Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Apr 1, 2021
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. IF YOU ARE IN ANY DOUBT AS TO WHAT ACTION TO TAKE YOU ARE RECOMMENDED TO CONSULT YOUR STOCKBROKER, SOLICITOR, ACCOUNTANT OR OTHER INDEPENDENT ADVISER AUTHORISED UNDER THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000.
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 5 May 2021 at 10.00 a.m. at 3rd Floor, 6 Duke Street St James's, London SW1Y 6BN is set out on pages 2-6 of this document.
Proxy instructions must 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 2.00 p.m. on 30 April 2021.
Registered Office:
3rd Floor 6 Duke Street St James's London SW1Y 6BN
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 our registered office, 3rd Floor, 6 Duke Street St James's, London SW1Y 6BN, on 5 May 2021 at 10.00 a.m. The formal Notice of Annual General Meeting is set out on pages 2-6 of this document. Explanatory notes to the resolutions are provided on pages 7-8.
In line with the UK Government's restrictions on public gatherings to contain COVID-19 and being mindful of the health and safety of our stakeholders and the wider community, Shareholders will not be permitted to attend this year's AGM in person. We will arrange for the minimum necessary quorum to be in attendance so that the meeting is able to conduct its business and strongly advise Shareholders to submit their proxy votes in advance of the meeting.
Notwithstanding the format of the AGM this year, the Board considers it important that Shareholders continue to have opportunities 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 4 May 2021. The Board will endeavour to answer such questions ahead of the AGM and, in any event, will publish such questions and answers as soon as practicable on the Company's website (www.tritaxbigbox.co.uk).
The Board is considering alternatives for shareholder engagement later in 2021, which will be guided by best practice, as it develops following the Covid-19 public health advice.
The Board is taking the above measures to retain Shareholder participation in the business of the AGM, while balancing health and safety considerations. Public health advice issued by the UK Government in relation to Covid-19 is evolving and the Board therefore intends to keep the above arrangements under close review during this period. Circumstances may result in it being necessary to make further alternative arrangements for the AGM and we will seek to give you as much notice as possible. Details of any such arrangements will be communicated with Shareholders before the AGM via an announcement on RNS and through the Company's website (www.tritaxbigbox.co.uk).
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.
As previously announced, this will be my last AGM as the Chairman of the Company as I plan to retire following the end of the meeting. It has been a privilege to lead the Board since IPO and I leave the Company well positioned for the future under the experienced leadership of your new Chairman, Aubrey Adams.
Yours sincerely
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 3rd Floor, 6 Duke Street St James's, London SW1Y 6BN on Wednesday, 5 May 2021 at 10.00 a.m. for the following purposes.
You will be asked to consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions. Resolutions 1-12 (inclusive) will be proposed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 13-16 (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:
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 13, up to an aggregate nominal amount of £859,942.
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.
3rd Floor 6 Duke Street St James's London SW1Y 6BN
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).
The notes on the following pages explain the proposed resolutions.
Resolutions 1-12 (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 13-16 (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.
Resolution 2 is to approve the Directors' Remuneration Report, other than the part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy (which is presented on pages 82-84 of the Annual Report). Resolution 2 is an advisory resolution and accordingly entitlement of a Director to remuneration is not conditional on the Resolution being passed.
This resolution is to approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy. You can find the policy on page 82 of the Annual Report and Accounts for the financial period ended 31 December 2020. 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 Annual General Meeting. This resolution is put to a vote at least every three years as required by the Companies Act 2006.
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.
Short biographical details of all of the Directors who are proposed for re-election are set out on pages 70-71 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 page 73 of the Company's Annual Report.
Resolution 9 proposes the reappointment of BDO LLP as auditors of the Company and Resolution 10 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 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 purpose of Resolution 12 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 £5,732,946 (573,294,587 Ordinary Shares), which is equivalent to approximately one third of the total issued ordinary share capital of the Company as at 31 March 2021. 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 £11,465,892 (1,146,589,175, Ordinary Shares), which is approximately two-thirds of the Company's issued share capital as at 31 March 2021 (inclusive of the nominal value of £5,732,946 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 31 March 2021, 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 2022 or, if earlier, the date falling 15 months after the passing of the resolution.
Disapplication of pre-emption rights (Resolutions 13 and 14)
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 13 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 85,994,188 (which includes the sale on a nonpre-emptive basis of any shares held in treasury), which is equivalent to approximately 5% of the Company's issued Ordinary Share capital as at 31 March 2021.
Resolution 13 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, 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 14 to issue shares for cash on a non pre-emptive basis up to a maximum number of 85,994,188 (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 31 March 2021, 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 13 and 14 will expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company in 2022 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 15 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 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 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.
Resolution 15 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 2022 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 16 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 2022 (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.

Tritax Big Box REIT plc 3rd Floor 6 Duke Street St James's London SW1Y 6BN
www.tritaxbigbox.co.uk
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