Speedy Hire Plc
13 July 2016
Speedy Hire Plc ("Company")
Annual General Meeting 2016
Voting Results
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 13 July 2016 at Instinctif Partners, 65 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7NQ at 11.00am, 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 2016 together with the Directors' and the Auditors' reports (ordinary) |
426,033,741 |
100.00% |
7,902 |
0.00% |
14,696 |
2 |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 March 2016 (ordinary) |
421,123,905 |
98.86% |
4,867,552 |
1.14% |
64,882 |
3 |
To declare a final dividend of 0.40 pence per share in respect of the year ended 31 March 2016 (ordinary) |
426,015,038 |
99.99% |
27,611 |
0.01% |
13,690 |
4 |
To elect Chris Morgan as a Director of the Company (ordinary) |
409,112,460 |
96.05% |
16,842,942 |
3.95% |
100,937 |
5 |
To elect Bob Contreras as a Director of the Company (ordinary) |
268,401,925 |
63.02% |
157,512,880 |
36.98%*** |
141,534 |
6 |
To elect Rob Barclay as a Director of the Company (ordinary) |
268,419,977 |
63.02% |
157,494,828 |
36.98%*** |
141,534 |
7 |
To appoint KPMG LLP as Auditors (ordinary) |
418,782,404 |
98.30% |
7,249,756 |
1.70% |
24,179 |
8 |
To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of KPMG LLP (ordinary) |
425,969,373 |
99.99% |
57,561 |
0.01% |
29,405 |
9 |
To authorise the Directors to allot shares (ordinary) |
423,349,420 |
99.80% |
865,465 |
0.20% |
1,841,454 |
10 |
To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights (special) |
425,712,160 |
99.95% |
205,647 |
0.05% |
138,532 |
11 |
To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares (special) |
424,162,196 |
99.57% |
1,831,875 |
0.43% |
62,268 |
12 |
To authorise the calling of general meetings on not less than 14 days' notice (special) |
417,905,700 |
98.10% |
8,107,778 |
1.90% |
42,861 |
13 |
To permit the Company to make political donations (ordinary) |
389,846,904 |
91.52% |
36,107,846 |
8.48% |
101,589 |
* 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.
*** The Board regularly engages in dialogue with shareholders and will continue to do so in order to understand their views and address any concerns.
NB Percentage figures are rounded to 2 decimal places.
James Blair
Company Secretary
