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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