Speedy Hire Plc
7 September 2023
Speedy Hire Plc ("Company")
Resolutions passed at Annual General Meeting - 7 September 2023
At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 7 September 2023 at the offices of Addleshaw Goddard LLP at Milton Gate, 60 Chiswell Street, London EC1Y 4AG, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting were voted on a poll and passed by the requisite majorities.
Resolutions 1 to 15 and resolution 20 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 16 to 19 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll are set out below:
| 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 2023 together with the reports of the Directors and auditors (ordinary). | 334,034,160 | 98.79% | 4,092,120 | 1.21% | 382,458 |
| 2 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 March 2023 (ordinary). | 334,750,118 | 98.92% | 3,658,028 | 1.08% | 100,592 |
| 3 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy. | 328,333,433 | 97.02% | 10,084,023 | 2.98% | 91,282 |
| 4 | To declare a final dividend of 1.80 pence per share in respect of the year ended 31 March 2023 (ordinary). | 338,410,672 | 99.99% | 42,663 | 0.01% | 55,403 |
| 5 | To elect Dan Evans as a Director of the Company (ordinary). | 338,181,503 | 99.96% | 122,072 | 0.04% | 205,163 |
| 6 | To elect Paul Rayner as a Director of the Company (ordinary). | 338,257,171 | 99.97% | 111,404 | 0.03% | 140,163 |
| 7 | To re-elect David Shearer as a Director of the Company (ordinary). | 301,328,552 | 89.66% | 34,754,193 | 10.34% | 2,425,993 |
| 8 | To re-elect David Garman as a Director of the Company (ordinary). | 335,168,528 | 99.06% | 3,187,890 | 0.94% | 152,320 |
| 9 | To re-elect Rob Barclay as a Director of the Company (ordinary). | 338,159,041 | 99.95% | 175,567 | 0.05% | 174,130 |
| 10 | To re-elect Rhian Bartlett as a Director of the Company (ordinary). | 335,208,034 | 99.07% | 3,139,392 | 0.93% | 161,312 |
| 11 | To re-elect Shatish Dasani as a Director of the Company (ordinary). | 334,697,764 | 98.95% | 3,541,154 | 1.05% | 269,820 |
| 12 | To re-elect Carol Kavanagh as a Director of the Company (ordinary). | 338,198,558 | 99.95% | 172,860 | 0.05% | 137,320 |
| 13 | To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors (ordinary). | 336,212,606 | 99.35% | 2,205,924 | 0.65% | 87,208 |
| 14 | To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (ordinary). | 338,342,295 | 99.97% | 113,224 | 0.03% | 53,219 |
| 15 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares (ordinary). | 311,290,311 | 91.99% | 27,118,928 | 8.01% | 99,499 |
| 16 | To authorise the Directors to allot securities free from pre-emption rights, subject to certain specified limitations (special). | 309,433,862 | 91.42% | 29,036,764 | 8.58% | 38,112 |
| 17 | To disapply statutory pre-emption rights in relation to acquisitions or other capital investments (special). | 309,236,620 | 91.40% | 29,086,841 | 8.60% | 185,277 |
| 18 | To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares (special). | 328,781,611 | 97.16% | 9,614,705 | 2.84% | 112,422 |
| 19 | To authorise the calling of general meetings on not less than 14 days' notice (special). | 337,948,712 | 99.86% | 489,617 | 0.14% | 70,409 |
| 20 | To permit the Company to make political donations (ordinary). | 333,557,753 | 98.56% | 4,857,311 | 1.44% | 93,674 |
N.B. Percentage figures are rounded to 2 decimal places.
* 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.
As at 7 September 2023, the number of issued shares of the Company was 516,983,637, of which 55,146,281 were held in treasury. Therefore, the total voting rights in the Company as at that date was 461,837,356.
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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