21 June 2018
HSS Hire Group plc
Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
At the AGM of HSS Hire Group plc held today at 11.00 am at Hilton Garden Inn Heathrow, Pavilion Centre, Eastern Perimeter Road, Hatton Cross, Heathrow, TW6 2SQ, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting were voted on a poll and were passed by the requisite majorities.
Resolutions 1 to 12 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 13 to 16 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll are set out below.
Ordinary resolutions |
Votes
for |
% Votes for 1 |
Votes
against |
% Votes against 1 |
Total votes validly cast |
% of Issued share capital voted 1,2,3 |
Votes withheld 2 |
Resolution 1: Receive annual report and accounts |
132,577,519 |
100.00 |
4,903 |
0.00 |
132,582,422 |
77.89% |
0 |
Resolution 2: Receive and approve remuneration report |
132,564,675 |
99.99 |
12,987 |
0.01 |
132,577,662 |
77.89% |
4,760 |
Resolution 3: Re-election of Alan Peterson |
132,571,915 |
99.99 |
10,031 |
0.01 |
132,581,946 |
77.89% |
476 |
Resolution 4: Re-election of Amanda Burton |
132,571,185 |
99.99 |
10,031 |
0.01 |
132,581,216 |
77.89% |
1,206 |
Resolution 5: Re-election of Douglas Robertson |
132,571,915 |
99.99 |
10,031 |
0.01 |
132,581,946 |
77.89% |
476 |
Resolution 6: Re-election of Thomas Sweet-Escott |
132,571,439 |
99.99 |
10,507 |
0.01 |
132,581,946 |
77.89% |
476 |
Resolution 7: Re-election of Steve Ashmore |
132,571,915 |
99.99 |
10,031 |
0.01 |
132,581,946 |
77.89% |
476 |
Resolution 8: Re-election of Paul Quested |
132,572,391 |
99.99 |
9,555 |
0.01 |
132,581,946 |
77.89% |
476 |
Resolution 9: Re-appoint BDO LLP as auditors |
132,571,031 |
99.99 |
6,631 |
0.01 |
132,577,662 |
77.89% |
4,760 |
Resolution 10: Authorise directors to agree auditors' remuneration |
132,571,031 |
99.99 |
6,631 |
0.01 |
132,577,662 |
77.89% |
4,760 |
Resolution 11: Renew authority to allot new shares |
132,567,631 |
99.99 |
9,555 |
0.01 |
132,577,186 |
77.89% |
5,236 |
Resolution 12: Political donations |
132,563,726 |
99.99 |
18,196 |
0.01 |
132,581,922 |
77.89% |
500 |
VOTES OF INDEPENDENT SHAREHOLDERS ON THE RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING THE RE-ELECTION OF THE INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS |
Ordinary resolutions |
Votes
for |
% Votes for 1 |
Votes
against |
% Votes against 1 |
Total votes validly cast |
% of Issued share capital voted 1,2,4 |
Votes withheld 2 |
Resolution 4: Re-election of Amanda Burton |
46,889,477 |
99.98 |
10,031 |
0.02 |
46,899,508 |
55.49% |
1,206 |
Resolution 5: Re-election of Douglas Robertson |
46,890,207 |
99.98 |
10,031 |
0.02 |
46,900,238 |
55.49% |
476 |
Special resolutions |
Votes for |
% Votes for 1 |
Votes
against |
% Votes against 1 |
Total votes validly cast |
% of Issued share capital voted 1,2,3 |
Votes withheld 2 |
Resolution 13: Disapplication of pre-emption rights to allotment of equity securities |
132,567,631 |
99.99 |
9,555 |
0.01 |
132,577,186 |
77.89% |
5,236 |
Resolution 14: Disapplication of pre-emption rights for financing or capital investment |
132,567,631 |
99.99 |
10,031 |
0.01 |
132,577,662 |
77.89% |
4,760 |
Resolution 15: Authority to purchase own shares |
132,566,287 |
99.99 |
16,135 |
0.01 |
132,582,422 |
77.89% |
0 |
Resolution 16: Notice of general meetings |
132,575,061 |
99.99 |
7,361 |
0.01 |
132,582,422 |
77.89% |
0 |
Notes:
1. The percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.
2. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" or "against" a resolution.
3. The number of ordinary shares in issue on 21 June 2018 was 170,207,142. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.
4. The number of ordinary shares in issue on 21 June 2018 controlled by Independent Shareholders as defined in the explanatory notes to the Notice of the Annual General Meeting circulated on 9 May 2018.
Copies of resolutions 13 to 16, being resolutions other than resolutions concerning ordinary business passed by the Company at the above AGM, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
For further information, please contact:
HSS Hire Group plc |
Tel: 020 8260 3343 |
Daniel Joll, Company Secretary |
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Jonathan Edwards, Investor Relations, Treasury and Special Projects Manager |
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Teneo Blue Rubicon |
Tel: 020 3757 9248 |
Robert Morgan Shona Buchanan |
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