Publication of Annual Report, Notice of 2023 AGM
9 February 2023
Safestore Holding plc Annual Report and Accounts and AGM documents
Safestore Holdings plc ("the Company" or "the Group") Publication of Annual Report and Accounts 2022, Notice of 2023 Annual General Meeting and Proxy Voting Arrangements
Safestore Holdings plc ("the Company") announces, in accordance with Listing Rules 9.6.1 and 9.6.3, that copies of the Annual Report and Accounts 2022, Notice of 2023 Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the Financial Conduct Authority and will shortly be available for inspection on the national storage mechanism at:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
These documents have been posted to those shareholders who have elected to receive hard copy communications or have otherwise been made available to shareholders today.
The Company's 2023 Annual General Meeting will be held at Brittanic House, Stirling Way, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire WD6 2BT at 12 noon on Wednesday, 15 March 2023. Full details of the proposed resolutions are set out in the Notice of Meeting.
The Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 October 2022 is now available for download from the Company's website here:
The Notice of 2023 Annual General Meeting is also available for download from the Group's website here:
All shareholders are encouraged to complete and submit a proxy appointment online by using our electronic proxy appointment service offered by our Registrar, Link Group, at www.signalshares.com or via the Link Group shareholder app LinkVote+, which is available to download on both the Apple App Store and Google Play, or, if shares are held in CREST, by using the CREST electronic proxy appointment service. All proxy voting instructions must be received by 12 noon on 13 March 2023.
Shareholders who are unable to locate any of the documents on the web page, need help with voting online or require a paper proxy form, please contact our Registrar, Link Group by email to shareholderenquiries@linkgroup.co.uk or you may call Link on +44 (0)371 664 0300. Calls are charged at the standard geographic rate and will vary by provider. Calls outside the United Kingdom will be charged at the applicable international rate. Lines are open between 9.00am and 5.30pm Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays in England and Wales.
In accordance with DTR 6.3.5(1A), the regulated information required by DTR 6.3.5 is available in full unedited text within the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 October 2022 as uploaded and available on the National Storage Mechanism and the Company's website, as noted above.
For further information, please contact:
Safestore Holdings plc
Helen Bramall, Company Secretary Tel: 020 8732 1500
LEI Code : 213800WGA3YSJC1YOH73
Notes to Editors
· Safestore is the UK's largest self-storage group with 182 stores on 31 January 2023, comprising 130 wholly owned stores in the UK (including 72 in London and the South East with the remainder in key metropolitan areas such as Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Sheffield, Leeds, Newcastle, and Bristol), 29 wholly owned stores in the Paris region, 7 stores in Spain, 10 stores in the Netherlands and 6 stores in Belgium. In addition, the Group operates 7 stores in Germany under a joint venture agreement with Carlyle.
· Safestore operates more self-storage sites inside the M25 and in central Paris than any competitor providing more proximity to customers in the wealthiest and more densely populated UK and French markets.
· Safestore was founded in the UK in 1998. It acquired the French business "Une Pièce en Plus" ("UPP") in 2004 which was founded in 1998 by the current Safestore Group CEO Frederic Vecchioli.
· Safestore has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since 2007. It entered the FTSE 250 index in October 2015.
· The Group provides storage to around 90,000 personal and business customers.
· As of 31 January 2023, Safestore had a maximum lettable area ("MLA") of 7.852 million sq ft (excluding the expansion pipeline stores) of which 6.095 million sq ft was occupied.
· Safestore employs around 750 people in the UK, Paris, Spain, the Netherlands, and Belgium.
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