REG - Unite Group PLC - Result of AGM
RNS Number : 5455YUnite 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: +44 117 302 7120
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