17 Jan 2019 13:30
GAME Digital PLC
17 January 2019
VOTING RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 17 JANUARY 2019
GAME Digital plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions proposed at its annual general meeting (the "AGM") held at 10.00am at Unity House, Telford Road, Basingstoke, RG21 6YJ on 17 January 2019 were successfully passed. All resolutions were voted on by means of a poll. Unless otherwise stated, all terms not defined in this announcement shall have the same meaning as in the notice of AGM sent to shareholders on 13 December 2018 (the "Notice").
The Board notes that there was a high level of votes against Resolution 12 as a percentage of votes cast. As a proportion of those shareholders who voted, 92.31 per cent by number voted in favour of Resolution 12. The Board is grateful for this level of support and will continue to engage with all shareholders on all relevant matters.
As at the date of this announcement, there are 172,938,108 ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") with voting rights in issue and no Ordinary Shares are held in treasury.
The voting results below show the total of all the votes cast on a poll. The poll results will also be posted on the Company's website.
Resolution | VOTESFOR | % | VOTESAGAINST | % | TOTAL VOTES CAST (EXCLUDING VOTES WITHHELD) | % OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL VOTED | VOTES WITHHELD | |
1 | Company's annual report and accounts | 123,217,685 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 123,217,685 | 71.25 | 0 |
2 | Directors' remuneration report | 114,891,631 | 93.24 | 8,325,673 | 6.76 | 123,217,304 | 71.25 | 381 |
3 | Re-elect John Jackson | 123,217,304 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 123,217,304 | 71.25 | 381 |
4 | Re-elect Martyn Gibbs | 123,217,304 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 123,217,304 | 71.25 | 381 |
5 | Elect Ray Kavanagh | 123,217,303 | 100.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 123,217,304 | 71.25 | 381 |
6 | Re-elect Dimitri Goulandris | 123,217,303 | 100.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 123,217,304 | 71.25 | 381 |
7 | Elect Clare Urmston | 123,217,304 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 123,217,304 | 71.25 | 381 |
8 | Re-appoint the Auditor | 123,217,685 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 123,217,685 | 71.25 | 0 |
9 | Auditor's Remuneration | 123,217,685 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 123,217,685 | 71.25 | 0 |
10 | Authority to allot shares | 123,110,902 | 99.91 | 106,783 | 0.09 | 123,217,685 | 71.25 | 0 |
11 | Authority to make political donations | 119,961,178 | 97.36 | 3,255,744 | 2.64 | 123,216,922 | 71.25 | 763 |
12 | Authority to amend the rules of the GAME Digital plc Performance Share Plan | 79,143,173 | 64.23 | 44,074,512 | 35.77 | 123,217,685 | 71.25 | 0 |
13* | Power to disapply pre-emption rights (standard) | 123,143,173 | 99.94 | 73,749 | 0.06 | 123,216,922 | 71.25 | 763 |
14* | Power to disapply pre-emption rights (enhanced) | 123,143,173 | 99.94 | 73,749 | 0.06 | 123,216,922 | 71.25 | 763 |
15* | Authority to make market purchases | 123,143,916 | 99.94 | 73,769 | 0.06 | 123,217,685 | 71.25 | 0 |
16* | Notice of general meetings | 123,143,916 | 99.94 | 73,769 | 0.06 | 123,217,685 | 71.25 | 0 |
* Passed as special resolutions.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of resolution 12, being a resolution which does not constitute ordinary business, has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.
Notes:
1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the 'Votes For' total.
2. For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the total votes cast amounted to 123,217,685, representing 71.25 per cent of the issued share capital.
3. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution.
Enquiries:
Ruth CartwrightCompany SecretaryTel: +44 (0)1256 784229