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
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Tel: +44 117 302 7120 |
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