Big Yellow Group PLC - Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1592G

Big Yellow Group PLC

19 July 2019

 

Big Yellow Group PLC

19 July 2019

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 20 June 2019 (the "AGM Notice") were duly passed.

A final dividend of 16.5 pence per Ordinary Share will be paid on 26 July 2019.

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 2019	131,393,121	100.00	0	0.00	131,393,121	166,271
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	127,777,330	97.18	3,704,744	2.82	131,482,074	77,317
3	To approve the final dividend	131,036,629	99.66	450,000	0.34	131,486,629	72,763
4	To re-elect Richard Cotton as a Director	125,987,764	98.26	2,225,161	1.74	128,212,925	3,346,466
5	To re-elect James Gibson as a Director	130,631,720	99.35	854,458	0.65	131,486,178	73,214
6	To re-elect Georgina Harvey as a Director	130,285,836	99.09	1,200,342	0.91	131,486,178	73,214
7	To re-elect Steve Johnson as a Director	130,554,164	99.29	932,014	0.71	131,486,178	73,214
8	To re-elect Dr Anna Keay as a Director	131,001,864	99.63	484,314	0.37	131,486,178	73,214
9	To re-elect Adrian Lee as a Director	130,631,862	99.35	854,316	0.65	131,486,178	73,214
10	To re-elect Vince Niblett as a Director	130,553,164	99.29	933,014	0.71	131,486,178	73,214
11	To re-elect John Trotman as a Director	130,070,816	98.92	1,415,362	1.08	131,486,178	73,214
12	To re-elect Nicholas Vetch as a Director	124,120,815	94.40	7,365,362	5.60	131,486,177	73,214
13	To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors	131,481,516	100.00	3,471	0.00	131,484,987	74,405
14	To authorise the Directors to agree the auditor's remuneration	131,483,678	100.00	2,951	0.00	131,486,629	72,763
15	To authorise the Directors to allot shares up to a limited amount	128,560,172	97.77	2,926,457	2.23	131,486,629	72,763
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	130,931,138	99.96	58,088	0.04	130,989,226	570,166
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	129,666,205	98.99	1,323,020	1.01	130,989,225	570,166
18	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares 3	131,098,152	99.87	170,354	0.13	131,268,506	290,885
19	To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) by notice of not less than 14 clear days 3	126,557,329	96.25	4,929,300	3.75	131,486,629	72,763

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 2019 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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