Result of AGM

Summary by AI ^BETAClose X

The Unite Group PLC announced that all resolutions were passed at its Annual General Meeting on 15 May 2026. Key resolutions included the approval of the annual report and accounts with 99.99% for, the annual report on remuneration with 99.32% for, and the declaration of the 2025 final dividend with 99.98% for. The company also entered into deeds of release to address a technical issue regarding interim dividend payments from 2023 to 2025, releasing shareholders and directors from potential claims. This related party transaction, involving directors, was deemed fair and reasonable by the Board, advised by Deutsche Bank AG. The total number of shares represented by proxy was 417,600,824 out of 525,777,391 shares in issue.

Disclaimer*

Unite Group PLC (The)

15 May 2026

THE UNITE GROUP PLC (the "Company")

RESULTS OF THE 2026 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Unite Group plc announces that all resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held today, 15 May 2026, were passed on a poll. The results for each resolution are detailed below:

		For		Against
	Resolution	Votes¹	% Votes Cast	Votes	% Votes Cast	Votes Withheld ²
1	ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS	415,345,684	99.99	48,869	0.01	2,216,343
2	ANNUAL REPORT ON REMUNERATION	409,647,426	99.32	2,786,057	0.68	5,177,413
3	DECLARE 2025 FINAL DIVIDEND	417,532,383	99.98	66,430	0.02	12,083
4	RE-ELECT R HUNTINGFORD	405,455,849	98.30	7,009,836	1.70	5,145,211
5	RE-ELECT J LISTER	412,891,293	99.61	1,625,937	0.39	3,093,666
6	RE-ELECT M BURT	411,492,841	99.27	3,023,623	0.73	3,094,432
7	RE-ELECT R PATERSON	366,099,692	88.32	48,415,668	11.68	3,095,536
8	RE-ELECT I DEL BEATO	410,877,899	99.12	3,639,161	0.88	3,093,836
9	RE-ELECT S PEARCE	408,813,171	99.12	3,629,036	0.88	5,168,689
10	RE-ELECT T JACKSON	395,407,577	95.39	19,109,805	4.61	3,093,514
11	RE-ELECT S SMITH	410,885,577	99.12	3,631,209	0.88	3,094,110
12	RE-ELECT N DULIEU	410,432,427	99.01	4,083,103	0.99	3,095,366
13	RE-ELECT A JAIN	410,885,859	99.12	3,631,201	0.88	3,093,836
14	REAPPOINT AUDITOR	376,618,127	90.19	40,974,372	9.81	18,397
15	AUDITOR REMUNERATION	414,444,444	99.24	3,156,380	0.76	10,072
16	AUTHORITY TO ALLOT SHARES	370,750,395	89.44	43,778,760	10.56	3,081,741
17	AUTHORITY TO DISAPPLY PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS	399,785,429	96.44	14,738,883	3.56	3,086,584
18	AUTHORITY TO DISAPPLY PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS FOR AN ACQUISITION OR CAPITAL INVESTMENT	364,572,105	87.95	49,950,271	12.05	3,088,520
19	AUTHORITY TO PURCHASE OWN SHARES	398,993,932	95.59	18,418,356	4.41	198,608
20	CALL GENERAL MEETING ON 14 DAYS' NOTICE	375,432,730	90.57	39,096,534	9.43	3,081,632
21	Ratification of Interim Dividends and Deeds of Release	406,150,205	99.99	51,896	0.01	11,408,795

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.

Following the passing of Resolution 21, and as described in the Notice of AGM published by the Company on 26 March 2026, the Company has today entered into a deed of release in respect of its shareholders and a deed of release in respect of the current directors and a former director of the Company in office at the time (the "Relevant Directors").

As set out in the Notice of AGM, the Company identified a technical issue in respect of the payment of the 2023, 2024 and 2025 interim dividends (the "Relevant Dividends") such that a portion of the Relevant Dividends were paid without the requisite interim accounts being prepared and filed with the Registrar of Companies at Companies House. The deeds of release approved at the AGM today release the shareholders who received the Relevant Dividends and the Relevant Directors from any claims that the Company may have had against them.

The entry by the Company into a deed of release in respect of the claims it may have had against the Relevant Directors constitutes a related party transaction (the "Related Party Transaction") pursuant to UK Listing Rules 8.1.7R and 8.2.1R because the directors named in Resolutions 4 to 13 above and a former director in office at the time (Richard Smith) are related parties for the purposes of the UK Listing Rules.

In the opinion of the Board, which has been so advised by Deutsche Bank AG, London branch acting as Sponsor, the Related Party Transaction is fair and reasonable as far as shareholders of the Company are concerned.

Maximum number of shares represented by proxy: 417,600,824

Number of ordinary shares in issue as at the AGM (no shares held in treasury): 525,777,391

All resolutions were passed as ordinary resolutions, except resolutions 17 to 21 which were passed as special resolutions.

Pursuant to UK Listing Rule 6.4.2R, 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.unitegroup.com.

END

For further information, please contact:

Unite Students

Christopher Szpojnarowicz, Company Secretary

Tel: +44 117 302 7005

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy.

END