REG - Sportech PLC - Result of Annual General Meeting
RNS Number : 4813DSportech PLC29 June 2021
For immediate release
29 June 2021
SPORTECH PLC
('Sportech' or the 'Company')
Result of Annual General Meeting
Sportech, an international betting technology business, announces that at the Company's Annual General Meeting held earlier today, all resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed. The results of the proxy voting position received in advance of the meeting are reported below:
Resolution
For
Against
Withheld
Total votes cast
No. of votes
%
No. of votes
%
1. Ordinary Resolution - to receive and adopt the Annual Report and Accounts
119,297,821
100.00%
0
0.00%
517,871
119,297,821
2. Ordinary Resolution - to receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Report
119,297,821
100.00%
2,000
0.00%
515,871
119,299,821
3. Ordinary Resolution - to re-elect Richard McGuire as a Director
119,297,821
100.00%
2,000
0.00%
515,871
119,299,821
4. Ordinary Resolution - to re-elect Giles Vardey as a Director
107,948,171
96.13%
4,350,615
3.87%
7,516,906
112,298,786
5. Ordinary Resolution - to re-elect Thomas Hearne as a Director
119,297,821
100.00%
2,000
0.00%
515,871
119,299,821
6. Ordinary Resolution - to re-elect Ben Warn as a Director
119,268,209
99.97%
31,612
0.03%
515,871
119,299,821
7. Ordinary Resolution - to re-appoint BDO LLP as auditors
119,295,258
100.00%
2,563
0.00%
517,871
119,297,821
8. Ordinary Resolution - to authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's fees
119,295,258
100.00%
2,563
0.00%
517,871
119,297,821
9. Ordinary Resolution - to authorise the Company to make political donations
119,180,207
99.90%
119,614
0.10%
515,871
119,299,821
10. Ordinary Resolution - To authorise the Directors to allot shares
119,297,821
100.00%
2,000
0.00%
515,871
119,299,821
11. Special Resolution - To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights (general authority)
119,295,258
100.00%
4,563
0.00%
515,871
119,299,821
12. Special Resolution - To disapply pre-emption rights (specific capital investment)
119,294,574
100.00%
5,247
0.00%
515,871
119,299,821
13. Special Resolution - To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company's own Ordinary shares.
119,294,574
100.00%
5,247
0.00%
515,871
119,299,821
14. Special Resolution - To authorise calling of a general meeting other than annual general meetings on 14 clear days' notice.
119,297,821
100.00%
2,000
0.00%
515,871
119,299,821
Notes:
A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentage of the votes validly cast for or against a resolution.
All resolutions put to the meeting were carried.
As at the time of the meeting, the Company had 188,751,257 ordinary shares of 20 pence each in issue and as such this has been used to calculate the percentage of votes in favour or against each resolution. Each of these shares carry one vote. The Company held no shares in treasury.
Notice of resolutions passed
Copies of the resolutions passed as special resolutions at the AGM will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism, which is located at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism. Appropriate filings will also be made at Companies House in due course.
Publication on website
A copy of this announcement is also available on the Group's website at www.sportechplc.com.
- Ends -
Contacts:
Sportech PLC
Tel: +44 (0) 117 902 9000
Giles Vardey, Chairman
Richard McGuire, Chief Executive Officer
Peel Hunt
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7418 8900
(Corporate Broker to Sportech)
George Sellar / Andrew Clark / Will Bell
Buchanan
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000
(Financial PR adviser to Sportech)
Henry Harrison-Topham / Jamie Hooper
sportech@buchanan.uk.com
Notes to Editors:
About Sportech
Sportech PLC, an international betting technology business, delivers solutions and services for gaming companies, casinos and lottery clients in highly regulated markets. Sportech also owns and operates gaming venues and digital betting platforms in Connecticut under exclusive licences.
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