Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Apr 2, 2024
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 Wednesday 1 May 2024 at 10.00 a.m. at Ashurst LLP, London Fruit & Wool Exchange, 1 Duval Square, London E1 6PW is set out on pages 3 to 6 of this document.
To be valid, the form of proxy must be completed and returned in accordance with the instructions printed thereon so as to be received by the Company's Registrars, Computershare Investor Services PLC, The Pavilions, Bridgwater Road, Bristol BS99 6ZY as soon as possible and in any event no later than 10.00 a.m. on Monday 29 April 2024. Alternatively, you can register your proxy vote electronically at www.investorcentre.co.uk/ eproxy or, if you are a CREST member, by using the service provided by Euroclear.
(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales under number 08215888)
Registered office
72 Broadwick Street London W1F 9QZ United Kingdom
Tuesday 2 April 2024
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 Ashurst LLP, London Fruit & Wool Exchange, 1 Duval Square, London E1 6PW, on Wednesday 1 May 2024 at 10.00 a.m. The formal Notice of Annual General Meeting is set out on pages 3 to 6 of this document.
If you would like to vote on the resolutions but cannot come to the AGM, please fill in the form of proxy sent to you with this Notice and return it to our Registrars as soon as possible. They must receive it by 10.00 a.m. on Monday 29 April 2024. Completion and return of the form of proxy will not prevent you from attending or voting at the meeting in person, should you so wish.
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 Monday 29 April 2024. 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 Monday 29 April 2024 in order to be valid.
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,
Aubrey Adams OBE, FCA, FRICS Independent Chairman
Company number: 08215888
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Tritax Big Box REIT plc (the "Company") will be held at Ashurst LLP, London Fruit & Wool Exchange, 1 Duval Square, London E1 6PW, on Wednesday 1 May 2024 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.
but subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may consider necessary or appropriate to deal with treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates or legal, regulatory or practical difficulties which may arise under the laws of, or the requirements of any regulatory body or stock exchange in any territory or any other matter whatsoever.
These authorities shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or, if earlier, on the date 15 months after the passing of this Resolution 13, 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 rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares in pursuance of any such offer or agreement as if the power and authority conferred by this Resolution 13 had not expired.
in each case as if section 561 of the Act did not apply to any such allotment or sale, provided that this power shall be limited to the allotment of equity securities for cash and the sale of treasury shares:
as permitted by the rights of those securities, but subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the Directors may consider necessary or appropriate to deal with treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates or legal, regulatory or practical difficulties which may arise under the laws of, or the requirements of any regulatory body or stock exchange in any territory or any other matter whatsoever; and
(ii) in the case of the authorisation granted under paragraph (a) of Resolution 13 (or in the case of any sale of treasury shares), and otherwise than pursuant to paragraph (i) of this Resolution 14 above, up to an aggregate nominal amount of £951,869.
This power shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or, if earlier, on the date 15 months after the passing of this Resolution 14, 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 to be 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 14 had not expired.
in each case as if section 561 of the Act did not apply to any such allotment or sale, provided that this power shall be:
This power shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company or, if earlier, on the date 15 months after the passing of this Resolution 15, 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 to be 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 15 had not expired.
By order of the Board

Registered office Tritax Big Box REIT plc 72 Broadwick Street London W1F 9QZ
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 have discretion as to whether and, if so, how they vote.
Members may also appoint a proxy online at www.investorcentre. co.uk/eproxy (more details can be found in the form of proxy) or, for members of CREST, through CREST electronic proxy appointment service (as described in note 12 below) or via the Proxymity platform (as described in note 13 below).
Please note the following:
(a) In order for a proxy appointment or instruction made using the CREST service to be valid, the appropriate CREST message (a "CREST Proxy Instruction") must be properly authenticated in accordance with Euroclear UK & International Limited's specifications and must contain the information required for such instructions, as described in the CREST Manual. The message, regardless of whether it constitutes the appointment of a proxy or is an amendment to the instruction given to a previously appointed proxy, must, in order to be valid, be transmitted so as to be received by the issuer's agent ID 3RA50 by the latest time(s) for receipt of proxy appointments specified in this Notice. For this purpose, the time of receipt will be taken to be the time (as determined by the timestamp applied to the message by the CREST Application Host) from which the issuer's agent is able to retrieve the message by enquiry to CREST in the manner prescribed by CREST.
After this time any change of instructions to proxies appointed through CREST should be communicated to the appointee through other means.
The notes on the following pages give an explanation of 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 2023 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 2023. You can find this report on pages 109 to 111 of the Company's Annual Report and Accounts for the financial period ended 31 December 2023. 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 section 420(1) of the Companies Act 2006.
This resolution is to approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy. You can find the policy on page 109 of the Annual Report and Accounts for the financial period ended 31 December 2023. This vote is a binding vote and, subject to limited exceptions, no remuneration payment or loss of office payment may be made to a prospective, current or former Director unless consistent with the approved Directors' Remuneration Policy (or otherwise specifically approved by Shareholders). If approved by Shareholders, the Directors' Remuneration Policy will take effect immediately after the end of the AGM. This resolution should be put to a vote at least every three years as required by section 439A(1)(b) of the Companies Act 2006.
Resolutions 4 to 9 (inclusive) are to approve the re-election of Aubrey Adams, Elizabeth Brown, Wu Gang, Alastair Hughes, Richard Laing and Karen Whitworth as Directors of the Company.
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 78 and 79 of the Company's Annual Report.
Resolution 10 proposes the re-appointment of BDO LLP as Auditor of the Company and Resolution 11 authorises the Directors to set the Auditor's 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.
Having regard to corporate governance best practice relating to the payment of interim dividends without the approval of a final dividend by a company's Shareholders, the Directors have decided to seek express approval from Shareholders of its policy to pay four interim dividends per year. Should this resolution be approved, it will be valid until the conclusion of the Company's next Annual General Meeting, when it is intended that a similar resolution will be proposed.
It should be noted that the dividend policy is not a profit forecast and if dividends are declared by the Directors, they will only be paid to the extent permitted in accordance with the Companies Act 2006.
The Directors may allot shares and grant rights to subscribe for, or convert any security into, shares only if authorised to do so by Shareholders.
Accordingly, Resolution 13 will be proposed as an ordinary resolution to grant the Directors authority to allot shares and grant rights to subscribe for, or convert any security into, shares in the Company (a) up to a nominal value of £6,345,794 (634,579,400 Ordinary Shares), which is equivalent to approximately one-third of the total issued ordinary share capital of the Company as at Thursday 28 March 2024; and (b) in connection with a fully pre-emptive offer up to an aggregate nominal value of £12,691,588 (1,269,158,800 Ordinary Shares), which is (before any reduction) approximately two-thirds of the Company's issued share capital as at Thursday 28 March 2024.
This is in line with corporate governance guidelines. The Directors have no present intention of using this authority. However, if they do exercise the authority, the Directors intend to take note of relevant corporate governance guidelines in the use of such powers.
As at Thursday 28 March 2024, the Company did not hold any shares in treasury.
If the resolution is passed, the authority will expire on the earlier of the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company in 2025 or, if earlier, on the date falling 15 months after the passing of the resolution.
On 21 March 2024, the Company released an announcement (the "2.7 Announcement") stating that it had reached agreement with the board of UK Commercial Property REIT Limited ("UKCM") on the terms of a recommended all-share combination of the Company and UKCM (the "Combination") pursuant to which the Company will acquire the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of UKCM. Under the terms of the Combination, the shareholders of UKCM will be entitled to receive Ordinary Shares in the Company. The Company intends to seek a separate authority to allot Ordinary Shares to the shareholders of UKCM in accordance with the terms of the Combination as set out in the 2.7 Announcement at a forthcoming general meeting. A Notice of meeting setting out details of the authority to be sought will be included in the combined circular and prospectus to be published in connection with the Combination.
If the Directors wish to allot equity securities or sell treasury shares for cash, 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 investment opportunities identified by the Company's investment manager (in accordance with the Company's investment policy) by the issue of Ordinary Shares without a pre-emptive offer to existing Shareholders. The Directors require a power from Shareholders to do so.
Accordingly, Resolution 14 will be proposed as a special resolution to grant the Directors power to allot equity securities or sell treasury shares for cash and otherwise than to existing Shareholders pro rata to their holdings. Apart from offers or invitations in proportion to the respective number of shares held, the power will be limited to the allotment of equity securities and sales of treasury shares for cash up to an aggregate nominal value of £951,869 (which is equivalent to approximately 5% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital as at Thursday 28 March 2024).
Resolution 14 also seeks a disapplication of the pre-emption rights on a rights issue or other fully pre-emptive issue so as to allow the Directors to make exclusions or such other arrangements as may be appropriate to resolve legal, regulatory or practical difficulties which, for example, might arise with overseas Shareholders.
The Directors intend to adhere to the guidance issued by the Investment Association and the Pre-Emption Group's Statement of Principles (as updated in March 2015) (the "Statement of Principles").
The Directors seek further power under Resolution 15 to allot equity securities or sell treasury shares for cash and otherwise than to existing Shareholders pro rata to their holdings. Resolution 15 will be proposed as a special resolution. The power will be limited to the allotment of equity securities and sales of treasury shares for cash up to an aggregate nominal value of £951,869 (which is equivalent to approximately 5% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital as at Thursday 28 March 2024) in connection with the financing (or refinancing, if the power is to be used within six months after the original transaction) of a transaction which the Directors determine to be an acquisition or other capital investment of a kind contemplated by the Statement of Principles. This is in addition to the 5% referred to in Resolution 14.
The Company undertakes that Ordinary Shares will only be issued pursuant to these authorities at a premium to the prevailing Net Asset Value at the time of issue, unless specifically approved by Shareholders in a general meeting.
Resolutions 14 and 15 have been separated in accordance with the guidance issued by the Pre-Emption Group.
If given, the powers contained in Resolutions 14 and 15 will each expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company in 2025 or, if earlier, on the date falling 15 months after the passing of the resolutions.
The figure of up to 5% reflects the 2015 Statement of Principles.
The Directors are aware of the Pre-Emption Group's most recent Statement of Principles on Disapplying Pre-emption Rights published in November 2022 (the "2022 Statement of Principles"). However, at this time, the Directors consider it appropriate to retain the previous limits of 5% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company in Resolutions 14 and 15 and have not adopted the increased limits. The Directors will keep emerging market practice under review.
The Directors confirm that they will follow the shareholder protections in paragraph one of Part 2B of the 2022 Statement of Principles.
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. Resolution 16 will be proposed as a special resolution. The Directors will exercise this authority only when, in the 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 taken into account when exercising this authority.
Any shares purchased in this way may either be cancelled (and the number of shares in issue will be reduced accordingly) or, in accordance with the Companies Act 2006, retained as treasury shares.
This would give the Company the ability to re-issue treasury shares quickly and cost-effectively and provides the Company with greater flexibility in the management of its capital base.
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.
The resolution specifies the maximum number of Ordinary Shares that may be acquired (approximately 10% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital as at Thursday 28 March 2024) and the maximum and minimum prices at which they may be bought.
There are no warrants or options to subscribe for Ordinary Shares outstanding as at Thursday 28 March 2024.
If given, this authority will expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company in 2025 or, if earlier, on the date falling 15 months after the passing of the resolution.
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:
Resolution 17 seeks such approval and will be proposed as a special resolution. The minimum notice period for Annual General Meetings remains at least 21 clear days' notice. This authority would provide the Company with flexibility where action needs to be taken quickly. It is intended that this shorter notice period would not be used as a matter of routine but only 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 conclusion of the Company's next Annual General Meeting, when it is intended that a similar resolution will be proposed.

Tritax Big Box REIT plc
72 Broadwick Street London W1F 9QZ
www.tritaxbigbox.co.uk
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