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RNS Number : 2154S B&M European Value Retail S.A. 23 July 2025
23 July 2025
B&M European Value Retail S.A
3, rue Gabriel Lippmann, L-5365 Munsbach
RCS Luxembourg B187275
(the "Company")
Results of the votes at the Extraordinary General Meeting of 22 July 2025
The Company is pleased to announce that all resolutions proposed at the
Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held on 22 July 2025 were passed
and the results of the votes were as follows.
VOTES % VOTES % VOTES % of TVR % of ISC VOTES WITHHELD
FOR AGAINST TOTAL
1 To approve the transfers of the registered office of the Company to Jersey and 662,900,616 99.9985 9,911 0.0015 662,910,527 66.04 886,639
of its central administration to the UK (the "Migration"); and to approve that
the Company will continue to exist in Jersey under the form of a public 66.04
limited company incorporated under the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 with its
corporate name changed into B&M European Value Retail plc ("B&M
Jersey").
2 To approve the change of the registered office of the Company. 662,902,965 99.9987 8,531 0.0013 662,911,496 66.04 66.04 885,670
3 To acknowledge and approve that B&M Jersey Articles shall replace the 633,121,934 95.39 30,628,285 4.61 663,750,219 66.12 66.12 46,947
articles of association of the Company as from the effective date of the
Migration.
4 To grant full discharge to the auditor of the Company and to terminate his 661,270,769 99.85 996,329 0.25 662,267,098 65.97 65.98 1,530,068
mandate as from the effective date of the Migration.
5 To appoint KPMG LLC as auditor of B&M Jersey as from the effective date of 661,573,664 99.67 2,176,955 0.33 663,750,619 66.12 66.12 46,547
the Migration.
6 To authorise the Board to determine the remuneration of the auditor of B&M 663,693,945 99.99 52,456 0.01 663,746,401 66.12 66.12 50,765
Jersey.
7 To appoint Alex Simpson as Secretary of B&M Jersey as from the effective 663,696,747 99.99 37,199 0.01 663,733,946 66.12 66.12 63,220
date of the Migration.
8 To empower the notary, her clerk, any lawyer or employee of Clifford Chance 663,706,013 99.99 45,287 0.01 663,751,300 66.12 66.12 45,866
Luxembourg and of Ogier Jersey, as well as any lawyer, any director and any
daily manager of the Company to do all formalities to transfer the Company's
registered office and central administration.
The results of the votes will also be posted on the Company's website at
https://www.bandmretail.com/investors/company-meetings/agm
(https://www.bandmretail.com/investors/company-meetings/agm) .
Please note that a vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in
the calculation of votes for and against a resolution.
On the record date on 8 July 2025, the total number of voting rights (TVR) was
1,002,813,610 and the total number of shares in issue was 1,003,821,871 (ISC).
The Board is pleased to note the overwhelming level of shareholder support in
favour of the Migration and will provide a further update on the Migration
and, in particular, details of how the B&M Jersey Shares may be held by
shareholders upon implementation of the Migration being completed, and any
other relevant matters, in due course and in any case ahead of Admission. It
is expected that, subject to the satisfaction or, where permitted, waiver of
the remaining Conditions, the Migration will be completed and Admission will
become effective and that dealings in the B&M Jersey Shares will commence
on the London Stock Exchange before the end of this calendar year.
A prospectus relating to the Admission is expected to be published by the
Company shortly before Admission becomes effective.
Further announcements, including in relation to the publication of the
prospectus, will be made as and when appropriate.
Words and expressions which are defined in the Notice of Extraordinary General
Meeting dated 19 June 2025 shall have the same meanings in this announcement
unless the context otherwise requires.
Enquiries
B&M European Value Retail S.A.
For further information please contact +44 (0) 151 728 5400 or
investor.relations@bandmretail.com (mailto:investor.relations@bandmretail.com)
Tjeerd Jegen, Chief Executive Officer
Michael Schmidt, Chief Financial Officer
About B&M European Value Retail S.A.
B&M European Value Retail S.A. is a variety retailer with 777 stores in
the UK operating under the "B&M" brand, 343 stores under the "Heron
Foods" and "B&M Express" brands, and 135 stores in France also operating
under the "B&M" brand as at 29 March 2025.
The B&M Group was founded in 1978 and listed on the London Stock Exchange
in June 2014. For more information, please visit www.bandmretail.com
(http://www.bandmretail.com/) .
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