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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            Votes(1)     % Votes     Votes      % Votes   Votes Withheld 
                                                  Cast                   Cast          (2) 
     --------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
 Ordinary Resolutions 
      Receive Annual Reports 
       and Accounts for 
       the year ended 31 
 1     December 2020              351,991,734   100.00        0         0.00       1,365,621 
     --------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
      Directors' Remuneration 
       Report set out in 
       the Annual Report 
 2     and Accounts               344,430,454    97.76    7,902,466     2.24       1,024,435 
     --------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
      Declare 2020 final 
 3     dividend                   353,355,355   100.00      2,000       0.00           0 
     --------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
      Renew Scrip Dividend 
 4     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 
     --------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
      Re-elect Richard 
 6     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 
     --------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
      Re-elect Elizabeth 
 8     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 
     --------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
      Re-elect Richard 
 10    Akers                      349,666,159    99.25    2,655,835     0.75       1,035,361 
     --------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
      Re-elect Ilaria del 
 11    Beato                      349,766,566    99.27    2,567,620     0.73       1,023,169 
     --------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
      Re-elect Dame Shirley 
 12    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 
     --------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
      Re-elect Professor 
 14    Sir Steve Smith            349,678,242    99.25    2,655,944     0.75       1,023,169 
     --------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
      Re-appoint Deloitte 
 15    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 
     --------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
      Authority to Allot 
 17    Shares                     317,765,307    90.19    34,568,653    9.81       1,023,395 
     --------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
 Special Resolutions 
      Dis-apply Pre-emption 
 18    Rights (General)           350,420,806    99.97     102,406      0.03       2,834,143 
     --------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
      Dis-apply Pre-emption 
       Rights (Acquisition 
       or Specified Capital 
 19    Investment)                339,260,607    96.79    11,263,481    3.21       2,833,267 
     --------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
      Allow General Meeting 
 20    on 14 days' notice         311,453,810    88.40    40,880,595    11.60      1,022,950 
     --------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
      Approve Articles 
 21    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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