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Big Yellow Group PLC
19 July 2018
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 19 June 2018 (the "AGM Notice") were duly passed.
A final dividend of 15.5 pence per Ordinary Share will be paid on 27 July 2018.
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 2018 | 128,128,426 | 99.95% | 64,000 | 0.05% | 128,192,426 | 170,911 |
2 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 118,737,845 | 92.63% | 9,452,624 | 7.37% | 128,190,469 | 172,867 |
3 | To approve the Directors' remuneration policy | 123,499,408 | 96.41% | 4,603,796 | 3.59% | 128,103,204 | 260,131 |
4 | To approve the final dividend | 128,269,539 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 128,269,539 | 93,798 |
5 | To re-elect Richard Cotton as a Director | 126,279,742 | 98.97% | 1,320,064 | 1.03% | 127,599,806 | 763,530 |
6 | To re-elect James Gibson as a Director | 127,296,263 | 99.24% | 972,825 | 0.76% | 128,269,088 | 94,249 |
7 | To re-elect Georgina Harvey as a Director | 126,710,287 | 98.78% | 1,558,801 | 1.22% | 128,269,088 | 94,249 |
8 | To re-elect Steve Johnson as a Director | 127,036,113 | 99.04% | 1,232,975 | 0.96% | 128,269,088 | 94,249 |
9 | To re-elect Dr Anna Keay as a Director | 128,268,088 | 100.00% | 1,000 | 0.00% | 128,269,088 | 94,249 |
10 | To re-elect Adrian Lee as a Director | 127,293,263 | 99.24% | 975,825 | 0.76% | 128,269,088 | 94,249 |
11 | To re-elect Vince Niblett as a Director | 127,362,752 | 99.29% | 906,336 | 0.71% | 128,269,088 | 94,249 |
12 | To re-elect John Trotman as a Director | 126,965,850 | 98.98% | 1,303,238 | 1.02% | 128,269,088 | 94,249 |
13 | To re-elect Nicholas Vetch as a Director | 123,563,364 | 96.35% | 4,681,068 | 3.65% | 128,244,432 | 118,903 |
14 | To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors | 128,262,629 | 100.00% | 4,410 | 0.00% | 128,267,039 | 96,298 |
15 | To authorise the Directors to agree the auditor's remuneration | 128,189,684 | 100.00% | 1,451 | 0.00% | 128,191,135 | 172,202 |
16 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares up to a limited amount | 126,876,597 | 98.92% | 1,390,942 | 1.08% | 128,267,539 | 95,798 |
17 | To approve the Big Yellow Deferred Bonus Share Plan | 127,788,608 | 99.63% | 480,821 | 0.37% | 128,269,429 | 93,908 |
18 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares and sell treasury shares for cash, without making a pre--emptive offer to shareholders 3 | 128,114,648 | 99.89% | 140,466 | 0.11% | 128,255,114 | 108,223 |
19 | To authorise the Directors to allot additional shares and sell treasury shares for cash, without making a pre-emptive offer to shareholders in line with recommendations of the Pre-Emption Group 3 | 127,649,558 | 99.53% | 605,555 | 0.47% | 128,255,113 | 108,223 |
20 | To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares 3 | 127,893,810 | 99.95% | 59,026 | 0.05% | 127,952,836 | 410,500 |
21 | To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) by notice of not less than 14 clear days 3 | 121,786,122 | 94.95% | 6,482,966 | 5.05% | 128,269,088 | 94,249 |
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)
As required by Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed at the 2018 Annual General Meeting of the Company have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Enquiries:
Shauna Beavis, Company Secretary 01276 477811