Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3224L

Unite Group PLC (The)

12 May 2022

 

12 May 2022

THE UNITE GROUP PLC (the "Company")

RESULTS OF THE 2022 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Unite Group plc announces that all resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting held today, 12 May 2022, were passed on a poll.  The results for each resolution are as follows:

		For		Against
	Resolution	Votes1	% Votes Cast	Votes	% Votes Cast	Votes Withheld 2
Ordinary Resolutions
1	Receive Annual Reports and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021	366,204,421	100	0	0	496,065
2	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report contained in the Annual Report and Accounts	357,032,859	97.83	7,905,945	2.17	1,761,682
3	To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (other than the part containing the Directors' Remuneration Policy) contained in the Annual Report and Accounts	354,173,687	97.05	10,765,117	2.95	1,761,682
4	Declare 2021 final dividend	366,698,609	100	0	0	1,877
5	Re-elect Richard Huntingford	343,237,965	95.01	18,041,159	4.99	5,421,362
6	Re-elect Richard Smith	350,742,761	96.11	14,196,043	3.89	1,761,682
7	Re-elect Joseph Lister	361,869,914	99.16	3,068,890	0.84	1,761,682
8	Re-elect Elizabeth McMeikan	354,585,021	97.16	10,353,783	2.84	1,761,682
9	Re-elect Ross Paterson	361,909,698	99.17	3,029,106	0.83	1,761,682
10	Re-elect Ilaria del Beato	361,919,781	99.17	3,019,023	0.83	1,761,682
11	Re-elect Dame Shirley Pearce	361,520,392	99.11	3,257,507	0.89	1,922,587
12	Re-elect Thomas Jackson	355,239,698	97.34	9,699,106	2.66	1,761,682
13	Re-elect Professor Sir Steve Smith	361,917,978	99.17	3,020,826	0.83	1,761,682
14	Re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor	365,846,677	99.77	850,440	0.23	3,369
15	Auditor's Remuneration	366,695,243	100	1,524	0	1,877
16	Authority to Allot Shares	328,394,983	90.17	35,814,023	9.83	2,488,892
Special Resolutions
17	Dis-apply Pre-emption Rights (General)	360,205,249	99.35	2,355,331	0.65	4,139,906
18	Dis-apply Pre-emption Rights (Acquisition or Specified Capital Investment)	350,565,954	96.69	11,994,626	3.31	4,139,906
19	Allow General Meeting on 14 days' notice	324,419,058	88.94	40,359,112	11.06	1,922,315

¹ Includes those votes giving the Chairman discretion.

² A "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of "For" and "Against" a resolution.

Maximum number of shares represented by proxy: 366,700,486 shares

Number of ordinary shares in issue as at the date of the AGM (no shares held in treasury): 399,311,939.

Resolutions 1 to 16 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 17 to 19 were passed as special resolutions.

Pursuant to UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of all resolutions, other than those concerning ordinary business, adopted at the AGM will be shortly submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at:

https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

The full text of the resolutions passed at the AGM can be found in the Notice of AGM, which is available alongside the AGM results on the Company's website at http://www.unite-group.co.uk/.

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For further information, please contact:

Unite Students Christopher Szpojnarowicz, Company Secretary	Tel: [phone]

 

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