Last checked at 19 Mar 2014 14:46
19 March 2014
Safestore Holdings plc
("Safestore" or "the Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting
The Directors of Safestore are pleased to report that at the Annual General Meeting, held on 19 March 2014, 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 lodged for each resolution in advance of the meeting is set out below.
In Favour | Discretion | Against | Withheld | Total | ||||
Resolution | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | Votes |
1 | 168,721,712
| 99.99 | 2,583
| 0.01
| - | - | 1,493,535
| 168,724,295
|
2 | 164,739,094
| 97.51 | 2,583
| 0.01
| 4,181,108
| 2.48 | 1,295,045
| 168,922,785
|
3 | 169,507,932
| 99.62 | 2,583
| 0.01
| 628,752
| 0.37 | 78,563
| 170,139,267
|
4 | 170,181,284
| 99.99 | 2,583
| 0.01
| - | - | 33,964
| 170,183,867
|
5 | 169,461,450
| 99.57 | 2,583
| 0.01
| 719,834
| 0.42 | 33,964
| 170,183,867
|
6 | 169,422,793
| 99.54 | 2,583
| 0.01
| 758,491
| 0.45 | 33,964
| 170,183,867
|
7 | 169,911,459
| 99.83 | 2,583
| 0.01
| 269,825
| 0.16 | 33,964
| 170,183,867
|
8 | 169,725,577
| 99.72 | 2,583
| 0.01
| 455,707
| 0.27 | 33,964
| 170,183,867
|
9 | 169,910,460
| 99.83 | 2,583
| 0.01
| 269,825
| 0.16 | 34,964
| 170,182,868
|
10 | 170,173,794
| 99.98 | 2,583
| 0.01
| 5,998
| 0.01 | 35,456
| 170,182,375
|
11 | 165,826,824
| 98.47 | 2,583
| 0.01
| 2,555,832
| 1.52 | 1,832,591
| 168,385,239
|
12 | 160,763,590
| 94.48 | 2,583
| 0.01
| 9,376,570
| 5.51 | 75,087
| 170,142,743
|
13 | 160,201,942
| 94.81 | 2,583
| 0.01
| 8,759,609
| 5.18 | 1,253,696
| 168,964,134
|
14 | 157,041,583
| 92.29 | 2,583
| 0.01
| 13,100,069
| 7.70 | 73,595
| 170,144,235
|
15 | 170,181,284
| 99.99 | 2,583
| 0.01
| - | - | 33,964
| 170,183,867
|
16 | 169,126,174
| 99.59 | 2,583
| 0.01
| 671,524
| 0.40 | 417,550
| 169,800,281
|
17 | 169,516,284
| 99.60 | 2,583
| 0.01
| 665,000
| 0.39 | 33,964
| 170,183,867
|
18 | 144,992,849
| 85.19 | 2,583
| 0.01
| 25,187,434
| 14.80 | 33,964
| 170,182,866
|
A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
The current issued capital of Safestore Holdings plc is 206,940,771 shares. 82.24% of voting capital was instructed.
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 Alan Lewis as a director
Resolution 6 - To re-appoint Keith Edelman as a director
Resolution 7 - To re-appoint Frederic Vecchioli as a director
Resolution 8 - To re-appoint Adrian Martin as a director
Resolution 9 - To elect Andy Jones as a director
Resolution 10 - To elect Ian Krieger as a director
Resolution 11 - To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
Resolution 12 - To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy
Resolution 13 - To authorise the Company to make political donations and incur political expenditure
Resolution 14 - To authorise the directors to allot relevant securities
Resolution 15 - To authorise the scrip dividend scheme
Resolution 16** - To authorise the dis-application of pre-emption rights
Resolution 17** - To authorise market purchases of ordinary shares
Resolution 18** - To authorise general meetings other than annual general meetings to be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice
** Special Resolutions requiring a 75% majority
In accordance with LR 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed as special business have been forwarded to the FSA for publication through the Document Viewing Facility and will be accessible via the National Storage Mechanism website (www.hemscott.com/nsm.do).
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For further information, please contact:
Instinctif Partners (formerly College Hill) | 020 7457 2020 |
Matthew Smallwood Mark Reed |
About Safestore:
· | Safestore is the UK's largest self storage group with 134 stores. They include 97 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 46,000 personal and business customers. |
· | Safestore (excluding Space Maker) has a maximum lettable area ("MLA") of 5.1 million sq ft (including the expansion pipeline stores) of which 3.26 million sq ft is currently occupied. |
· | Safestore employs around 550 people. |