Last checked at 31 Mar 2017 09:05
31 March 2017
Safestore Holdings plc
("the Company")
Total Voting Rights and Capital
The following notification is made in conformity with the UK Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") Disclosure and Transparency Rule 5.6.1.
As at 31st March 2017 the issued share capital of Safestore Holdings plc with voting rights is 209,306,201 ordinary shares with a nominal value of 1p each. The voting rights of these shares are identical with each share carrying the right to one vote. The Company does not hold any Treasury shares.
The above figure of 209,306,201 ordinary shares may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Safestore Holding plc under the FCA Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
For further information, please contact:
Safestore Holdings plc
Sam Ahmed, Company Secretary Tel: 020 8732 1500
About Safestore
· Safestore is the UK's largest self-storage group with 134 stores, comprising 109 wholly owned stores in the UK (including 63 in London and the South East with the remainder in key metropolitan areas such as Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Liverpool and Bristol) and 25 wholly owned stores in the Paris region.
· 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 densest 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 55,000 personal and business customers.
· Safestore has a maximum lettable area ("MLA") of 5.64 million sq ft (excluding pipeline stores) of which 3.87 million sq ft is currently occupied.
· Safestore employs around 600 people in the UK and France.