1.80 pence per ordinary share for the financial year ended 31 March 2025. At the close of the AGM, Director Rob Barclay stepped down, and the Board approved immediate changes for Non-Executive Directors: David Garman joined the Audit & Risk Committee, Shatish Dasani joined the Remuneration Committee, and Carol Kavanagh joined the Sustainability Committee, which Rhian Bartlett will chair, with Ms. Kavanagh also assuming the role of Employee Designated Non-Executive Director.
| Date | 4 Sept 2025 |
| Time | 16:21:36 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 0929Y |
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 ended 31 March 2025 together with the reports of the Directors and auditors (ordinary). |
304,976,788 |
98.37 |
5,046,712 |
1.63 |
728,541 |
|
2 |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 March 2025 (ordinary). |
309,364,669 |
99.59 |
1,288,633 |
0.41 |
98,739 |
|
3 |
To declare a final dividend of 1.80 pence per ordinary share in respect of the financial year ended 31 March 2025 (ordinary). |
310,392,425 |
99.91 |
290,800 |
0.09 |
68,816 |
|
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 (ordinary). |
310,147,900 |
99.85 |
460,026 |
0.15 |
144,115 |
|
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, subject to certain specified limitations (special). |
309,102,408 |
99.51 |
1,521,378 |
0.49 |
128,255 |
|
15 |
To disapply statutory pre-emption rights in relation to acquisitions or other capital investments (special). |
307,356,172 |
98.95 |
3,268,414 |
1.05 |
127,455 |
|
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 Meetings) on not less than 14 days' notice (special). |
310,001,104 |
99.79 |
662,699 |
0.21 |
88,238 |
|
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.
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