19 May 2016 11:20
19 May 2016
GAME Digital plc
Voting results of a General Meeting held on 19 May 2016
GAME Digital plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that the resolution proposed at its general meeting (the "GM") held at 10.00 am at Unity House, Telford Road, Basingstoke, RG21 6YJ on 19 May 2016 was successfully passed. The resolution was voted on by means of a poll. Unless otherwise stated, all capitalised terms not defined in this announcement shall have the same meaning as in the shareholder circular (which included the notice convening the GM) sent to shareholders on 26 April 2016.
As at the date of this announcement, there were 170,859,106 Ordinary Shares with voting rights 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 the entry into by the Company, Game Retail Limited (as borrower) and certain other members of the Company's group of an asset-backed revolving loan facility agreement and an associated debenture with Lajedosa Investments S.à r.l. (as lender and chargee) as related party transactions for the purposes of Chapter 11 of the Listing Rules | 89,260,242 | 100.00 | 395 | 0.00 | 89,260,637 | 52.54 | 111,711 |
* As required by the Listing Rules, neither Lajedosa, Duodi nor any of their associates voted their respective interests in any Ordinary Shares in relation to the resolution.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the resolution, 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 'For' total.
2. For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the total votes cast amounted to 89,260,637, representing 52.24 per cent of the Company's issued share capital and 92.01 per cent of the Ordinary Shares held by shareholders eligible to vote.
3. The total number of Ordinary Shares held by shareholders other than Lajedosa, Duodi and any of their associates as at the close of business on 18 May 2016 was 97,009,917.
4. 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 Cartwright,
Company Secretary
Tel: +44 (0)1256 784229
19 May 2016