5 May 2021
TRITAX BIG BOX REIT PLC
(the "Company")
Result of AGM
The Board of Tritax Big Box REIT plc (ticker: BBOX) announces that at the Company's Annual General Meeting, held on 5 May 2021, all resolutions were voted on by poll and were passed by the Company's shareholders.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions that do not constitute ordinary business at an annual general meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available shortly for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
As at the date of the Company's Annual General Meeting, there were 1,719,883,762 ordinary shares with voting rights in issue.
For information, the following proxy votes were received prior to the meeting.
| Resolutions | Proxy votes in favour1 | Proxy votes against | Votes withheld | ||
| Votes | % of votes cast* | Votes | % of votes cast* | Votes | |
| 1. Receive and adopt the financial statements for the financial year ended 30 December 2020 | 1,206,032,850
| 99.42 | 7,073,145 | 0.58 | 1,208,511 |
| 2. Receive, adopt and approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (other than the Directors' Remuneration Policy) | 1,204,899,874
| 99.67 | 4,046,019 | 0.33 | 5,368,613 |
| 3. Approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 1,176,870,828
| 99.65 | 4,170,809 | 0.35 | 33,272,869 |
| 4. Re-elect Aubrey Adams as a Director of the Company | 1,172,460,842
| 96.98 | 36,508,180 | 3.02 | 5,345,484 |
| 5. Re-elect Richard Laing as a Director of the Company | 1,152,767,659
| 95.35 | 56,199,547 | 4.65 | 5,347,300 |
| 6. Re-elect Susanne Given as a Director of the Company | 1,207,610,493
| 99.89 | 1,367,540 | 0.11 | 5,336,473 |
| 7. Re-elect Alastair Hughes as a Director of the Company | 1,201,706,181
| 99.40 | 7,271,199 | 0.60 | 5,337,126 |
| 8. Re-elect Karen Whitworth as a Director of the Company | 1,191,302,595
| 98.54 | 17,675,438 | 1.46 | 5,336,473 |
| 9. Re-appoint BDO LLP as the Company's Auditor | 1,208,870,605
| 99.99 | 152,300 | 0.01 | 5,291,601 |
| 10. Authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of BDO LLP as the Company's Auditors
| 1,213,552,112
| 99.94 | 681,945 | 0.06 | 80,449 |
| 11. Authorise the Directors to declare and pay all dividends as interim dividends and for the last dividend referable to a financial year not to be categorised as a final dividend
| 1,214,208,021
| 100.00 | 48,774
| 0.00 | 57,711 |
| 12. Authorise the Directors to allot shares in the capital of the Company (section 551 of the Companies Act 2006)
| 1,151,790,968
| 95.28 | 57,049,487 | 4.72 | 5,474,051 |
| 13.Special resolution - Authorise the Directors to allot shares on a non-pre-emptive basis
| 1,208,589,824
| 99.98 | 265,722 | 0.02 | 5,485,960 |
| 14.Special resolution - Disapplication of pre-emption rights in connection with financing a transaction (section 561 Companies Act 2006)
| 1,116,684,178
| 92.38 | 92,145,368 | 7.62 | 5,484,960 |
| 15.Special resolution - Authorise the Company to purchase Ordinary Share from the open market
| 1,206,997,572
| 99.98 | 234,584 | 0.02 | 7,082,350 |
| 16.Special resolution - That a general meeting other than an Annual General Meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice
| 1,133,006,222
| 93.71 | 76,016,545 | 6.29 | 5,291,739 |
* Percentages are expressed as a proportion of the total votes cast (which does not include votes withheld)
1 Any proxy appointments which give discretion to the Chairman have been included in the 'for' column.
A vote withheld is not a vote in law and it is not counted in the votes for and against resolutions.
For further information, please contact:
| Tritax Group Hana Beard (Company Secretary) | +44 (0) 20 7290 1616 |
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| Maitland/AMO (Communications Adviser) James Benjamin | +44 (0) 20 7379 5151 |
The Company's LEI is: 213800L6X88MIYPVR714
NOTES:
Tritax Big Box REIT plc (ticker: BBOX) is the only listed vehicle dedicated to investing in very large logistics warehouse assets (Big Boxes) in the UK and is committed to delivering attractive and sustainable returns for Shareholders. Investing in and actively managing existing built investments, land suitable for Big Box development and developments predominantly delivered through pre-let forward funded basis, the Company focuses on large, well-located, modern Big Box logistics assets, let to institutional-grade tenants on long-term leases (typically at least 12 years in length) with upward-only rent reviews and geographic and tenant diversification throughout the UK. The Company seeks to exploit the significant opportunity in this sub-sector of the UK logistics market owing to strong tenant demand and limited supply of Big Boxes.
The Company is a real estate investment trust to which Part 12 of the UK Corporation Tax Act 2010 applies (REIT), is listed on the premium segment of the Official List of the UK Financial Conduct Authority and is a constituent of the FTSE 250, FTSE EPRA/NAREIT and MSCI indices.
Further information on Tritax Big Box REIT is available at www.tritaxbigbox.co.uk
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