Result of AGM
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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