13 May 2020
TRITAX BIG BOX REIT PLC
(the "Company")
Result of AGM
Disclosure of Rights Attached to Equity Shares
The Board of Tritax Big Box REIT plc (ticker: BBOX) announces that at the Company's Annual General Meeting, held on 13 May 2020, all resolutions were voted on by poll and were passed by the Company's shareholders.
As at the date of the Company's Annual General Meeting, there were 1,706,974,948 ordinary shares with voting rights in issue. The results of the poll incorporating proxy votes lodged in advance of the meeting are set out below:
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RESOLUTION
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FOR
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AGAINST |
WITHHELD |
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VOTES |
% OF VOTES CAST |
VOTES |
% OF VOTES CAST |
VOTES |
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1. Receive and adopt the report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2019
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1,158,405,097 |
99.84% |
1,830,439 |
0.16% |
1,227,091 |
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2. Receive, adopt and approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (other than the Directors' Remuneration Policy)
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1,155,977,893 |
99.67% |
3,876,531 |
0.33% |
1,608,203 |
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3. Elect Karen Whitworth as a Director
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1,149,427,757 |
98.98% |
11,900,245 |
1.02% |
134,625 |
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4. Re-elect Sir Richard Jewson as a Director
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1,133,424,322 |
97.59% |
27,972,458 |
2.41% |
65,846 |
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5. Re-elect Aubrey Adams as a Director
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1,159,024,244 |
99.80% |
2,374,942 |
0.20% |
63,441 |
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6. Re-elect Richard Laing as a Director
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1,083,725,294 |
93.31% |
77,670,309 |
6.69% |
67,024 |
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7. Re-elect Susanne Given as a Director
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1,161,237,914 |
99.99% |
154,345 |
0.01% |
65,846 |
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8. Re-elect Alastair Hughes as a Director
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1,159,021,015 |
99.80% |
2,370,114 |
0.20% |
71,498 |
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9. Re-elect BDO LLP as Auditors
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1,131,639,720 |
99.97% |
354,775 |
0.03% |
29,468,131 |
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10. Authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of BDO LLP as the Company's Auditors
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1,157,567,764 |
99.67% |
3,864,208 |
0.33% |
30,654 |
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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
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1,161,366,144 |
99.99% |
64,187 |
0.01% |
32,296 |
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12. Authorise the Directors to allot shares (section 551 Companies Act 2006)
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1,086,430,740 |
93.54% |
74,986,283 |
6.46% |
45,604 |
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13. Special resolution - Disapplication of pre-emption rights (section 561 Companies Act 2006) |
1,159,436,635 |
99.96% |
414,545 |
0.04% |
1,594,491 |
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14. Special resolution - Disapplication of pre-emption rights in connection with financing a transaction (section 561 Companies Act 2006)
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1,127,273,050 |
97.20% |
32,493,985 |
2.80% |
1,695,591 |
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15. Special resolution - Authorise the Company to purchase Ordinary Shares from the open market
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1,150,125,906 |
99.28% |
8,371,457 |
0.72% |
2,965,264 |
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16. Special resolution - That a general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice
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1,086,844,898 |
93.58% |
74,602,396 |
6.42% |
15,333 |
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17. Special resolution - To approve and adopt new Articles of Association |
1,161,169,607 |
99.99% |
152,046 |
0.01% |
140,974 |
Notes:
a) Percentages are expressed as a proportion of the total votes cast (which does not include votes withheld).
b) A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes "For" and "Against" a resolution.
c) Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "For" total.
In compliance with Listing Rule 9.2.6ER(1), the Company has forwarded to the Financial Conduct Authority a copy of the Articles of Association approved by shareholders pursuant to Resolution 17 proposed at the Annual General Meeting. The Articles of Association set out the terms and conditions attaching to the ordinary shares.
Further, a copy of the new Articles of Association and the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
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Tritax Group Colin Godfrey (CEO, Fund Management) Hana Beard (Company Secretary)
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via Maitland/AMO below |
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Jefferies International Limited Stuart Klein Tom Yeadon |
Tel: 020 7029 8000 |
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Akur Limited Anthony Richardson Tom Frost Siobhan Sergeant |
Tel: 020 7493 3631 |
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Maitland/AMO (Communications Adviser) James Benjamin |
Tel: 020 7379 5151 |
The Company's LEI is: 213800L6X88MIYPVR714
NOTES:
Tritax Big Box REIT plc 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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