Result of AGM

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Unite 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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