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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The 2025 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Uniti Group Inc. (the “Company”) was held virtually on May 29, 2025 at 8:00 a.m. (Eastern time) at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/UNIT2025. During the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on three proposals. The proposals are described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A (the “Proxy Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2025. The voting results for each of the proposals are as follows.
| 1. | Election of Directors. The five director nominees named in the Proxy Statement were elected to the Company’s Board of Directors by the following votes: |
Name | Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||
| Scott G. Bruce | 167,444,412 | 7,102,210 | 508,144 | 34,190,046 | ||||||||||||
| Francis X. (“Skip”) Frantz | 165,459,544 | 9,090,523 | 504,699 | 34,190,046 | ||||||||||||
| Kenneth A. Gunderman | 171,588,852 | 2,949,570 | 516,344 | 34,190,046 | ||||||||||||
| Carmen Perez-Carlton | 168,373,380 | 6,120,431 | 560,955 | 34,190,046 | ||||||||||||
| Harold Zeitz | 173,143,822 | 1,401,903 | 509,041 | 34,190,046 | ||||||||||||
| 2. | Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation. The stockholders approved an advisory non-binding resolution approving the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers by the following votes: |
| Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||
| 165,637,836 | 8,677,064 | 739,866 | 34,190,046 | |||||||||||
| 3. | Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accountant. The stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountant for 2025 by the following votes: |
| Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstained | ||||||||
| 207,453,374 | 1,035,708 | 755,730 | ||||||||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| UNITI GROUP INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Daniel L. Heard | |
| Name: | Daniel L. Heard | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President – General Counsel and Secretary | |
Date: May 30, 2025