Speedy Hire Plc
12 July 2017
Speedy Hire Plc ("Company")
Resolutions passed at Annual General Meeting - 12 July 2017
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 12 July 2017 at the offices of Liberum Capital Limited at Ropemaker Place, Level 12, 25 Ropemaker Street, London, EC2Y 9LY 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 |
Abstain** |
|
|
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 2017 together with the Directors' and the Auditors' reports (ordinary) |
427,177,431 |
99.35% |
2,790,199 |
0.65% |
9,202 |
2 |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 March 2017 (ordinary) |
425,270,025 |
98.92% |
4,648,048 |
1.08% |
58,759 |
3 |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy (ordinary) |
420,503,951 |
98.45% |
6,606,428 |
1.55% |
2,866,453 |
4 |
To declare a final dividend of 0.67 pence per share in respect of the year ended 31 March 2017 (ordinary) |
429,948,026 |
99.99% |
24,604 |
0.01% |
4,202 |
5 |
To elect David Garman as a Director of the Company (ordinary) |
429,849,009 |
99.99% |
55,691 |
0.01% |
72,132 |
6 |
To re-elect Jan Åstrand as a Director of the Company (ordinary) |
312,424,922 |
96.10% |
12,678,233 |
3.90% |
104,873,677 |
7 |
To re-elect Russell Down as a Director of the Company (ordinary) |
429,779,077 |
99.96% |
173,560 |
0.04% |
24,195 |
8 |
To re-elect Chris Morgan as a Director of the Company (ordinary) |
429,819,155 |
99.98% |
88,505 |
0.02% |
69,172 |
9 |
To re-elect Bob Contreras as a Director of the Company (ordinary) |
312,823,590 |
96.24% |
12,217,318 |
3.76% |
104,935,924 |
10 |
To re-elect Rob Barclay as a Director of the Company (ordinary) |
417,733,172 |
97.17% |
12,171,528 |
2.83% |
72,132 |
11 |
To re-elect David Shearer as a Director of the Company (ordinary) |
429,822,504 |
99.98% |
66,868 |
0.02% |
87,460 |
12 |
To appoint KPMG LLP as Auditors (ordinary) |
425,180,465 |
98.89% |
4,776,707 |
1.11% |
19,660 |
13 |
To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of KPMG LLP (ordinary) |
429,846,080 |
99.97% |
125,800 |
0.03% |
4,952 |
14 |
To authorise the Directors to allot shares (ordinary) |
429,195,720 |
99.83% |
739,724 |
0.17% |
41,388 |
15 |
To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights (special) |
429,643,164 |
99.94% |
256,475 |
0.06% |
77,193 |
16 |
To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares (special) |
427,683,232 |
99.54% |
1,955,963 |
0.46% |
337,637 |
17 |
To authorise the calling of general meetings on not less than 14 days' notice (special) |
426,104,485 |
99.11% |
3,847,735 |
0.89% |
24,612 |
18 |
To permit the Company to make political donations (ordinary) |
385,965,569 |
89.78% |
43,934,263 |
10.22% |
77,000 |
19 |
To amend article 103 of the Company's articles of association to increase the annual aggregate limit on fees payable by the Company to non-executive directors (ordinary) |
429,560,757 |
99.92% |
349,895 |
0.08% |
66,180 |
20 |
To cancel the balance standing to the credit of the share premium account of the Company (special) |
429,788,539 |
99.99% |
29,276 |
0.01% |
159,017 |
* 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.
NB Percentage figures are rounded to 2 decimal places
As at the date of the AGM, the number of issued shares of the Company was 523,603,472.
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
