Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1794V

Big Yellow Group PLC

19 July 2018

 

Big Yellow Group PLC

19 July 2018

Big Yellow Group PLC - Result of AGM

Result of Annual General Meeting

Big Yellow Group PLC (the "Company") announces that, at the Annual General Meeting (the "AGM") held today, all resolutions contained in the notice of the Annual General Meeting dated 19 June 2018 (the "AGM Notice") were duly passed.

A final dividend of 15.5 pence per Ordinary Share will be paid on 27 July 2018.

The total number of proxy votes lodged for each resolution in advance of the meeting is set out below:

Resolutions		Votes for 1		Votes against		Total votes cast	Votes withheld 2
		No. of shares	% of shares voted	No. of shares	% of shares voted	No. of shares	No. of shares
1	To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2018	128,128,426	99.95%	64,000	0.05%	128,192,426	170,911
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	118,737,845	92.63%	9,452,624	7.37%	128,190,469	172,867
3	To approve the Directors' remuneration policy	123,499,408	96.41%	4,603,796	3.59%	128,103,204	260,131
4	To approve the final dividend	128,269,539	100.00%	0	0.00%	128,269,539	93,798
5	To re-elect Richard Cotton as a Director	126,279,742	98.97%	1,320,064	1.03%	127,599,806	763,530
6	To re-elect James Gibson as a Director	127,296,263	99.24%	972,825	0.76%	128,269,088	94,249
7	To re-elect Georgina Harvey as a Director	126,710,287	98.78%	1,558,801	1.22%	128,269,088	94,249
8	To re-elect Steve Johnson as a Director	127,036,113	99.04%	1,232,975	0.96%	128,269,088	94,249
9	To re-elect Dr Anna Keay as a Director	128,268,088	100.00%	1,000	0.00%	128,269,088	94,249
10	To re-elect Adrian Lee as a Director	127,293,263	99.24%	975,825	0.76%	128,269,088	94,249
11	To re-elect Vince Niblett as a Director	127,362,752	99.29%	906,336	0.71%	128,269,088	94,249
12	To re-elect John Trotman as a Director	126,965,850	98.98%	1,303,238	1.02%	128,269,088	94,249
13	To re-elect Nicholas Vetch as a Director	123,563,364	96.35%	4,681,068	3.65%	128,244,432	118,903
14	To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors	128,262,629	100.00%	4,410	0.00%	128,267,039	96,298
15	To authorise the Directors to agree the auditor's remuneration	128,189,684	100.00%	1,451	0.00%	128,191,135	172,202
16	To authorise the Directors to allot shares up to a limited amount	126,876,597	98.92%	1,390,942	1.08%	128,267,539	95,798
17	To approve the Big Yellow Deferred Bonus Share Plan	127,788,608	99.63%	480,821	0.37%	128,269,429	93,908
18	To authorise the Directors to allot shares and sell treasury shares for cash, without making a pre--emptive offer to shareholders 3	128,114,648	99.89%	140,466	0.11%	128,255,114	108,223
19	To authorise the Directors to allot additional shares and sell treasury shares for cash, without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders in line with recommendations of the Pre-Emption Group 3	127,649,558	99.53%	605,555	0.47%	128,255,113	108,223
20	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares 3	127,893,810	99.95%	59,026	0.05%	127,952,836	410,500
21	To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) by notice of not less than 14 clear days 3	121,786,122	94.95%	6,482,966	5.05%	128,269,088	94,249

¹ Includes discretionary votes

² A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards the votes cast 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.

³ Special Resolution (75% majority required)

As required by Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed at the 2018 Annual General Meeting of the Company have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

Enquiries:

Shauna Beavis, Company Secretary                                01276 477811

 

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