25 September 2025
HSS Hire Group plc
Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
At the AGM of HSS Hire Group plc held today at 11.00 a.m. at Hilton Garden Inn Heathrow, Pavilion Centre, Eastern Perimeter Road, Hatton Cross, Heathrow, TW6 2SQ, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting were voted on a poll and were passed by the requisite majorities.
Resolutions 1 to 8 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 9 to 11 were passed as special resolutions. The results of the poll are set out below.
| Ordinary resolutions |
Votes For |
% Votes for 1 |
Votes against |
% Votes against 1 |
Total votes validly cast |
% of Issued share capital voted 1,2,3 |
Votes withheld2 |
| Resolution 1: Re-election of Alan Peterson |
497,930,495 |
99.71% |
1,432,943 |
0.29% |
499,363,438 |
69.83 |
31,782 |
| Resolution 2: Re-election of Neil Cooper |
498,936,171 |
99.92% |
415,267 |
0.08% |
499,351,438 |
69.83 |
43,782 |
| Resolution 3: Re-election of Richard Jones |
498,948,783 |
99.92% |
402,655 |
0.08% |
499,351,438 |
69.83 |
43,782 |
| Resolution 4: Re-election of Thomas Sweet-Escott |
498,938,647 |
99.92% |
412,791 |
0.08% |
499,351,438 |
69.83 |
43,782 |
| Resolution 5: Re-election of Steve Ashmore |
498,912,092 |
99.91% |
451,346 |
0.09% |
499,363,438 |
69.83 |
31,782 |
| Resolution 6: Re-election of Ernst Kastner |
498,868,956 |
99.90% |
482,482 |
0.10% |
499,351,438 |
69.83 |
43,782 |
| Resolution 7: To authorise the directors to allot shares up to a specified amount |
498,662,155 |
99.86% |
700,829 |
0.14% |
499,362,984 |
69.83 |
32,236 |
| Resolution 8: To give the Company limited authority to make political donations and expenditure
|
497,874,043 |
99.70% |
1,480,107 |
0.30% |
499,354,150 |
69.83 |
41,070 |
| Special resolutions |
Votes for |
% Votes for 1 |
Votes |
% Votes against 1 |
Total votes validly cast |
% of Issued share capital voted 1,2,3 |
Votes withheld 2 |
| Resolution 9: To dis-apply pre-emption rights to the allotment of equity securities and sale of treasury shares for cash or on a fully pre-emptive offer |
498,688,704 |
99.86% |
674,239 |
0.14% |
499,362,943 |
69.83 |
32,277 |
| Resolution 10: To dis-apply pre-emption rights for the purposes of financing an acquisition or other capital investment |
498,696,255 |
99.87% |
665,556 |
0.13% |
499,361,811 |
69.83 |
33,409 |
| Resolution 11: To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares |
499,235,333 |
99.97% |
142,607 |
0.03% |
499,377,940 |
69.83 |
17,280 |
Notes:
1. The percentages above are rounded to two decimal places.
2. A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes "for" or "against" a resolution.
3. The number of ordinary shares in issue on 25 September 2025 was 715,112,880. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.
For further information, please contact:
| HSS Hire Group plc |
Email: [email protected] |
| Steve Ashmore, Executive Chair, HSS ProService |
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| Richard Jones, Group Chief Financial Officer |
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| FTI Consulting |
Tel: 020 3727 1340 |
| Nick Hasell |
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| Victoria Hayns |
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| Canaccord Genuity Limited (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) |
Tel: 020 7523 8000 |
| Andrew Potts |
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| George Grainger |
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| Singer Capital Markets (Joint Broker) |
Tel: 020 7496 3000 |
| Alex Bond / Rick Thompson (Investment Banking) |
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| Rhys Williams (Equity Sales) |
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