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Unite Group PLC (The)

12 May 2022

12 May 2022

THE UNITE GROUP PLC (the "Company")

RESULTS OF THE 2022 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Unite Group plc announces that all resolutions put to the Annual General Meeting held today, 12 May 2022, 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 December 
 1              2021             366,204,421     100         0           0         496,065 
     -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
           To approve the 
       Directors' Remuneration 
          Report contained 
            in the Annual 
 2       Report and Accounts     357,032,859    97.83    7,905,945     2.17       1,761,682 
     -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
           To approve the 
       Directors' Remuneration 
            Report (other 
            than the part 
           containing the 
       Directors' Remuneration 
          Policy) contained 
            in the Annual 
 3       Report and Accounts     354,173,687    97.05    10,765,117    2.95       1,761,682 
     -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
            Declare 2021 
 4         final dividend        366,698,609     100         0           0          1,877 
     -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
          Re-elect Richard 
 5           Huntingford         343,237,965    95.01    18,041,159    4.99       5,421,362 
     -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
          Re-elect Richard 
 6              Smith            350,742,761    96.11    14,196,043    3.89       1,761,682 
     -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
          Re-elect Joseph 
 7             Lister            361,869,914    99.16    3,068,890     0.84       1,761,682 
     -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
         Re-elect Elizabeth 
 8            McMeikan           354,585,021    97.16    10,353,783    2.84       1,761,682 
     -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
           Re-elect Ross 
 9            Paterson           361,909,698    99.17    3,029,106     0.83       1,761,682 
     -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
          Re-elect Ilaria 
 10           del Beato          361,919,781    99.17    3,019,023     0.83       1,761,682 
     -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
           Re-elect Dame 
 11        Shirley Pearce        361,520,392    99.11    3,257,507     0.89       1,922,587 
     -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
          Re-elect Thomas 
 12            Jackson           355,239,698    97.34    9,699,106     2.66       1,761,682 
     -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
         Re-elect Professor 
 13        Sir Steve Smith       361,917,978    99.17    3,020,826     0.83       1,761,682 
     -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
        Re-appoint Deloitte 
 14        LLP as Auditor        365,846,677    99.77     850,440      0.23         3,369 
     -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
 15    Auditor's Remuneration    366,695,243     100       1,524         0          1,877 
     -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
            Authority to 
 16         Allot Shares         328,394,983    90.17    35,814,023    9.83       2,488,892 
     -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
 Special Resolutions 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
       Dis-apply Pre-emption 
 17       Rights (General)       360,205,249    99.35    2,355,331     0.65       4,139,906 
     -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
       Dis-apply Pre-emption 
         Rights (Acquisition 
            or Specified 
 18      Capital Investment)     350,565,954    96.69    11,994,626    3.31       4,139,906 
     -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
           Allow General 
            Meeting on 14 
 19         days' notice         324,419,058    88.94    40,359,112    11.06      1,922,315 
     -------------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------- 
 

(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: 366,700,486 shares

Number of ordinary shares in issue as at the date of the AGM (no shares held in treasury): 399,311,939.

Resolutions 1 to 16 were passed as ordinary resolutions and Resolutions 17 to 19 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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