Result of AGM

Safestore Holdings plc

13 March 2024

 

 13 March 2024

Safestore Holdings plc

("Safestore", "the Company" or "the Group")

Result of Annual General Meeting

Annual General Meeting

The 2024 Annual General Meeting of Safestore Holdings plc was held at midday today at the Company's registered office in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire.

All resolutions were passed by the requisite majority by way of a poll.

The following votes were cast in respect of the AGM resolutions:

	Resolution	Votes For	%	Votes Against	%		Total Votes (excluding withheld)	% of Issued Share Capital Voted	Votes Withheld
1	To receive the Annual Report and Accounts	190,228,805	99.87	252,053	0.13		190,480,858	87.20	215,953
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	170,512,257	90.50	17,890,155	9.50		188,402,412	86.24	2,294,399
3	To declare a final dividend of 20.20 pence per ordinary share	190,693,985	99.99	2,775	0.01		190,696,760	87.29	51
4	To elect Avis Darzins as a Director	190,662,183	99.98	34,323	0.02		190,696,506	87.29	305
5	To re-elect David Hearn as a Director	184,309,898	96.65	6,386,771	3.35		190,696,669	87.29	142
6	To re-elect Frederic Vecchioli as a Director	189,730,971	99.58	804,889	0.42		190,535,860	87.22	160,951
7	To re-elect Andy Jones as a Director	189,864,800	99.56	831,872	0.44		190,696,672	87.29	139
8	To re-elect Jane Bentall as a Director	179,637,288	94.20	11,057,715	5.80		190,695,003	87.29	1,808
9	To re-elect Laure Duhot as a Director	181,256,545	95.05	9,440,003	4.95		190,696,548	87.29	263
10	To re-elect Delphine Mousseau as a Director	187,231,146	98.18	3,464,026	1.82		190,695,172	87.29	1,639
11	To elect Gert van de Weerdhof as a Director	185,856,782	97.46	4,838,387	2.54		190,695,169	87.29	1,642
12	To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor of the Company	189,367,947	99.55	853,013	0.45		190,220,960	87.08	475,851
13	To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the Auditor	189,656,261	99.46	1,033,419	0.54		190,689,680	87.29	7,131
14	To authorise political donations and political expenditure	186,578,915	98.62	2,609,586	1.38		189,188,501	86.60	1,508,310
15	To authorise the directors to allot relevant securities	170,787,255	90.02	18,929,412	9.98		189,716,667	86.85	980,144
16	To authorise the dis-application of pre-emption rights	170,220,598	89.27	20,468,417	10.73		190,689,015	87.29	7,796
17	To authorise the additional dis-application of pre-emption rights	161,602,320	84.88	28,793,360	15.12		190,395,680	87.16	301,131
18	To authorise market purchases of ordinary shares	189,741,784	99.74	492,572	0.26		190,234,356	87.08	462,455
19	To authorise general meetings (other than annual general meetings) to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice meetings	177,499,679	93.08	13,190,363	6.92		190,690,042	87.29	6,769
20	To Approve the Deeds of Release.	190,587,255	99.95	99,245	0.05		190,686,500	87.29	10,311

Resolutions 1 to 15 were ordinary resolutions, requiring more than 50 per cent. of shareholders' votes to be cast in favour of the resolutions. Resolutions 16 to 20 were special resolutions, requiring at least 75 per cent. of shareholders' votes to be cast in favour of the resolutions.

Where shareholders appointed the Chairman of the meeting as their proxy with discretion as to voting, their votes were cast in favour of the resolutions and their shares have been included in the "votes for" column.

A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentages of votes cast for and against a resolution.

The current issued capital of Safestore Holdings plc is 218,452,800 ordinary shares.

In accordance with LR 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed as special business have been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority's National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

For further information, please contact:

Safestore Holdings plc

David Orr, Company Secretary                                       Tel: [phone]

LEI Code:  213800WGA3YSJC1YOH73

 

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