REG - GVC Holdings PLC - 2020 Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) Results

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24/06/2020 11:20

RNS Number : 9497Q
  
GVC Holdings PLC
  
24 June 2020
  
 

 24 June 2020
 
GVC Holdings PLC
("GVC", the "Company")
 
2020 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") Results
 
At GVC's AGM held today, all resolutions as set out in the Company's notice of AGM dated 22 May 2020, 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 December 2019
 


483,811,771


480,602,390


99.98


117,544


0.02


3,091,837




2. To approve the Directors' remuneration report for 2019


483,811,767


450,595,145


93.25


32,620,980


6.75


595,642




3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy


483,811,767


458,789,615


94.95


24,425,820


5.05


596,332




4. To re-appoint the auditor 


483,811,772


481,041,339


99.43


2,756,847


0.57


13,586




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


483,811,772


483,778,065


100.00


19,518


0.00


14,189




6. To elect Barry Gibson


483,811,771


480,802,817


99.38


2,993,087


0.62


15,867




7. To elect Jette Nygaard-Andersen


483,811,772


483,782,272


100.00


16,029


0.00


13,471




 
8. To re-elect Pierre Bouchut


483,811,772


482,449,093


99.72


1,346,938


0.28


15,741




9. To re-elect Virginia McDowell 


483,811,772


481,050,787


100.00


13,840


0.00


2,747,145




10. To re-elect Rob Wood 


483,811,772


483,752,778


99.99


43,123


0.01


15,871




11. To re-elect Kenneth Alexander 


483,811,772


483,695,689


99.98


100,342


0.02


15,741




12. To re-elect Jane Anscombe 


483,811,772


474,569,417


98.21


8,651,851


1.79


590,504




13. To re-elect Peter Isola 


483,811,771


480,826,630


99.39


2,969,338


0.61


15,803




14. To re-elect Stephen Morana 


483,811,772


481,126,112


99.45


2,669,315


0.55


16,345




15. To approve the GVC Holdings PLC Sharesave Plan


483,811,772


483,197,533


99.88


591,201


0.12


23,038




16. To approve the GVC Holdings PLC International Sharesave Plan


483,811,772


483,197,530


99.88


590,842


0.12


23,400




 
17. To approve an update to the share allotment authority
 


483,811,772


391,731,386


80.97


92,058,971


19.03


21,415




Special Resolutions




























 
18. To approve the standard disapplication of pre-emption rights authority 
 


483,811,772


483,753,201


99.99


51,513


0.01


7,058




19. To approve the specific disapplication of pre-emption rights authority


483,811,771


480,914,813


99.40


2,889,900


0.60


7,058




20. To renew the Company's share buy-back authority


483,811,771


480,119,934


99.32


3,270,911


0.68


420,926



 
Note: As at  24 June 2020 GVC has 583,551,148 ordinary shares of €0.01 each in issue and the total number of voting rights is 583,551,148.
 
 
 
LEI: 213800GNI3K45LQR8L28
 
 
Enquiries:
 



Company Secretariat








GVC Holdings PLC








Robert Hoskin


secretary@gvcgroup.com














Investor Relations








GVC Holdings PLC








David Lloyd-Seed, Director of Investor Relations & External Communications


 
Tel: +44 (0) 203 938 0000




Jennifer Spencer, Investor Relations Manager


investors@gvc-plc.com




 
Media
GVC Holdings PLC
Jay Dossetter, Head of CSR & Corporate Communications


 
 
 
 
Tel: +44 (0) 203 938 0000




Powerscourt
Rob Greening / Elly Williamson  


 
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7250 1446



 

 
LEI: 213800GNI3K45LQR8L28
 
About GVC Holdings PLC
GVC Holdings PLC 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, Coral, Crystalbet, Eurobet, Ladbrokes, Neds and Sportingbet; Gaming Brands include CasinoClub, Foxy Bingo, Gala, Gioco Digitale, partypoker and PartyCasino. The Group owns proprietary technology across all of 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.  The Company is tax resident in the UK, a constituent of the FTSE 100 index and has licences in more than 20 countries across five continents.
 
For more information see the Group's website: www.gvc-plc.com
 
 


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