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11/05/2017 15:45

RNS Number : 9195E
Unite Group PLC
11 May 2017
11 May 2017
THE UNITE GROUP PLC (the "Company")
AGM - VOTING RESULTS
The Company announces that at its Annual General Meeting held today all resolutions were duly passed on a show of hands. 
Details of the proxy votes are as follows:


For 
Against


Resolution
Votes*
% Votes Cast
Votes
% Votes Cast
Votes Withheld **
1
Receive Annual Reports and Accounts 
182,128,901
99.93
130,000
0.07
134,724
2
Directors' Remuneration Report 
172,055,505
99.48
904,419
0.52
9,433,701
3
Declare Final Dividend 
182,135,791
100.00
0
0.00
257,834
4
Re-elect P White 
142,149,611
89.75
16,239,847
10.25
24,004,167
5
Re-elect R Smith 
178,530,981
97.88
3,862,644
2.12
0
6
Re-elect J Lister 
178,530,981
97.88
3,862,644
2.12
0
7
Re-elect R Simpson 
178,531,109
97.88
3,862,516
2.12
0
8
Re-elect M Wolstenholme 
180,868,088
99.16
1,523,537
0.84
2,000
9
Re-elect T Wilson 
182,086,897
99.83
304,728
0.17
2,000
10
Re-elect A Jones 
182,088,980
99.83
304,619
0.17
26
11
Re-elect E McMeikan 
182,087,006
99.83
306,619
0.17
0
12
Re-appoint Auditor 
182,390,530
100.00
1,095
0.00***
2,000
13
Auditors' Remuneration 
182,392,530
100.00
1,095
0.00***
0
14
Authority to Allot Shares 
158,024,372
87.04
23,522,851
12.96
846,402
15
Dis-apply Pre-emption Rights - 1st 5% (General) 
179,134,981
99.98
27,734
0.02
3,230,910
16
Dis-apply Pre-emption Rights - 2nd 5% (acquisition or specified capital Investment) 
177,227,646
98.92
1,935,095
1.08
3,230,884
17
Article 94 of the Articles of Association 
181,592,499
99.56
801,126
0.44
0
18
Allow General Meeting on 14 days' notice 
158,503,062
86.90
23,890,128
13.10
435
* Includes those votes giving the Chairman discretion.
** A "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of "For" and "Against" a resolution.
***0.0001 rounded to 0.00 for consistency
Number of shares represented by proxy: 182,393,625 
Number of ordinary shares in issue as at the date of the AGM (no shares held in treasury): 224,427,055
Resolutions 1 to 14 and 18 were passed as ordinary resolutions, and Resolutions 15, 16 and 17 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 http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM 
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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