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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
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Tel: +44 117 302 7120 |