Result of AGM

Big Yellow Group PLC
18 July 2024
 

Big Yellow Group PLC

18 July 2024

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 18 June 2024 (the "AGM Notice") were duly passed.

A final dividend of 22.6 pence per Ordinary Share will be paid on 26 July 2024.

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 2024

168,943,571

100.00

198

0.00

168,943,769

107,811

2

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

161,186,557

96.07

6,597,202

3.93

167,783,759

1,267,821

3

To approve the updated rules of the Big Yellow Group PLC Sharesave Scheme

167,632,873

99.91

152,451

0.09

167,785,324

1,266,256

4

To approve the updated rules of the Big Yellow Group PLC LTIP

161,045,419

95.98

6,740,064

4.02

167,785,483

1,266,097

5

To approve the final dividend

168,025,850

99.39

1,024,498

0.61

169,050,348

1,232

6

To re-elect Jim Gibson as a Director

166,284,290

99.11

1,501,085

0.89

167,785,375

1,266,205

7

To re-elect Dr Anna Keay OBE as a Director

164,703,982

98.22

2,988,407

1.78

167,692,389

1,359,191

8

To re-elect Vince Niblett as a Director

151,872,696

90.89

15,229,938

9.11

167,102,634

1,948,946

9

To re-elect John Trotman as a Director

166,232,839

99.07

1,552,536

0.93

167,785,375

1,266,205

10

To re-elect Nicholas Vetch CBE as a Director

155,895,939

92.91

11,889,436

7.09

167,785,375

1,266,205

11

To re-elect Laela Pakpour Tabrizi as a Director

164,713,547

98.22

2,978,842

1.78

167,692,389

1,359,191

12

To re-elect Heather Savory as a Director

164,493,375

98.09

3,199,014

1.91

167,692,389

1,359,191

13

To re-elect Michael O'Donnell as a Director

163,558,215

97.53

4,133,973

2.47

167,692,188

1,359,392

14

To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors

169,036,133

99.99

13,950

0.01

169,050,083

1,497

15

To authorise the Directors to agree the auditor's remuneration

169,048,758

100.00

1,325

0.00

169,050,083

1,497

16

To authorise the Directors to allot shares up to a limited amount

157,577,586

93.92

10,208,203

6.08

167,785,789

1,265,791

17

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

164,078,236

97.79

3,703,623

2.21

167,781,859

1,269,721

18

To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of an additional 10% of the Company's issued share capital, in certain circumstances. 3

160,735,496

95.80

7,047,025

4.20

167,782,521

1,269,059

19

To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares 3

168,764,576

99.92

129,726

0.08

168,894,302

157,278

20

To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) by notice of not less than 14 clear days 3

158,130,246

94.25

9,655,301

5.75

167,785,547

1,266,033

 

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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