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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 20 June 2017 (the "AGM Notice") were duly passed.
A final dividend of 14.1 pence per Ordinary Share will be paid on 27 July 2017.
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 2017 |
125,091,061 |
99.95 |
64,000 |
0.05 |
125,155,061 |
228,110 |
|
2 |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report |
120,565,327 |
99.17 |
1,006,046 |
0.83 |
121,571,373 |
3,811,797 |
|
3 |
To approve the final dividend |
125,177,137 |
100.00 |
0 |
0.00 |
125,177,137 |
206,034 |
|
4 |
To re-elect Tim Clark as a Director |
124,347,434 |
99.34 |
829,578 |
0.66 |
125,177,012 |
206,159 |
|
5 |
To re-elect Richard Cotton as a Director |
121,050,392 |
99.42 |
701,367 |
0.58 |
121,751,759 |
3,631,412 |
|
6 |
To re-elect James Gibson as a Director |
123,582,529 |
98.74 |
1,582,213 |
1.26 |
125,164,742 |
206,159 |
|
7 |
To re-elect Georgina Harvey as a Director |
124,938,809 |
99.81 |
238,203 |
0.19 |
125,177,012 |
206,159 |
|
8 |
To re-elect Steve Johnson as a Director |
107,359,298 |
88.18 |
14,392,460 |
11.82 |
121,751,758 |
3,631,412 |
|
9 |
To re-elect Adrian Lee as a Director |
123,594,799 |
98.74 |
1,582,213 |
1.26 |
125,177,012 |
206,159 |
|
10 |
To re-elect Vince Niblett as a Director |
124,689,703 |
99.61 |
487,309 |
0.39 |
125,177,012 |
206,159 |
|
11 |
To re-elect John Trotman as a Director |
123,594,799 |
98.74 |
1,582,213 |
1.26 |
125,177,012 |
206,159 |
|
12 |
To re-elect Nicholas Vetch as a Director |
122,357,408 |
97.78 |
2,780,449 |
2.22 |
125,137,857 |
245,314 |
|
13 |
To appoint KPMG LLP as auditors |
125,116,955 |
99.95 |
60,182 |
0.05 |
125,177,137 |
206,034 |
|
14 |
To authorise the Directors to agree the auditor's remuneration |
124,272,814 |
99.34 |
827,419 |
0.66 |
125,100,233 |
282,938 |
|
15 |
To authorise the Directors to allot shares up to a limited amount |
123,200,728 |
98.42 |
1,976,409 |
1.58 |
125,177,137 |
206,034 |
|
16 |
To authorise the Directors to allot shares and sell treasury shares for cash, without making a pre--emptive offer to shareholders 3 |
125,144,586 |
99.97 |
32,551 |
0.03 |
125,177,137 |
206,034 |
|
17 |
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 |
124,703,448 |
99.62 |
471,689 |
0.38 |
125,175,137 |
208,034 |
|
18 |
To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares 3 |
124,326,081 |
99.95 |
58,903 |
0.05 |
124,384,984 |
998,187 |
|
19 |
To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an annual general meeting) by notice of not less than 14 clear days 3 |
117,760,275 |
94.08 |
7,415,861 |
5.92 |
125,176,136 |
207,034 |
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 2017 Annual General Meeting of the Company have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
Enquiries:
Shauna Beavis, Company Secretary 01276 477811
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