Speedy Hire Plc
18 July 2012
Speedy Hire Plc ("Company")
Annual General Meeting 2012
Voting Results
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 18 July 2012 at Etrop Grange Hotel, Thorley Lane, Manchester Airport, Cheshire, M90 4EG 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 2012 together with the Directors' and the Auditors' reports (ordinary) |
338,048,170 |
100.00% |
5,185 |
0.00% |
38,742 |
|
2 |
To approve the Directors' remuneration report for the financial year ended 31 March 2012 (ordinary) |
333,650,118 |
99.27% |
2,445,126 |
0.73% |
1,996,853 |
|
3 |
To declare a final dividend of 0.26 pence per share in respect of the year ended 31 March 2012 (ordinary) |
338,038,838 |
99.99% |
29,125 |
0.01% |
24,134 |
|
4 |
To re-elect Steve Corcoran as a Director of the Company (ordinary) |
309,084,320 |
98.15% |
5,816,274 |
1.85% |
23,191,502 |
|
5 |
To re-elect Mike McGrath as a Director of the Company (ordinary) |
332,217,742 |
98.27% |
5,834,763 |
1.73% |
39,592 |
|
6 |
To re-elect James Morley as a Director of the Company (ordinary) |
331,733,459 |
98.16% |
6,225,445 |
1.84% |
133,192 |
|
7 |
To elect Lynn Krige as a Director of the Company (ordinary) |
332,214,231 |
98.27% |
5,838,274 |
1.73% |
39,592 |
|
8 |
To elect Chris Masters as a Director of the Company (ordinary) |
332,167,638 |
98.29% |
5,791,267 |
1.71% |
133,192 |
|
9 |
To reappoint KPMG Audit Plc as Auditors (ordinary) |
337,324,088 |
99.78% |
749,897 |
0.22% |
18,111 |
|
10 |
To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of KPMG Audit Plc (ordinary) |
337,918,172 |
99.99% |
33,584 |
0.01% |
140,341 |
|
11 |
To authorise the Directors to allot shares (ordinary) |
337,270,485 |
99.85% |
510,494 |
0.15% |
311,118 |
|
12 |
To disapply the statutory pre-emption rights (special) |
337,452,865 |
99.87% |
451,526 |
0.13% |
187,706 |
|
13 |
To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares (special) |
337,632,619 |
99.91% |
299,733 |
0.09% |
159,745 |
|
14 |
To authorise the calling of general meetings on not less than 14 days notice (special) |
322,411,285 |
95.37% |
15,662,167 |
4.63% |
18,645 |
|
15 |
To permit the Company to make political donations (ordinary) |
331,106,244 |
97.96% |
6,904,390 |
2.04% |
81,463 |
* The For Vote includes those votes that were cast as Discretion
** Percentages of votes cast For and Against have been calculated excluding the Abstain/Witheld votes
NB Percentage figures are rounded to 2 decimal places
James Blair
Company Secretary