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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 Votes(1) % 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 357,032,859 97.83 7,905,945 2.17 1,761,682
and Accounts
3 To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (other than the part containing 354,173,687 97.05 10,765,117 2.95 1,761,682
the Directors' Remuneration Policy) contained in the Annual Report and
Accounts
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
(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: +44 117 302 7120
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