Result of AGM

Big Yellow Group PLC

20 July 2026

 

Big Yellow Group PLC

20 July 2026

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 17 June 2026 (the "AGM Notice") were duly passed.

A final dividend of 23.4 pence per Ordinary Share will be paid on 24 July 2026.

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 2026	160,219,257	100.00	3,373	0.00	160,222,630	784,196
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report	155,829,626	98.40	2,534,967	1.60	158,364,593	2,642,233
3	To approve the final dividend	161,003,807	100.00	1,213	0.00	161,005,020	1,806
4	To re-appoint John Hunter as a Director	157,300,965	99.77	356,844	0.23	157,657,809	3,349,017
5	To re-elect Dr Anna Keay OBE as a Director	156,170,235	99.06	1,486,849	0.94	157,657,084	3,349,742
6	To re-elect Vince Niblett as a Director	147,354,344	93.47	10,302,835	6.53	157,657,179	3,349,647
7	To re-elect John Trotman as a Director	156,062,863	98.99	1,594,939	1.01	157,657,802	3,349,024
8	To re-elect Nicholas Vetch CBE as a Director	146,914,484	93.18	10,747,454	6.82	157,661,938	3,344,888
9	To re-elect Laela Pakpour Tabrizi as a Director	155,685,376	98.75	1,971,706	1.25	157,657,082	3,349,744
10	To re-elect Heather Savory as a Director	155,451,921	99.05	1,486,541	0.95	156,938,462	4,068,364
11	To re-elect Michael O'Donnell as a Director	156,206,765	99.08	1,450,405	0.92	157,657,170	3,349,656
12	To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors	160,995,569	100.00	4,386	0.00	160,999,955	6,871
13	To authorise the Directors to agree the auditor's remuneration	160,995,935	100.00	4,369	0.00	161,000,304	6,522
14	To authorise the Directors to allot shares up to a limited amount	154,199,643	96.92	4,892,476	3.08	159,092,119	1,914,707
15	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	156,758,232	98.53	2,333,436	1.47	159,091,668	1,915,158
16	To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights in respect of an additional 10% of the Company's issued share capital, in certain circumstances. 3	152,374,893	95.78	6,716,528	4.22	159,091,421	1,915,405
17	To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares 3	160,947,715	99.99	17,421	0.01	160,965,136	41,690
18	To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) by notice of not less than 14 clear days 3	150,753,278	94.76	8,338,513	5.24	159,091,791	1,915,035

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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