REG - Unite Group PLC - Result of AGM

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07/05/2020 16:55

RNS Number : 3336M
  
Unite Group PLC (The)
  
07 May 2020
  
 

 
7 May 2020
 
THE UNITE GROUP PLC (the "Company") 
 
RESULTS OF THE 2020 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
 
The Unite Group plc announces that all resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting held today, 7 May 2020, 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 2019    


323,817,025


99.99


32,545


0.01


304,362




2


Directors' Remuneration Report set out on pages 119 to 147 (inclusive) in the Annual Report and Accounts


297,901,750


93.04


22,290,928


6.96


3,961,254




3


[Declare 2019 final dividend]3


N/A


N/A


N/A


N/A


N/A




4


Re-elect Phil White       


296,559,561


98.01


6,031,295


1.99


21,563,076




5


Re-elect Richard Smith       


323,802,521


99.89


344,371


0.11


7,041




6


Re-elect Joseph Lister      


322,854,901


99.60


1,291,991


0.40


7,041




7


Re-elect Elizabeth McMeikan


320,040,800


98.73


4,106,091


1.27


7,041




8


Re-elect Ross Paterson


319,008,020


98.41


5,138,594


1.59


7,191




9


Re-elect Richard Akers


319,162,868


98.46


4,983,874


1.54


7,191




10


Re-elect Ilaria del Beato


319,250,849


98.49


4,896,043


1.51


7,041




11


Elect Dame Shirley Peace


323,823,052


99.90


323,840


0.10


7,041




12


Elect Thomas Jackson


316,317,334


97.58


7,829,558


2.42


7,041




13


Elect Professor Sir Steve Smith


323,379,081


99.76


767,811


0.24


7,041




14


Re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor         


316,100,325


97.71


7,398,960


2.29


654,647




15


Auditor's Remuneration   


303,358,912


93.59


20,787,979


6.41


7,041




16


Authority to Allot Shares 


286,495,949


88.38


37,650,943


11.62


7,041




17


Renew the Savings-Related Share Option Scheme ("SAYE")


322,440,682


99.47


1,703,958


0.53


9,293




Special Resolutions




18


Dis-apply Pre-emption Rights (General)


322,290,993


99.97


88,474


0.03


1,774,466




19


Dis-apply Pre-emption Rights (Acquisition or Specified Capital Investment)


321,578,681


99.75


801,285


0.25


1,773,966




20


Allow General Meeting on 14 days' notice 


292,879,917


90.35


31,267,223


9.65


6,793



 
 
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.
3 As announced on 25 March 2020, the Board decided to cancel the 2019 final dividend and this resolution 3 was not included. 
 
Maximum number of shares represented by proxy: 323,920,527 shares
 
Number of ordinary shares in issue as at the date of the AGM (no shares held in treasury): 363,631,363  
Resolutions 1, 2 and 4 to 17 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 18 to 20 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: +44 117 302 7120  













 


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