Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Mar 31, 2022
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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If you have sold or transferred all of your Ordinary Shares in Tritax Big Box REIT plc, you should pass this document, together with the accompanying form of proxy, to the person through whom the sale or transfer was made for transmission to the purchaser or transferee.

Notice of the Annual General Meeting which has been convened for 4 May 2022 at 10.00 a.m. at Taylor Wessing LLP, 5 New Street Square, London EC4A 3TW is set out on pages 3 to 5 of this document.
Proxy instructions must be received by the Company's registrars, Computershare Investor Services, The Pavilions, Bridgwater Road, Bristol BS99 6ZY, UK, as soon as possible and in any event not later than 10.00 a.m. on Friday 29 April 2022 before the time appointed for holding the meeting.
(incorporated and registered in England and Wales under number 08215888)
Registered office
3rd Floor 6 Duke Street St James's London SW1Y 6BN United Kingdom
31 March 2022
Dear Shareholder
I am pleased to be writing to you with details of the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of Tritax Big Box REIT plc (the "Company"), which we intend to hold at the offices of Taylor Wessing LLP at 5 New Street Square, London EC4A 3TW, on 4 May 2022 at 10.00 a.m. The formal Notice of Annual General Meeting is set out on pages 3 to 5 of this document. Explanatory notes to the resolutions are provided on pages 6 to 8.
We are closely monitoring the Covid-19 situation and, although we do not expect there to be any restrictions on social contact at the time of the AGM, Shareholders should note that further changes may need to be put in place at short notice. The Company will make any further updates as required about the meeting on its website at www.tritaxbigbox.co.uk.
Shareholders are strongly encouraged to exercise their voting rights by completing and submitting a form of proxy. It is highly recommended that Shareholders submit their form of proxy as early as possible to ensure that their votes are counted at the AGM. Shareholders are strongly encouraged to appoint the chair of the AGM as their proxy rather than a named individual, who may not be able to attend the AGM, depending on restrictions at the time, to ensure that each Shareholder's vote will be counted. Submitting a proxy form does not prevent Shareholders from participating and voting at the meeting in person.
The Board considers it important that Shareholders have the opportunity to engage with them. Shareholders are encouraged to ask questions or raise matters of concern by emailing the Company Secretary at [email protected] by 5.30 p.m. on 3 May 2022. The Board will endeavour to answer such questions ahead of the AGM.
Proxy appointments must be received by Computershare Investor Services no later than 10.00 a.m. on 29 April 2022 in order to be valid.
The Company and Tritax Management LLP (the "Manager") have agreed to make certain changes to the Investment Management Agreement entered into between them dated, 11 September 2017 ("IMA").
The IMA allowed for an opportunity for renegotiation from 31 December 2019. As a result, the Management Engagement Committee of the Board conducted a detailed review of the IMA and concluded that certain aspects of the agreement should be modernised to reflect the growth of the business and to support its ongoing strategy. It is recognised that the industry has evolved since the agreement was initially signed and the Board were mindful to ensure that the terms of the IMA remained aligned to the Company's peers and market practice. The key changes include a reduction in the overall investment management fee payable, which is expected to have a beneficial effect on the Company's EPRA cost ratio, and an extension to the term of the agreement. The extension, along with an expansion of key person principles, provides additional security to the Company in terms of its main service provider as well as supporting the recruitment and retention of key personnel in the Manager.
The principal proposed amendments are described in the explanatory note to resolution 12, on pages 6 and 7. The proposed amendments to the term of the agreement constitute a smaller related party transaction under Listing Rule 11.1.10. The Company is not required to obtain Shareholder approval in relation to the proposed amendments but is giving Shareholders the opportunity to approve them as a matter of good corporate governance. The Company consulted with major Shareholders during the review period.
The Board considers that all the resolutions to be put to the meeting are in the best interests of the Company and its Shareholders and are most likely to promote the success of the Company for the benefit of its Shareholders as a whole. The Directors unanimously recommend that you vote in favour of the proposed resolutions as they intend to do in respect of their own beneficial holdings.
Yours sincerely,
Company number: 08215888
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Tritax Big Box REIT plc (the "Company") will be held at Taylor Wessing LLP, 5 New Street Square, London EC4A 3TW on Wednesday 4 May 2022 at 10.00 a.m. for the following purposes.
You will be asked to consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions. Resolutions 1 to 13 (inclusive) will be proposed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 14 to 17 (inclusive) will be proposed as special resolutions.
and so that the Directors of the Company may impose any limits or restrictions and make any arrangements which they consider necessary or appropriate to deal with treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates, legal, regulatory or practical problems in, or under the laws of, any territory or any other matter.
These authorities shall apply in substitution for all previous authorities (but without prejudice to the validity of any allotment pursuant to such previous authority) and shall expire at the end of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or, if earlier, 15 months after the date of this resolution, save that the Company may before such expiry make any offer or agreement which would or might require shares to be allotted or rights granted to subscribe for or convert any security into shares after such expiry and the Directors may allot shares or grant such rights in pursuance of any such offer or agreement as if the power and authority conferred by this resolution had not expired.
in each case as if Section 561 of the Act did not apply to any such allotment, provided that this power shall be limited to:
(i) the allotment of equity securities in connection with an offer of equity securities (but in the case of an allotment pursuant to the authority granted under paragraph (b) of Resolution 13, such power shall be limited to the allotment of equity securities in connection with an offer by way of a rights issue only) to:
(A) the holders of Ordinary Shares in the Company in proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) to the respective numbers of Ordinary Shares held by them; and
(B) the holders of other equity securities, as required by the rights of those securities or, subject to such rights, as the Directors of the Company otherwise consider necessary,
and so that the Directors of the Company may impose any limits or restrictions and make any arrangements which it considers necessary or appropriate to deal with treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates, legal, regulatory or practical problems in, or under the laws of, any territory or any other matter; and
(ii) the allotment of equity securities, other than pursuant to paragraph (i) above of this Resolution 14, up to an aggregate nominal amount of £934,413.
This power shall (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in a general meeting) expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company following the passing of this resolution or, if earlier, on the date 15 months after the passing of such resolution, save that the Company may before the expiry of this power make any offer or enter into any agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted, or treasury shares sold, after such expiry and the Directors may allot equity securities or sell treasury shares in pursuance of any such offer or agreement as if the power conferred by this resolution had not expired.
in each case as if Section 561 of the Act did not apply to any such allotment, provided that this power shall be limited to:
This power shall (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in a general meeting) expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company following the passing of this resolution (or, if earlier, at the close of business on the date 15 months after the date of the resolution), save that the Company may before the expiry of this power make any offer or enter into any agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted, or treasury shares sold, after such expiry and the Directors may allot equity securities or sell treasury shares in pursuance of any such offer or agreement as if the power conferred by this resolution had not expired.
This authority shall take effect on the date of passing of this resolution and shall (unless previously revoked, renewed or varied) expire on the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company after the passing of this resolution (or, if earlier, 15 months after the date of passing of this resolution), save in relation to purchases of Ordinary Shares, the contract for which was concluded before the expiry of this authority and which will or may be executed wholly or partly after such expiry.
By order of the Board
3rd Floor 6 Duke Street St James's London SW1Y 6BN United Kingdom
Registered in England and Wales No. 08215888
If a proxy appointment is submitted without indicating how the proxy should vote on any resolution, the proxy will exercise his discretion as to whether and, if so, how he/she votes.
Members may also appoint a proxy online at www.investorcentre.co.uk/eproxy (more details can be found in the form of proxy), through the CREST electronic proxy appointment service (as described in note 12 below) or via the Proximity platform (as described in note 13 below).
members or other CREST sponsored members, and those CREST members who have appointed a voting service provider(s), should refer to their CREST sponsor or voting service provider(s), who will be able to take the appropriate action on their behalf.
Please note the following:
The notes on the following pages explain the proposed resolutions.
Resolutions 1 to 13 (inclusive) are proposed as ordinary resolutions. This means that for each of those resolutions to be passed, more than half of the votes cast must be in favour of the resolution. Resolutions 14 to 17 (inclusive) are proposed as special resolutions. This means that for each of those resolutions to be passed, at least three-quarters of the votes cast must be in favour of the resolution.
This resolution is to receive and adopt the accounts for the financial period ended 31 December 2021 and the associated reports of the Directors and Auditor.
This resolution is to approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (other than the part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy) for the financial period ended 31 December 2021. You can find this report on pages 95 to 97 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts for the financial period ended 31 December 2021. As this vote is an advisory vote, no entitlement of a Director to remuneration is conditional on it. This resolution is required to be put to a vote annually under the Companies Act 2006.
Resolutions 3 to 6 (inclusive) are to approve the re-election of Aubrey Adams, Richard Laing, Alastair Hughes, and Karen Whitworth. Resolutions 7 and 8 are to approve the election of Wu Gang and Elizabeth Brown.
The Directors are committed to measures that promote good corporate governance. All Directors will be submitting themselves for annual re-election by Shareholders at each subsequent Annual General Meeting of the Company. The Board is satisfied that each of the Directors standing for re-election continues to perform effectively and demonstrates commitment to their respective roles.
Short biographical details of each of the Directors standing for re-election are set out on pages 68 and 69 of the Company's Annual Report.
Resolution 9 proposes the reappointment of BDO LLP as Auditor of the Company and Resolution 10 authorises the Directors to set its remuneration.
The Company currently pays four dividends per annum and to date these have been declared as "interim" dividends. The alternative to this would be to declare three interim dividends with the final dividend being proposed as a "final" dividend.
A final dividend, however, would require Shareholder approval, which would delay the payment. To avoid this potential delay, the Company has proposed a dividend policy, annually, that enables the Company to pay all of its dividends as "interim" dividends and for the last dividend not to be categorised as a "final" dividend that would ordinarily be subject to Shareholder approval.
The proposed material changes to the IMA which Shareholders are being asked to vote on and which, if approved, will take effect on 4 May 2022 are as follows:
Term – the new term of the IMA shall be five years from 4 May 2022 (being the date of the AGM) to 3 May 2027 (which equates to a three-year extended term plus 24-month notice period).
Termination – unchanged rolling 24-month notice period with the Company not being able to give notice before 4 May 2025 (end of the new three-year term).
The Company may terminate the IMA with immediate effect at any time on or after 4 May 2025 by paying the Manager, in lieu of notice, the management fees that would otherwise have been due during the 24-month period following such termination, calculated on the basis of the most recently announced EPRA NTA prior to termination.
If the Manager and the Company agree to internalise the management of the Company, the Company may give notice to terminate the agreement with immediate effect.
If a "Key Person Event" (as defined below) subsists on or after 4 May 2027, the 24-month notice period required to be given by the Company shall, if notified by the Company to the Manager by 3 November 2027, be amended to 12 months. Following such notification, the Company may at its discretion reinstate the 24-month notice period.
Fees – the basis for calculation of the management fee, and the relevant percentage shall be amended as follows:
| Current EPRA NTA value | Relevant Percentage |
|---|---|
| Up to and including £2 billion | 0.7 per cent |
| Above £2 billion and up to and including £3 billion |
0.6 per cent |
| Above £3 billion and up to and including £3.5 billion |
0.5 per cent |
| Above £3.5 billion | 0.4 per cent |
The current fee scale is as follows:
| Current NAV | Relevant Percentage |
|---|---|
| Up to £500 million | 1.0 per cent |
| Above £500 million and up to and including £750 million |
0.9 per cent |
| Above £750 million and up to and including £1 billion |
0.8 per cent |
| Above £1 billion and up to and including £1.25 billion |
0.7 per cent |
| Above £1.25 billion and up to and including £1.5 billion |
0.6 per cent |
| Above £1.5 billion | 0.5 per cent |
The revised fee will be calculated based on the most recently announced EPRA NTA (being the net tangible assets as defined by the European Public Real Estate Association) rather than the announced NAV. EPRA NTA includes an adjustment for the value of land options held by the Company.
Other than as described above, the method for calculating fees and the requirement to apply 25% of the fees by way of subscription for new ordinary shares (or acquisition in the market of ordinary shares) shall remain unchanged.
Key persons – if, during the term of the IMA, any four of Colin Godfrey, James Dunlop, Henry Franklin, Frankie Whitehead, Bjorn Hobart, Petrina Austin, Phil Redding and Charlie Withers (or any of their replacements appointed on the basis described below) are unable to perform the services in accordance with the IMA (a "Key Person Event"), the Manager shall promptly inform the Company.
The Manager shall be entitled at any time within two months (or such longer time as the Company may agree) of a Key Person being unable to perform the services (a "Key Person Change") to propose to the Company a replacement Key Person who the Manager reasonably believes to have relevant competency and experience. In the event the Company agrees (acting reasonably), the replacement shall be appointed, and the Key Person Change shall not count towards a Key Person Event.
In addition, the Manager may at any time propose to the REIT a new Key Person in anticipation of a Key Person Change. Such person must, in the reasonable opinion of the Manager, have relevant competency and experience to perform the services and must have been visible as an employee of the Manager providing services to the Company for a minimum period of six months (or such shorter time as the Company may agree). In the event the Company agrees (acting reasonably), the replacement shall be appointed, and the Key Person Change shall not count towards a Key Person Event.
Shareholders are being asked to approve, by way of an ordinary resolution, the above principal changes and any further minor amendments considered necessary or desirable by the Company and the Manager.
The purpose of Resolution 13 is to renew the Directors' authority to allot shares.
The authority in paragraph (a) will allow the Directors to allot new shares in the Company or to grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares in the Company up to a nominal value of £6,229,423 (622,942,330 Ordinary Shares), which is equivalent to approximately one-third of the total issued ordinary share capital of the Company as at 30 March 2022. There is no present intention of exercising this general authority.
The authority in paragraph (b) will allow the Directors to allot new shares or to grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares in the Company only in connection with a pre-emptive rights issue up to an aggregate nominal value of £12,458,846 (1,245,884,660 Ordinary Shares), which is approximately two-thirds of the Company's issued share capital as at 30 March 2022 (inclusive of the nominal value of £6,229,423 sought under paragraph (a) of the resolution). This is in line with corporate governance guidelines. There is no present intention to exercise this authority.
As at 30 March 2022, the Company did not hold any shares in treasury.
If the resolution is passed, the authority will expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company in 2023 or, if earlier, the date falling 15 months after the passing of the resolution.
If the Directors wish to allot new shares or grant rights over shares or sell treasury shares for cash (other than pursuant to an employee share scheme), company law requires that these shares are first offered to existing Shareholders in proportion to their existing holdings. There may be occasions, however, when the Directors will need the flexibility to finance business opportunities by the issue of Ordinary Shares without a pre-emptive offer to existing Shareholders. This cannot be done unless the Shareholders have first waived their pre-emption rights.
Resolution 14 asks the Shareholders to do this and, apart from rights issues or any other pre-emptive offer concerning equity securities, the authority will be limited to the issue of shares for cash up to a maximum number of 93,441,349 (which includes the sale on a non-pre-emptive basis of any shares held in treasury), which is equivalent to approximately 5% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital as at 30 March 2022.
Resolution 14 also seeks a disapplication of the pre-emption rights on a rights issue or other pre-emptive issue so as to allow the Directors to make exclusions or such other arrangements as may be appropriate to resolve legal or practical problems which, for example, might arise with overseas Shareholders.
The Board intends to adhere to the guidance issued by the Investment Association, the Pre-Emption Group's Statement of Principles (as updated in March 2015) (the "Statement of Principles") and the template resolutions published by the Pre-Emption Group.
The Directors therefore seek an additional authority under Resolution 15 to issue shares for cash on a non-pre-emptive basis up to a maximum number of 93,441,349 (which includes the sale on a non-pre-emptive basis of any shares held in treasury), which is equivalent to approximately 5% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital as at 30 March 2022, if used only for the purposes of financing (or refinancing, if the authority is to be used within six months after the original transaction) a transaction which the Directors determine to be an acquisition or other capital investment of a kind contemplated by the Statement of Principles.
Unless Shareholder approval is obtained, Ordinary Shares will only be issued pursuant to these authorities for cash on a non pre-emptive basis at a premium to the prevailing net asset value at the time of issue in order to take account of the costs of such issue and will therefore be non-dilutive to the prevailing net asset value for existing Shareholders.
If given, the authorities contained in Resolutions 14 and 15 will expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company in 2023 or, if earlier, the date falling 15 months after the passing of these resolutions.
In certain circumstances, it may be advantageous for the Company to purchase its own shares and Resolution 16 seeks the authority from Shareholders to continue to do so. The Directors will continue to exercise this power only when, in light of market conditions prevailing at the time, they believe that the effect of such purchases will be to increase earnings per share and is in the best interests of Shareholders generally. Other investment opportunities, appropriate gearing levels and the overall position of the Company will be considered when exercising this authority.
Any shares purchased in this way will be cancelled and the number of shares in issue will be reduced accordingly, save that the Company may hold in treasury any of its own shares that it purchases pursuant to the Act and the authority conferred by this resolution. This gives the Company the ability to reissue treasury shares quickly and cost effectively and provides the Company with greater flexibility in the management of its capital base. It also gives the Company the opportunity to satisfy employee share scheme awards with treasury shares. Once held in treasury, the Company is not entitled to exercise any rights, including the right to attend and vote at meetings in respect of the shares. Further, no dividend or other distribution of the Company's assets may be made to the Company in respect of the treasury shares.
Resolution 16 will be proposed as a special resolution to provide the Company with the necessary authority. If given, this authority will expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company in 2023 or, if earlier, the date which is 15 months after the date of passing of this resolution.
The Directors intend to seek renewal of this power at subsequent Annual General Meetings.
The Companies Act 2006 requires the Company to give at least 21 clear days' notice for a general meeting of the Company (other than Annual General Meetings), unless the Company:
The Company would like to preserve its ability to call general meetings (other than an Annual General Meeting) on less than 21 clear days' notice. Resolution 17 seeks such approval. It is intended that this shorter notice period would be used where the flexibility is merited by the business of the meeting and is thought to be in the interests of Shareholders as a whole. Should this resolution be approved it will be valid until the end of the next Annual General Meeting in 2023 (when it is intended that a similar resolution will be proposed) or, if earlier, the date which is 15 months after the date of passing of this resolution. This is the same authority that was sought and granted at last year's Annual General Meeting.

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www.tritaxbigbox.co.uk
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