Speedy Hire Plc
8 September 2022
Speedy Hire Plc ("Company")
Resolutions passed at Annual General Meeting - 8 September 2022
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 8 September 2022 at the offices of Addleshaw Goddard LLP at Milton Gate, 60 Chiswell Street,
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 2022 together with the reports of the Directors and auditors (ordinary). |
372,282,726 |
99.99% |
53,205 |
0.01% |
271,295 |
|
2 |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 March 2022 (ordinary). |
364,700,578 |
98.07% |
7,173,863 |
1.93% |
732,785 |
|
3 |
To declare a final dividend of |
372,570,099 |
99.99% |
32,879 |
0.01% |
4,248 |
|
4 |
To re-elect David Shearer as a Director of the Company (ordinary). |
330,866,731 |
88.80% |
41,728,515 |
11.20% |
11,980 |
|
5 |
To re-elect Russell Down as a Director of the Company (ordinary). |
372,508,567 |
99.98% |
86,679 |
0.02% |
11,980 |
|
6 |
To re-elect James Bunn as a Director of the Company (ordinary). |
372,513,460 |
99.98% |
77,816 |
0.02% |
15,950 |
|
7 |
To re-elect David Garman as a Director of the Company (ordinary). |
369,493,264 |
99.17% |
3,101,982 |
0.83% |
11,980 |
|
8 |
To re-elect Rob Barclay as a Director of the Company (ordinary). |
367,280,202 |
99.98% |
80,105 |
0.02% |
5,246,919 |
|
9 |
To re-elect Rhian Bartlett as a Director of the Company (ordinary). |
369,498,154 |
99.17% |
3,097,092 |
0.83% |
11,980 |
|
10 |
To re-elect Shatish Dasani as a Director of the Company (ordinary). |
369,392,828 |
99.14% |
3,202,418 |
0.86% |
11,980 |
|
11 |
To re-elect Carol Kavanagh as a Director of the Company (ordinary). |
372,486,558 |
99.98% |
90,408 |
0.02% |
30,260 |
|
12 |
To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors (ordinary). |
370,496,430 |
99.48% |
1,951,054 |
0.52% |
159,742 |
|
13 |
To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (ordinary). |
372,337,566 |
99.97% |
115,948 |
0.03% |
153,712 |
|
14 |
To authorise the Directors to allot shares (ordinary). |
359,373,798 |
96.48% |
13,098,113 |
3.52% |
135,315 |
|
15 |
To authorise the Directors to allot securities free from pre-emption rights, subject to certain specified limitations (special). |
372,331,471 |
99.96% |
149,882 |
0.04% |
125,873 |
|
16 |
To disapply statutory pre-emption rights in relation to acquisitions or other capital investments (special). |
358,170,027 |
96.16% |
14,313,826 |
3.84% |
123,373 |
|
17 |
To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares (special). |
370,454,075 |
99.51% |
1,807,847 |
0.49% |
345,304 |
|
18 |
To authorise the calling of general meetings on not less than 14 days' notice (special). |
371,213,247 |
99.66% |
1,256,589 |
0.34% |
137,390 |
|
19 |
To permit the Company to make political donations (ordinary). |
369,219,100 |
99.09% |
3,375,947 |
0.91% |
12,179 |
* 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 6 September 2022, the number of issued shares of the Company was 516,983,637, of which 23,245,936 were held in treasury. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company as at that date was 493,737,701.
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.
Neil Hunt
Company Secretary
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