17th May 2017
Playtech plc
(the "Company")
Results of Annual General Meeting
Playtech plc announces that the following resolutions were passed at the Company's Annual General Meeting held this morning, 17th May 2017. All resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed on a poll. Any proxy votes which are at the discretion of the Chairman have been included in the "For" total.
For information, the votes cast were as follows:
Resolutions |
For |
% Votes cast |
Against |
% Votes cast |
Total Votes Cast (excl. Votes Withheld) |
Vote Withheld |
1. Report and accounts |
226,653,683 |
98.78 |
2,790,566 |
1.22 |
229,444,249 |
10,904 |
2a. Remuneration Policy |
155,468,078 |
67.95 |
73,280,483 |
32.05 |
228,748,561 |
706,590 |
2b. Remuneration Report |
154,617,671 |
67.58 |
74,130,890 |
32.42 |
228,748,561 |
706,590 |
3. Reappoint the auditors |
211,646,502 |
92.24 |
17,808,202 |
7.76 |
229,454,704 |
448 |
4. Final Dividend |
229,443,973 |
99.99 |
11,180 |
0.01 |
229,455,153 |
0 |
5. Re-Elect Paul Hewitt |
221,764,933 |
96.65 |
7,689,888 |
3.35 |
229,454,821 |
332 |
6. Re-Elect John Jackson |
208,144,510 |
90.71 |
21,310,108 |
9.29 |
229,454,618 |
534 |
7. Re-Elect Claire Milne |
220,442,903 |
96.08 |
8,998,188 |
3.92 |
229,441,091 |
14,062 |
8. Re-Elect
AndrewThomas |
201,669,408 |
87.89 |
27,785,413 |
12.11 |
229,454,821 |
332 |
9. Re-Elect Alan Jackson |
191,558,186 |
83.62 |
37,512,666 |
16.38 |
229,070,852 |
384,300 |
10. Re-Elect Andrew Smith |
228,641,858 |
99.65 |
812,963 |
0.35 |
229,454,821 |
332 |
11. Re-Elect Mor Weizer |
229,244,857 |
99.91 |
210,181 |
0.09 |
229,455,038 |
115 |
12. Authority to allot
shares |
225,192,559 |
98.14 |
4,262,594 |
1.86 |
229,455,153 |
0 |
13. Disapply pre-emption
rights |
211,889,965 |
92.70 |
16,690,040 |
7.30 |
228,580,005 |
875,147 |
14. Purchase own shares |
227,526,571 |
99.19 |
1,854,371 |
0.81 |
229,380,942 |
74,210 |
At 17 May 2017, the issued share capital of the Company was 317,344,603 ordinary shares of no par value.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions 12, 13 and 14 will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for viewing at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm
The proxy figures for the resolutions will also displayed on the Company's corporate website - www.playtech.com
For further information contact:
Brian Moore Company Secretary Playtech plc |
01624 645999 |
About Playtech
Playtech is a market leader in the gambling and financial trading industries. Founded in 1999 and listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (LEI code: 21380068TTB6Z9ZEU548), Playtech has more than 5,000 employees in 17 countries.
Playtech is the gambling industry's leading software and services supplier with more than 130 licensees globally, including many of the world's leading regulated online, retail and mobile operators, land-based casino groups, government sponsored entities such as lotteries, and new entrants opening operations in newly-regulated markets. Its business intelligence-driven gambling software offering includes casino, live casino, bingo, poker and sports betting.
It is the pioneer of omni-channel gambling which, through Playtech ONE, offers operators and their customers, a seamless, anytime, anywhere experience across any product, any channel (online, mobile, retail) and any device using a single account and single wallet. It provides marketing expertise, sophisticated CRM solutions and other services for operators seeking a full turnkey solution. Playtech's Financials division operates both on a B2C and B2B basis. Its B2C focused offering is an established and growing online CFDs broker, operating the brand markets.com. Its B2B offering includes the division's proprietary trading platform, CRM and back-office systems, as well as its liquidity technology platform which provides retail brokers with multi-asset execution, prime brokerage services, liquidity and complementary risk management tools