REG - Entain PLC - Result of AGM

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25/06/2021 11:20

RNS Number : 1682D
  
Entain PLC
  
25 June 2021
  
 

25 June 2021
 
 
 
Entain plc
("Entain", the "Company")
 
2021 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") Results
 
At Entain's AGM held today, all resolutions as set out in the Company's notice of AGM dated 18 May 2021, were approved.  
 
The proxy votes lodged in respect of the AGM resolutions were as follows: 
 



Ordinary Resolutions 


Total 


For 


Against 


Withheld 




Number 


Votes Cast 


Number 


% of shares voted 


Number 


% of shares voted 


Number 




 
1. To receive the Company's annual report and
audited accounts for the year ended 31 December2020
 


425,870,964


425,786,787


99.98


84,177


0.02


2,540,413




2. To approve the Directors' remuneration report for 2020


428,370,977


422,362,208


98.60


6,008,769


1.40


40,400




3. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor 


428,401,553


426,049,484


99.45


2,352,069


0.55


9,824




4. To authorise the Directors to agree the auditor's remuneration


428,403,248


428,322,666


99.98


80,582


0.02


8,129




5. To elect David Satz as Director


428,402,661


428,340,422


99.99


62,239


0.01


8,716




6. To elect Robert Hoskin as Director


428,402,071


428,325,259


99.98


76,812


0.02


9,306




7. To elect Stella David as Director


428,402,912


424,613,261


99.12


3,789,651


0.88


8,465




8. To elect Vicky Jarman as Director


428,402,752


425,908,297


99.42


2,494,455


0.58


8,625




9. To elect Mark Gregory as Director


428,402,661


428,335,733


99.98


66,928


0.02


8,716




10. To re-elect Rob Wood as Director 


428,402,030


426,262,781


99.50


2,139,249


0.50


9,347




11. To re-elect Jette Nygaard-Andersen as Director


428,402,610


428,212,557


99.96


190,053


0.04


8,767




12. To re-elect J M Barry Gibson as Director 


428,402,353


424,410,472


99.07


3,991,881


0.93


9,024




13. To re-elect Peter Isola as Director 


428,402,222


426,044,393


99.45


2,357,829


0.55


9,155




14. To re-elect Pierre Bouchut as Director


428,402,652


428,339,087


99.99


63,565


0.01


8,725




15. To re-elect Virginia McDowell as Director


426,131,889


422,211,559


99.08


3,920,330


0.92


2,279,488




 
16. To approve and ratify aggregate fees paid to Non-Executive Directors
 


428,307,216


424,922,121


99.21


3,385,095


0.79


104,161




17. To approve an increase to the maximum number of Board Members 


428,341,134


427,541,134


99.81


800,000


0.19


70,243




18. Authorise the Directors to allot the Company's shares


428,403,685


364,788,300


85.15


63,615,385


14.85


7,692




Special Resolutions




























 
19. To approve the general disapplication of pre-emption rights 
 


427,479,607


427,307,077


99.96


172,530


0.04


931,770




20. To approve the specific disapplication of pre-emption rights for acquisitions and other capital investments
 


427,540,972


414,202,672


96.88


13,338,300


3.12


932,780




21. To authorise the Directors to acquire the Company's shares


428,118,965


425,747,374


99.45


2,371,591


0.55


354,787



 
Note: As at 25 June 2021 Entain has 585,487,417 ordinary shares of €0.01 each in issue and the total number of voting rights is 585,487,417.
 
LEI: 213800GNI3K45LQR8L28
 
Enquiries:
 



Company Secretary








Entain plc


  Tel: +44 (0) 203 938 0000




Emily Carey


secretary@entaingroup.com














 
Investor Relations








Entain plc








David Lloyd-Seed, Group Director of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications


 
Tel: +44 (0) 203 938 0000








investors@entaingroup.com














Jay Dossetter, Head of ESG and Press Office


media@entaingroup.com 




Tessa Curtis, Head of Media Relations







 

 
About Entain plc
Entain plc (LSE: ENT) is a FTSE100 company and is one of the world's largest sports-betting and gaming groups, operating both online and in the retail sector. The Group owns a comprehensive portfolio of established brands; Sports Brands include bwin, Bet.pt, Coral, Crystalbet, Eurobet, Ladbrokes, Neds and Sportingbet; Gaming Brands include CasinoClub, Foxy Bingo, Gala, Gioco Digitale, Ninja Casino, Optibet, partypoker and PartyCasino. The Group owns proprietary technology across all its core product verticals and in addition to its B2C operations provides services to a number of third-party customers on a B2B basis. The Group has also entered into a joint-venture with MGM Resorts to capitalise on the sports betting and gaming opportunity in the US, through BetMGM. Entain provides the technology which powers BetMGM and exclusive games and products, specially developed at its in-house gaming studios. The Group is tax resident in the UK with licenses in a total of 27 regulated markets. Entain is a leader in ESG, a member of FTSE4Good, the DJSI and is AA rated by MSCI. The Group has set an SBT, committing to be carbon net zero by 2035 and through the Entain Foundation supports a variety of initiatives, focusing on safer gambling, grassroots sport, diversity in technology and community projects.
 
For more information see the Group's website: www.entaingroup.com
 
 

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