Result of Annual General Meeting

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Big Yellow Group PLC

21 July 2022

 

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 21 June 2022 (the "AGM Notice") were duly passed.

A final dividend of 21.4 pence per Ordinary Share will be paid on 29 July 2022.

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 2022	152,262,177	100.00	0	0.00	152,262,177	149,290
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	143,871,995	95.30	7,090,817	4.70	150,962,812	1,448,655
3	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy	146,537,857	97.86	3,210,946	2.14	149,748,803	2,662,664
4	To approve the final dividend	152,411,467	100.00	0	0.00	152,411,467	0
5	To re-elect Jim Gibson as a Director	150,544,421	99.72	419,966	0.28	150,964,387	1,447,080
6	To re-elect Dr Anna Keay as a Director	149,233,672	98.85	1,730,715	1.15	150,964,387	1,447,080
7	To re-elect Vince Niblett as a Director	133,774,526	90.47	14,096,156	9.53	147,870,682	4,540,785
8	To re-elect John Trotman as a Director	149,887,753	99.29	1,076,634	0.71	150,964,387	1,447,080
9	To re-elect Nicholas Vetch as a Director	142,816,951	94.60	8,147,435	5.40	150,964,386	1,447,081
10	To re-elect Laela Pakpour Tabrizi as a Director	149,233,672	98.85	1,730,715	1.15	150,964,387	1,447,080
11	To re-elect Heather Savory as a Director	149,233,672	98.85	1,730,715	1.15	150,964,387	1,447,080
12	To re-appoint Michael O'Donnell as a Director	150,675,940	99.81	288,447	0.19	150,964,387	1,447,080
13	To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors	152,128,784	99.82	274,054	0.18	152,402,838	8,629
14	To authorise the Directors to agree the auditor's remuneration	152,402,878	100.00	60	0.00	152,402,938	8,529
15	To authorise the Directors to allot shares up to a limited amount	141,515,947	93.74	9,448,969	6.26	150,964,916	1,446,551
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	148,952,579	99.47	788,808	0.53	149,741,387	2,670,080
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	148,287,712	99.03	1,453,675	0.97	149,741,387	2,670,080
18	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares 3	152,315,999	100.00	1,844	0.00	152,317,843	93,624
19	To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) by notice of not less than 14 clear days 3	140,637,711	93.16	10,327,205	6.84	150,964,916	1,446,551

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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