17 Jan 2019 13:42
17 January 2019
GAME DIGITAL PLC
Results of General Meeting
GAME Digital plc ("GAME", the "Company" or the "Group") announces that the resolutions put to the General Meeting of the Company held at 10:20 a.m. on 17 January 2019 were not approved by the requisite majorities of shareholders and, therefore, the Company will not apply (i) to cancel the listing of the Company's Ordinary Shares on the Official List or to remove the Ordinary Shares from trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange or (ii) for the Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM.
As a result, the Ordinary Shares will continue to be listed on the Official List and traded on the Main Market.
As at the date of this announcement, there were 172,938,108 Ordinary Shares in issue. No Ordinary Shares are held in treasury.
The voting result below shows 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 | To approve (i) the cancellation of the listing of the Ordinary Shares on the Official List and the admission to trading of the Ordinary Shares on the Main Market and (ii) the admission of the Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM | 79,150,324 | 62.71 | 47,073,749 | 37.29 | 126,224,073 | 72.99 | 0 |
2 | To adopt the New Articles of Association | 79,150,324 | 64.23 | 44,073,749 | 35.77 | 123,224,073 | 71.25 | 3,000,000 |
3 | To approve changes to the Employee Share Plans | 70,823,889 | 57.48 | 52,399,421 | 42.52 | 123,223,310 | 71.25 | 3,000,763 |
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 126,224,073, representing 72.99% of the Company's 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.
Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalised terms used in this announcement have the same meaning as in the shareholder circular published on 13 December 2018 available on the Company's website http://www.gamedigitalplc.com/investor-relations/shareholder-services/general-meetings.
Enquiries
GAME Digital plc | +44 (0) 1256 784000 |
Martyn Gibbs | Chief Executive Officer |
Citigate Dewe Rogerson | +44 (0) 20 7638 9571 |
Jos Bieneman | |
Michael Russell | |
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This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014.
Notes to editors
Listed on the London Stock Exchange in June 2014, GAME Digital plc is dedicated to delivering an authoritative range of specialist gaming products and services to the gaming communities of the UK, Spain and beyond, providing more ways for gamers to enjoy more games and unique gaming experiences, more often. GAME's UK and Spanish retail businesses are the market leaders in those geographical areas, operating a total of over 540 stores across the two areas, a fully integrated multichannel offer including the multi-award winning GAME App, and over 4.5 million active customers across its Reward programmes. GAME is developing its proposition with the continued expansion of BELONG, the Group's leisure experience, which brings video-gaming to high streets, shopping centres and communities nationwide. Through its esports and events activities the Group is delivering unparalleled consumer gaming experiences directly, and on behalf of third parties, including its flagship event, Insomnia, the UK's largest gaming festival. The Group's visual recognition and augmented reality business, Ads Reality, is pioneering the use of new technologies to reach gamers and business partners outside its main markets.
For more information please visit:
www.gamedigitalplc.com, www.game.co.uk, www.game.es, www.insomniagamingfestival.com or www.adsreality.com