Result of AGM

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Big Yellow Group PLC
22 July 2021
 

 

Big Yellow Group PLC

22 July 2021

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 2021 (the "AGM Notice") were duly passed.

A final dividend of 17.0 pence per Ordinary Share will be paid on 30 July 2021.

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 2021

150,067,554

100.00

0

0.00

150,068,180

188,203

2

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

139,401,352

93.30

10,014,714

6.70

149,417,692

838,691

3

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy

142,929,739

96.18

5,673,310

3.82

148,604,675

1,651,708

4

To approve the final dividend

150,255,141

100.00

0

0.00

150,255,767

616

5

To re-elect Richard Cotton as a Director

146,929,214

98.33

2,491,030

1.67

149,420,870

835,513

6

To re-elect Jim Gibson as a Director

148,247,262

99.21

1,171,983

0.78

149,420,871

835,512

7

To re-elect Dr Anna Keay as a Director

149,241,630

99.88

176,725

0.12

149,419,981

836,402

8

To re-elect Adrian Lee as a Director

148,242,587

99.21

1,175,558

0.79

149,419,871

836,512

9

To re-elect Vince Niblett as a Director

148,351,530

99.29

1,066,715

0.71

149,419,871

836,512

10

To re-elect John Trotman as a Director

148,058,506

99.09

1,360,739

0.91

149,420,871

835,512

11

To re-elect Nicholas Vetch as a Director

140,566,980

94.07

8,852,264

5.92

149,420,870

835,513

12

To re-elect Laela Pakpour Tabrizi as a Director

149,241,484

99.88

176,871

0.12

149,419,981

836,402

13

To re-appoint Heather Savory as a Director

149,403,494

99.99

15,861

0.01

149,420,981

835,402

14

To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors

150,246,705

100.00

5,297

0.00

150,252,628

3,755

15

To authorise the Directors to agree the auditor's remuneration

150,250,728

100.00

1,000

0.00

150,252,354

4,029

16

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

141,431,827

94.65

7,989,673

5.35

149,422,126

834,257

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

147,870,713

99.50

736,164

0.50

148,608,603

1,647,780

18

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

145,115,530

97.65

3,491,337

2.35

148,608,493

1,647,890

19

To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares 3

149,336,185

100.00

2,069

0.00

149,338,880

917,503

20

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

139,339,554

93.25

10,080,330

6.75

149,421,510

834,873

 

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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