27 Sep 2017 18:00
Date: 27 September 2017On behalf of: Entertainment One Ltd. ('the Company')Embargoed until: Immediate Release
Entertainment One Ltd.
RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL AND SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
The Company confirms that all of the resolutions proposed at the Annual General and Special Meeting of shareholders held on 27 September 2017 were approved. Proxies were validly received in respect of 349,564,877 common shares, representing approximately 81.2% of the outstanding common shares in the Company.
As always, the Board will reflect on the feedback that it has received from shareholders and will continue to engage actively with shareholders and investors, both through formal results presentations and informal meetings which take place as part of the Company's ongoing investor relations programme.
The results of the proxy voting on each resolution were as follows:
Resolution | For | % of votes cast | Discretion | % of votes cast | Against | % of votes cast | Withheld |
1 | 346,810,390 | 99.21 | 1,260 | 0.00 | 2,753,227 | 0.79 | 0 |
2 | 215,327,416 | 61.81 | 1,260 | 0.00 | 133,033,058 | 38.19 | 1,203,143 |
3 | 184,022,847 | 52.64 | 1,260 | 0.00 | 165,540,770 | 47.36 | 0 |
4 | 338,149,235 | 96.73 | 1,260 | 0.00 | 11,414,382 | 3.27 | 0 |
5 | 345,320,727 | 98.79 | 1,260 | 0.00 | 4,242,890 | 1.21 | 0 |
6 | 338,491,901 | 96.83 | 1,260 | 0.00 | 11,071,716 | 3.17 | 0 |
7 | 289,851,484 | 83.20 | 1,260 | 0.00 | 58,508,990 | 16.80 | 1,203,143 |
8 | 264,910,883 | 77.19 | 1,260 | 0.00 | 78,286,032 | 22.81 | 6,366,702 |
9 | 339,630,549 | 99.47 | 1,260 | 0.00 | 1,799,291 | 0.53 | 8,133,777 |
10 | 333,661,862 | 95.45 | 1,260 | 0.00 | 15,901,755 | 4.55 | 0 |
11 | 348,470,346 | 99.69 | 1,260 | 0.00 | 1,093,271 | 0.31 | 0 |
12 | 348,470,346 | 99.69 | 1,260 | 0.00 | 1,093,271 | 0.31 | 0 |
13 | 296,074,885 | 84.70 | 1,260 | 0.00 | 53,488,732 | 15.30 | 0 |
14 | 343,318,381 | 98.21 | 1,260 | 0.00 | 6,245,236 | 1.79 | 0 |
15 | 265,970,152 | 76.09 | 1,260 | 0.00 | 83,593,465 | 23.91 | 0 |
16 | 345,741,625 | 98.95 | 1,260 | 0.00 | 3,663,296 | 1.05 | 158,696 |
17 | 200,604,473 | 57.59 | 0 | 0.00 | 147,757,261 | 42.41 | 1,203,143 |
18 | 190,866,788 | 54.79 | 1,260 | 0.00 | 157,493,686 | 45.21 | 1,203,143 |
A vote "Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the votes "For" and "Against" a resolution.
Resolutions 1 to 13, 17 and 18 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 14 to 16 were special resolutions.
A copy of the resolutions has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism.
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Alma PR | Rebecca Sanders-Hewett Susie Hudson | +44 (0)20 3865 9667 |
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Entertainment One Ltd. | Joe Sparacio Patrick Yau | +44 (0)20 3714 7931 |
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Notes to Editors:
About Entertainment One
Entertainment One Ltd. (LSE:ETO) is a global independent studio that specialises in the development, acquisition, production, financing, distribution and sales of entertainment content. The Company's diversified expertise spans across film, television and music production and sales, family programming, merchandising and licensing, and digital content. Through its global reach and expansive scale, powered by deep local market knowledge, the Company delivers the best content to the world.
Entertainment One's robust network includes film and television studio The Mark Gordon Company; content creation venture Amblin Partners with Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks Studios, Participant Media, and Reliance Entertainment; newly-launched MAKEREADY with Brad Weston; leading feature film production and global sales company Sierra Pictures; unscripted television production company Renegade 83; world-class music labels Dualtone Music Group and Last Gang; and award-winning digital agency Secret Location.
The Company's rights library, valued at US$1.7 billion (as at 31 March 2017), is exploited across all media formats and includes around 80,000 hours of film and television content and around 40,000 music tracks.
www.entertainmentone.com