REG - Unite Group PLC - Result of AGM

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RNS Number : 9370Z  Unite Group PLC (The)  18 May 2023

18 May 2023

 

THE UNITE GROUP PLC (the "Company")

 

RESULTS OF THE 2023 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

The Unite Group plc announces that all resolutions put to the Annual General
Meeting held today, 18 May 2023, were passed on a poll.  The results for each
resolution are detailed below:

                                                                                   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 2022       359,154,662  100.00        12,575      0.00          395,791
 2   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report contained in the Annual Report  352,941,199  98.64         4,856,647   1.36          1,765,182
     and Accounts
 3   Declare 2022 final dividend                                                   359,428,377  99.96         129,719     0.04          4,932
 4   Re-elect Richard Huntingford                                                  307,592,548  86.34         48,668,551  13.66         3,301,929
 5   Re-elect Richard Smith                                                        331,942,516  92.77         25,855,582  7.23          1,764,930
 6   Re-elect Joseph Lister                                                        353,393,206  98.77         4,404,892   1.23          1,764,930
 7   Re-elect Ross Paterson                                                        350,109,792  97.85         7,688,306   2.15          1,764,930
 8   Re-elect Ilaria del Beato                                                     352,612,413  98.55         5,185,685   1.45          1,764,930

 9   Re-elect Dame Shirley Pearce                                                  352,613,562  98.55         5,184,536   1.45          1,764,930
 10  Re-elect Thomas Jackson                                                       343,222,423  95.93         14,575,675  4.07          1,764,930
 11  Re-elect Professor Sir Steve Smith                                            350,521,018  97.97         7,277,080   2.03          1,764,930
 12  Elect Nicola Dulieu                                                           353,283,248  98.74         4,514,850   1.26          1,764,930
 13  Re-appoint Deloitte LLP as Auditor                                            358,449,242  100.00        3,683       0.00          1,110,103
 14  Auditor's Remuneration                                                        359,555,664  100.00        2,439       0.00          4,925

 15  Authority to Allot Shares                                                     324,364,955  90.66         33,433,170  9.34          1,764,903
 Special Resolutions
 16  Dis-apply Pre-emption Rights (General)                                        339,019,410  94.75         18,778,349  5.25          1,765,269
 17  Dis-apply Pre-emption Rights (Acquisition or Specified Capital Investment)    310,618,713  87.29         45,218,009  12.71         3,726,306
 18  Allow General Meeting on 14 days' notice                                      319,396,093  89.54         37,297,571  10.46         2,869,364

 

(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: 359,563,028 shares.

 

Number of ordinary shares in issue as at the date of the AGM (no shares held
in treasury): 400,346,797.

Resolutions 1 to 15 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 16 to
18 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.unitegroup.com (http://www.unite-group.com) .

 

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For further information, please contact:

 Unite Students

 Christopher Szpojnarowicz, Company Secretary   Tel: +44 117 302 7120

 

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