Result of AGM

RNS Number : 2343V

Big Yellow Group PLC

05 August 2020

 

Big Yellow Group PLC

5 August 2020

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 2 July 2020 (the "AGM Notice") were duly passed.

A final dividend of 16.7 pence per Ordinary Share will be paid on 10 August 2020.

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 2020	142,778,590	100.0	0	0.0	142,778,590	113,576
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	139,729,155	97.8	3,155,806	2.2	142,884,961	7,204
3	To approve the final dividend	142,888,066	100.0	0	0.0	142,888,066	4,100
4	To re-elect Richard Cotton as a Director	142,137,222	99.5	750,315	0.5	142,887,537	4,629
5	To re-elect James Gibson as a Director	142,120,468	99.5	767,069	0.5	142,887,537	4,629
6	To re-elect Dr Anna Keay as a Director	142,710,922	99.9	176,615	0.1	142,887,537	4,629
7	To re-elect Adrian Lee as a Director	142,120,468	99.5	767,069	0.5	142,887,537	4,629
8	To re-elect Vince Niblett as a Director	142,135,922	99.5	751,615	0.5	142,887,537	4,629
9	To re-elect John Trotman as a Director	141,623,857	99.1	1,263,680	0.9	142,887,537	4,629
10	To re-elect Nicholas Vetch as a Director	139,946,655	97.9	2,940,881	2.1	142,887,536	4,629
11	To re-appoint Julia Hailes as a Director	142,886,237	100.0	0	0.0	142,886,237	5,929
12	To re-appoint Laela Pakpour Tabrizi as a Director	142,883,387	100.0	1,850	0.0	142,885,237	6,929
13	To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors	142,882,445	100.0	5,092	0.0	142,887,537	4,629
14	To authorise the Directors to agree the auditor's remuneration	142,887,387	100.0	629	0.0	142,888,016	4,150
15	To authorise the Directors to allot shares up to a limited amount	138,231,150	96.7	4,656,916	3.3	142,888,066	4,100
16	To empower the Directors to allot equity securities and/or sell equity securities held as treasury shares as if section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 did not apply 3	141,839,230	100.0	57,816	0.0	141,897,046	995,120
17	To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of an additional 5% of the Company's issued share capital, in certain circumstances. 3	141,708,686	99.9	188,359	0.1	141,897,045	995,120
18	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares 3	142,280,928	99.6	591,073	0.4	142,872,001	20,164
19	To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) by notice of not less than 14 clear days 3	136,691,008	95.7	6,196,529	4.3	142,887,537	4,629

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)

In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's Listing Rule 9.6.2 a copy of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting will be available via the National Storage Mechanism, which can be accessed at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

Enquiries:

Shauna Beavis, Company Secretary  01276 477811

 

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