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Speedy Hire PLC

15 July 2015

Speedy Hire Plc

15 July 2015

Speedy Hire Plc ("Company")

Annual General Meeting 2015

Voting Results

At the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 15 July 2015 at Pinsent Masons LLP, 30 Crown Place, Earl Street, London, EC2A 4ES 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      No. of       % of     No. of 
                                                 Vote      Votes        Vote     Votes 
     -------------------------  -------------  --------  -----------  -------  ---------- 
      To receive and 
       adopt the annual 
       accounts for 
       the financial 
       year ended 31 
       March 2015 together 
       with the Directors' 
       and the Auditors' 
 1     reports (ordinary)        411,706,658    98.55%    6,058,643    1.45%    397,557 
     -------------------------  -------------  --------  -----------  -------  ---------- 
      To approve the 
       Directors' Remuneration 
       Report for the 
       financial year 
       ended 31 March 
 2     2015 (ordinary)           395,805,100    94.68%    22,241,315   5.32%    116,443 
     -------------------------  -------------  --------  -----------  -------  ---------- 
      To declare a 
       final dividend 
       of 0.40 pence 
       per share in 
       respect of the 
       year ended 31 
 3     March 2015 (ordinary)     418,058,245    100.00%   17,898       0.00%    86,715 
     -------------------------  -------------  --------  -----------  -------  ---------- 
      To re-elect James 
       Morley as a Director 
       of the Company 
 4     (ordinary)                390,293,485    93.36%    27,749,390   6.64%    119,982 
     -------------------------  -------------  --------  -----------  -------  ---------- 
      To elect Jan 
       Åstrand 
       as a Director 
       of the Company 
 5     (ordinary)                408,607,170    97.74%    9,435,197    2.26%    120,490 
     -------------------------  -------------  --------  -----------  -------  ---------- 
      To elect Russell 
       Down as a Director 
       of the Company 
 6     (ordinary)                415,676,948    99.44%    2,345,831    0.56%    140,079 
     -------------------------  -------------  --------  -----------  -------  ---------- 
      To appoint KPMG 
       LLP as Auditors 
 7     (ordinary)                381,116,054    91.18%    36,884,182   8.82%    162,621 
     -------------------------  -------------  --------  -----------  -------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the Directors 
       to determine 
       the remuneration 
 8     of KPMG LLP (ordinary)    363,387,989    87.56%    51,623,890   12.44%   3,150,979 
     -------------------------  -------------  --------  -----------  -------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the Directors 
       to allot shares 
 9     (ordinary)***             414,463,193    99.59%    1,686,031    0.41%    2,013,634 
     -------------------------  -------------  --------  -----------  -------  ---------- 
      To disapply the 
       statutory pre-emption 
 10    rights (special)****      417,755,849    99.95%    222,474      0.05%    184,535 
     -------------------------  -------------  --------  -----------  -------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the Company to 
       make market purchases 
       of its own shares 
 11    (special)                 417,996,055    99.99%    36,290       0.01%    130,513 
     -------------------------  -------------  --------  -----------  -------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the calling of 
       general meetings 
       on not less than 
       14 days' notice 
 12    (special)                 408,232,544    97.65%    9,806,869    2.35%    123,444 
     -------------------------  -------------  --------  -----------  -------  ---------- 
      To permit the 
       Company to make 
       political donations 
 13    (ordinary)                395,951,267    94.72%    22,063,121   5.28%    148,470 
     -------------------------  -------------  --------  -----------  -------  ---------- 
 
   *   The For Vote includes those votes that were cast as Discretion 

** Percentages of votes cast For and Against have been calculated excluding the Abstain/Withheld votes

NB Percentage figures are rounded to 2 decimal places

*** At the AGM the Chairman reported that the authority being sought was overstated in the Notice of Meeting and confirmed that the Company would only exercise the authority up to a maximum aggregate nominal amount of GBP8,698,957 in respect of sub-paragraph (a), and GBP17,397,913 in respect of sub-paragraph (b).

**** At the AGM the Chairman reported that this authority being sought was overstated in the Notice of Meeting and confirmed that the Company would only exercise the authority up to a maximum aggregate nominal amount of GBP1,304,843.

James Blair

Company Secretary

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