Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • May 15, 2019
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 15 May 2019 at 10.00 a.m. at Taylor Wessing LLP, 5 New Street Square, London EC4A 3TW is set out on pages 3-7 of this document.
To be valid, forms 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, The Pavilions, Bridgewater Road, Bristol, BS99 6ZY, UK as soon as possible and in any event not later than 48 hours before the time appointed for holding the meeting.
(incorporated and registered in England and Wales under number 08215888)
Standbrook House Fourth Floor 2-5 Old Bond Street London England W1S 4PD
12 April 2019
I am pleased to be writing to you with details of our Annual General Meeting ("AGM") which we are holding at Taylor Wessing LLP, 5 New Street Square, London EC4A 3TW on 15 May 2019 at 10.00 a.m. The formal Notice of Annual General Meeting is set out on pages 3-7 of this document. Explanatory notes to the resolutions are provided on pages 8-10.
If you would like to vote on the resolutions but you are unable to attend the AGM, please fill in the proxy form 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 13 May 2019.
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
Sir Richard Jewson KCVO JP 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 Taylor Wessing LLP, 5 New Street Square, London EC4A 3TW on Wednesday, 15 May 2019 at 10.00 a.m. for the following purposes.
You will be asked to consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions. Resolutions 1-11 (inclusive) will be proposed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 12-15 (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 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:
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 12, up to an aggregate nominal amount of £853,487.
This power shall (unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the Company in 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 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.
That the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised for the purposes of section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act") to make market purchases (as defined in section 693(4) of the Act) of Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") in such manner and on such terms as the Directors of the Company may from time to time determine, and where such shares are held as treasury shares, the Company may use them for the purposes set out in sections 727 or 729 of the Act, including for the purpose of its employee share schemes, provided that:
(a)the maximum number of Ordinary Shares which may be purchased is 170,697,495;
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.
Company Secretary
Registered Office: Standbrook House Fourth Floor 2-5 Old Bond Street London W1S 4PD
Registered in England and Wales No. 08215888
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The notes on the following pages give an explanation of the proposed resolutions.
Resolutions 1-11 (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 12-15 (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.
The Directors of the Company must present the accounts to the meeting.
We are asking you to approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (but excluding the Directors' Remuneration Policy), which is presented on pages 99-100 of the Annual Report, by passing Resolution 2.
Resolution 2 is the ordinary resolution to approve the Directors' Remuneration Report, other than the part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy. Resolution 2 is an advisory resolution and accordingly entitlement of a Director to remuneration is not conditional on the Resolution being passed.
Resolution 3 relates to the election of Richard Laing, who was appointed as a Director of the Company on 16 May 2018, after the 2018 Annual General Meeting.
Resolution 4 relates to the election of Alastair Hughes, who was appointed as a Director of the Company on 1 February 2019, after the 2018 Annual General Meeting.
Short biographical details of Richard Laing and Alastair Hughes are set out on pages 82-83 of the Company's Annual Report. The Board is satisfied that each of the aforementioned Directors continues to perform effectively and demonstrates commitment to their respective roles.
The Directors are committed to measures that promote good corporate governance. In line with the AIC Code of Corporate Governance (the "Code"), each of the Directors will be submitting themselves for re-election at this year's meeting, and at each subsequent Annual General Meeting of the Company for such time as the Code requires.
Consequently, Resolutions 5-7 will be proposed in order to require all of the Directors to retire from office at the conclusion of the 2019 Annual General Meeting and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election. Short biographical details of all of the Directors who are proposed for re-election are set out on pages 82-83 of the Company's Annual Report.
The Board considers that the performance of each Board member continues to be effective and demonstrates the commitment required to continue in their present roles, and that the contribution of each Director continues to be important to the Company's long-term sustainable success. This consideration is based on, amongst other things, the business skills and industry experience of each Director, as well as their knowledge and understanding of the Company's business model. The Board has also considered the other contributions which individuals may make to the work of the Board, including with a view to ensuring that the Board maintains a diverse balance of skills, knowledge, backgrounds and capabilities which will support good decision making, as well as their ability to commit the appropriate time necessary to their roles. Further details of the review of the Board's effectiveness are set out on pages 84- 85 of the Company's Annual Report.
Resolution 8 proposes the reappointment of BDO LLP as auditors of the Company and Resolution 9 authorises the Directors to set their 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 will propose 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 purpose of Resolution 11 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 £5,689,916 (568,991,600 Ordinary Shares), which is equivalent to approximately one third of the total issued ordinary share capital of the Company as at 11 April 2019. 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 right issue up to an aggregate nominal value of £11,379,833 (1,137,983,300 Ordinary Shares), which is approximately twothirds of the Company's issued share capital as at 11 April 2019 (inclusive of the nominal value of £5,689,916 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 11 April 2019, 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 2020 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 12 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 85,348,747 (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 11 April 2019.
Resolution 12 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.
Your Board intends to adhere to the guidance issued by the Investment Association (as updated in July 2017), 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 13 to issue shares for cash on a non pre-emptive basis up to a maximum number of 85,348,747 (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 11 April 2019, 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 12 and 13 will expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company in 2020 or, if earlier, the date falling 15 months after the passing of the resolution.
In certain circumstances, it may be advantageous for the Company to purchase its own shares and Resolution 14 seeks the authority from Shareholders to continue to do so. The Directors will continue to exercise this power 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 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 re-issue 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.
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 11 April 2019) and the maximum and minimum prices at which they may be bought.
There are no warrants or options to subscribe for Ordinary Shares outstanding at 11 April 2019.
Resolution 14 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 2020 or, if earlier, 15 August 2020 (the date which is 15 months after the date of passing of the resolution).
The Directors intend to seek renewal of this power at subsequent Annual General Meetings.
The Act 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 AGM) on less than 21 clear days' notice. Resolution 15 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 AGM in 2020 (when it is intended that a similar resolution will be proposed) or on 15 August 2020, whichever is sooner. This is the same authority that was sought and granted at last year's AGM.
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