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20 March 2013
Safestore Holdings plc
("Safestore" or "the Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting
The Directors of Safestore, the largest self storage retailer in the UK and Paris, are pleased to report that at the Annual General Meeting, held on 20 March 2013, all resolutions in the Notice of Meeting were put to the meeting and were duly passed on a show of hands. The total number of proxy votes received for each resolution 48 hours prior to the meeting is set out below.
The current issued capital of Safestore Holdings plc is 188,135,088 shares. 83.87% of voting capital was instructed.
The votes were cast as follows:
In Favour | Discretion | Against | Withheld | Total | ||||
Resolution | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | Votes |
1 | 156,601,967
| 99.99 | 1,000 | 0.01 | - | - | 1,186,845 | 157,789,812 |
2 | 156,600,967
| 99.98 | 1,000 | 0.01 | 1,000 | 0.01 | 1,186,845 | 157,789,812 |
3 | 157,537,955
| 99.83 | 1,000 | 0.01 | 250,857 | 0.16 | - | 157,789,812 |
4 | 157,788,812
| 99.99 | 1,000 | 0.01 | - | - | - | 157,789,812 |
5 | 151,452,333
| 95.97 | 1,000 | 0.01 | 6,336,479 | 4.02 | - | 157,789,812 |
6 | 151,406,933
| 99.69 | 1,000 | 0.01 | 454,300 | 0.30 | 5,927,579 | 157,789,812 |
7 | 155,832,552
| 98.75 | 1,000 | 0.01 | 1,956,260 | 1.24 | - | 157,789,812 |
8 | 126,579,557
| 80.21 | 1,000 | 0.01 | 31,208,805 | 19.78 | 450 | 157,789,812 |
9 | 156,597,217
| 99.98 | 1,000 | 0.01 | 4,750 | 0.01 | 1,186,845 | 157,789,812 |
10 | 133,730,417
| 85.04 | 1,000 | 0.01 | 23,507,945 | 14.95 | 550,450 | 157,789,812 |
11 | 145,028,256
| 99.98 | 1,000 | 0.01 | 492 | 0.01 | 12,760,064 | 157,789,812 |
12 | 157,235,370
| 99.98 | 1,000 | 0.01 | 3,442 | 0.01 | 550,000 | 157,789,812 |
13 | 125,340,714
| 79.43 | 1,000 | 0.01 | 32,448,098 | 20.56 | - | 157,789,812 |
Note: A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
Resolution 1 - To receive the Annual Report and Accounts
Resolution 2 - To reappoint the Company's auditors
Resolution 3 - To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors
Resolution 4 - To declare a final dividend
Resolution 5 - To re-appoint Richard Grainger as a director
Resolution 6 - To re-appoint Keith Edelman as a director
Resolution 7 - To re-appoint Peter Gowers as a director
Resolution 8 - To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
Resolution 9 - To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure
Resolution 10 - To authorise the directors to allot relevant securities
Resolution 11 - To authorise the dis-application of pre-emption rights
Resolution 12 - To authorise market purchases of ordinary shares
Resolution 13 - To authorise general meetings other than annual general meetings to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice
A copy of the resolutions passed at the AGM, other than ordinary business, will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
END
For further information, please contact:
College Hill T: 020 7457 2020
Matthew Smallwood
Justine Warren
Mark Reed
Notes to editors:
·; | Safestore is the UK's largest self storage group with 135 stores. They include 98 wholly owned stores in the UK and 25 wholly owned stores in the Paris region together with 12 stores under management in the UK. |
·; | The Company provides storage to around 44,200 personal and business customers. |
·; | Safestore (excluding Space Maker) has a maximum lettable area ("MLA") of 5.24 million sq ft (including the expansion pipeline stores) of which 3.18 million sq ft is currently occupied. |
·; | A strong balance sheet and operational cash flow allow Safestore to invest in continual improvements in the operational performance of its stores, in new store development and acquisitions where appropriate. |
·; | Safestore employs around 550 people. |
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