11 May 2017 15:44
11 May 2017
THE UNITE GROUP PLC (the "Company")
AGM - VOTING RESULTS
The Company announces that at its Annual General Meeting held today all resolutions were duly passed on a show of hands.
Details of the proxy votes are as follows:
For | Against | |||||
Resolution | Votes* | % Votes Cast | Votes | % Votes Cast | Votes Withheld ** | |
1 | Receive Annual Reports and Accounts | 182,128,901 | 99.93 | 130,000 | 0.07 | 134,724 |
2 | Directors' Remuneration Report | 172,055,505 | 99.48 | 904,419 | 0.52 | 9,433,701 |
3 | Declare Final Dividend | 182,135,791 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 257,834 |
4 | Re-elect P White | 142,149,611 | 89.75 | 16,239,847 | 10.25 | 24,004,167 |
5 | Re-elect R Smith | 178,530,981 | 97.88 | 3,862,644 | 2.12 | 0 |
6 | Re-elect J Lister | 178,530,981 | 97.88 | 3,862,644 | 2.12 | 0 |
7 | Re-elect R Simpson | 178,531,109 | 97.88 | 3,862,516 | 2.12 | 0 |
8 | Re-elect M Wolstenholme | 180,868,088 | 99.16 | 1,523,537 | 0.84 | 2,000 |
9 | Re-elect T Wilson | 182,086,897 | 99.83 | 304,728 | 0.17 | 2,000 |
10 | Re-elect A Jones | 182,088,980 | 99.83 | 304,619 | 0.17 | 26 |
11 | Re-elect E McMeikan | 182,087,006 | 99.83 | 306,619 | 0.17 | 0 |
12 | Re-appoint Auditor | 182,390,530 | 100.00 | 1,095 | 0.00*** | 2,000 |
13 | Auditors' Remuneration | 182,392,530 | 100.00 | 1,095 | 0.00*** | 0 |
14 | Authority to Allot Shares | 158,024,372 | 87.04 | 23,522,851 | 12.96 | 846,402 |
15 | Dis-apply Pre-emption Rights - 1st 5% (General) | 179,134,981 | 99.98 | 27,734 | 0.02 | 3,230,910 |
16 | Dis-apply Pre-emption Rights - 2nd 5% (acquisition or specified capital Investment) | 177,227,646 | 98.92 | 1,935,095 | 1.08 | 3,230,884 |
17 | Article 94 of the Articles of Association | 181,592,499 | 99.56 | 801,126 | 0.44 | 0 |
18 | Allow General Meeting on 14 days' notice | 158,503,062 | 86.90 | 23,890,128 | 13.10 | 435 |
* Includes those votes giving the Chairman discretion.
** A "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of "For" and "Against" a resolution.
***0.0001 rounded to 0.00 for consistency
Number of shares represented by proxy: 182,393,625
Number of ordinary shares in issue as at the date of the AGM (no shares held in treasury): 224,427,055
Resolutions 1 to 14 and 18 were passed as ordinary resolutions, and Resolutions 15, 16 and 17 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 http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
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 |
Unite (UTG)