Result of AGM

RNS Number : 5455Y

Unite Group PLC (The)

13 May 2021

 

 13 May 2021

THE UNITE GROUP PLC (the "Company")

RESULTS OF THE 2021 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Unite Group plc announces that all resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting held today, 13 May 2021, 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 2020	351,991,734	100.00	0	0.00	1,365,621
2	Directors' Remuneration Report set out in the Annual Report and Accounts	344,430,454	97.76	7,902,466	2.24	1,024,435
3	Declare 2020 final dividend	353,355,355	100.00	2,000	0.00	0
4	Renew Scrip Dividend Scheme	353,334,637	100.00	2,718	0.00	20,000
5	Elect Richard Huntingford	325,451,230	92.58	26,089,038	7.42	1,817,087
6	Re-elect Richard Smith	352,315,612	99.99	18,574	0.01	1,023,169
7	Re-elect Joseph Lister	350,724,309	99.54	1,609,877	0.46	1,023,169
8	Re-elect Elizabeth McMeikan	346,059,024	98.22	6,275,162	1.78	1,023,169
9	Re-elect Ross Paterson	349,668,911	99.24	2,665,275	0.76	1,023,169
10	Re-elect Richard Akers	349,666,159	99.25	2,655,835	0.75	1,035,361
11	Re-elect Ilaria del Beato	349,766,566	99.27	2,567,620	0.73	1,023,169
12	Re-elect Dame Shirley Pearce	349,767,089	99.27	2,567,097	0.73	1,023,169
13	Re-elect Thomas Jackson	343,432,103	97.47	8,902,083	2.53	1,023,169
14	Re-elect Professor Sir Steve Smith	349,678,242	99.25	2,655,944	0.75	1,023,169
15	Re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor	352,642,138	99.80	695,217	0.20	20,000
16	Auditor's Remuneration	352,579,864	99.79	757,491	0.21	20,000
17	Authority to Allot Shares	317,765,307	90.19	34,568,653	9.81	1,023,395
Special Resolutions
18	Dis-apply Pre-emption Rights (General)	350,420,806	99.97	102,406	0.03	2,834,143
19	Dis-apply Pre-emption Rights (Acquisition or Specified Capital Investment)	339,260,607	96.79	11,263,481	3.21	2,833,267
20	Allow General Meeting on 14 days' notice	311,453,810	88.40	40,880,595	11.60	1,022,950
21	Approve Articles of Association	352,331,460	100.00	2,945	0.00	1,022,950

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: 353,357,355 shares

Number of ordinary shares in issue as at the date of the AGM (no shares held in treasury): 398,231,809  

Resolutions 1 to 17 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 18 to 21 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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