22 March 2017
Safestore Holdings plc ("Safestore" or "the Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting
The 2017 Annual General Meeting of Safestore Holdings plc was held this afternoon at the Company's registered office in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire.
All resolutions proposed to the meeting 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.
Resolution |
Votes For |
% |
Votes Against |
% |
Votes Total |
% of ISC Voted |
Votes Withheld |
1 |
157,080,759 |
99.94 |
90,000 |
0.06 |
157,170,759 |
75.09 |
605,708 |
2 |
125,513,987 |
79.77 |
31,834,529 |
20.23 |
157,348,516 |
75.18 |
427,951 |
3 |
154,466,803 |
98.16 |
2,889,713 |
1.84 |
157,356,516 |
75.18 |
419,951 |
4 |
154,805,543 |
98.38 |
2,548,407 |
1.62 |
157,353,950 |
75.18 |
422,517 |
5 |
157,181,364 |
100.00 |
- |
- |
157,181,364 |
75.10 |
595,103 |
6 |
156,658,495 |
99.56 |
698,021 |
0.44 |
157,356,516 |
75.18 |
419,951 |
7 |
156,730,344 |
99.60 |
626,172 |
0.40 |
157,356,516 |
75.18 |
419,951 |
8 |
156,344,057 |
99.36 |
1,012,459 |
0.64 |
157,356,516 |
75.18 |
419,951 |
9 |
133,959,232 |
85.76 |
22,237,768 |
14.24 |
156,197,000 |
74.63 |
1,579,467 |
10 |
135,511,617 |
86.75 |
20,693,383 |
13.25 |
156,205,000 |
74.63 |
1'571,467 |
11 |
134,813,507 |
86.31 |
21,391,493 |
13.69 |
156,205,000 |
74.63 |
1,571,467 |
12 |
136,695,650 |
86.87 |
20,660,866 |
13.13 |
157,356,516 |
75.18 |
419,951 |
13 |
RESOLUTION WITHDRAWN |
14 |
RESOLUTION WITHDRAWN |
15 |
156,882,770 |
99.70 |
464,746 |
0.30 |
157,347,516 |
75.18 |
428,951 |
16 |
148,796,079 |
94.56 |
8,558,437 |
5.44 |
157,354,516 |
75.18 |
421,951 |
17 |
157,342,950 |
99.99 |
11,000 |
0.01 |
157,353,950 |
75.18 |
422,517 |
18 |
154,589,006 |
99.06 |
1,464,089 |
0.94 |
156,053,095 |
74.56 |
1,723,372 |
19 |
146,158,346 |
92.88 |
11,196,170 |
7.12 |
157,354,516 |
75.18 |
421,951 |
*ISC = Issued Share Capital of the Company
The current issued capital of Safestore Holdings plc is 209,301,628 shares.
As announced on 21 March 2017, resolutions 13 and 14 had been withdrawn. Resolutions 1 to 12, and resolutions 15 and 16 were passed as ordinary resolutions. Resolutions 17 to 19 were passed as special resolutions.
Where shareholders appointed the Chairman as their proxy with discretion as to voting, their votes were cast in favour of the resolutions and their shares have been included in the "votes for column.
A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentages of votes cast for and against a resolution.
Resolution 1 - To receive the Annual Report and Accounts
Resolution 2 - To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
Resolution 3 - To appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors
Resolution 4 - To authorise the Directors to determine the auditors' remuneration
Resolution 5 - To declare a final dividend of 8.05 pence per ordinary share
Resolution 6 - To re-elect Alan Lewis as a Director
Resolution 7 - To re-elect Frederic Vecchioli as a Director
Resolution 8 - To re-elect Andy Jones as a Director
Resolution 9 - To re-elect Ian Krieger as a Director
Resolution 10 - To re-elect Joanne Kenrick as a Director
Resolution 11 - To elect Claire Balmforth as a Director
Resolution 12 - To elect Bill Oliver as a Director
Resolution 15 - To authorise political donations and political expenditure
Resolution 16 - To authorise the directors to allot relevant securities
Resolution 17** - To authorise the dis-application of pre-emption rights
Resolution 18** - To authorise market purchases of ordinary shares
Resolution 19** - 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 FCA for publication through the Document Viewing Facility and will be accessible via the National Storage Mechanism website at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
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For further information, please contact:
Sam Ahmed - Company Secretary |
020 8732 1500 |
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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.