24 Jun 2020 11:19
24 June 2020
GVC Holdings PLC
("GVC", the "Company")
2020 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") Results
At GVC's AGM held today, all resolutions as set out in the Company's notice of AGM dated 22 May 2020, were approved.
The proxy votes lodged in respect of the AGM resolutions were as follows:
Ordinary Resolutions | Total | For | Against | Withheld | ||
Number | Votes Cast | Number | % of shares voted | Number | % of shares voted | Number |
1. To receive the Company's annual report and audited accounts for the year ended 31 December 2019
| 483,811,771 | 480,602,390 | 99.98 | 117,544 | 0.02 | 3,091,837 |
2. To approve the Directors' remuneration report for 2019 | 483,811,767 | 450,595,145 | 93.25 | 32,620,980 | 6.75 | 595,642 |
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy | 483,811,767 | 458,789,615 | 94.95 | 24,425,820 | 5.05 | 596,332 |
4. To re-appoint the auditor | 483,811,772 | 481,041,339 | 99.43 | 2,756,847 | 0.57 | 13,586 |
5. To authorise the Directors to agree the auditor's remuneration | 483,811,772 | 483,778,065 | 100.00 | 19,518 | 0.00 | 14,189 |
6. To elect Barry Gibson | 483,811,771 | 480,802,817 | 99.38 | 2,993,087 | 0.62 | 15,867 |
7. To elect Jette Nygaard-Andersen | 483,811,772 | 483,782,272 | 100.00 | 16,029 | 0.00 | 13,471 |
8. To re-elect Pierre Bouchut | 483,811,772 | 482,449,093 | 99.72 | 1,346,938 | 0.28 | 15,741 |
9. To re-elect Virginia McDowell | 483,811,772 | 481,050,787 | 100.00 | 13,840 | 0.00 | 2,747,145 |
10. To re-elect Rob Wood | 483,811,772 | 483,752,778 | 99.99 | 43,123 | 0.01 | 15,871 |
11. To re-elect Kenneth Alexander | 483,811,772 | 483,695,689 | 99.98 | 100,342 | 0.02 | 15,741 |
12. To re-elect Jane Anscombe | 483,811,772 | 474,569,417 | 98.21 | 8,651,851 | 1.79 | 590,504 |
13. To re-elect Peter Isola | 483,811,771 | 480,826,630 | 99.39 | 2,969,338 | 0.61 | 15,803 |
14. To re-elect Stephen Morana | 483,811,772 | 481,126,112 | 99.45 | 2,669,315 | 0.55 | 16,345 |
15. To approve the GVC Holdings PLC Sharesave Plan | 483,811,772 | 483,197,533 | 99.88 | 591,201 | 0.12 | 23,038 |
16. To approve the GVC Holdings PLC International Sharesave Plan | 483,811,772 | 483,197,530 | 99.88 | 590,842 | 0.12 | 23,400 |
17. To approve an update to the share allotment authority
| 483,811,772 | 391,731,386 | 80.97 | 92,058,971 | 19.03 | 21,415 |
Special Resolutions | ||||||
18. To approve the standard disapplication of pre-emption rights authority
| 483,811,772 | 483,753,201 | 99.99 | 51,513 | 0.01 | 7,058 |
19. To approve the specific disapplication of pre-emption rights authority | 483,811,771 | 480,914,813 | 99.40 | 2,889,900 | 0.60 | 7,058 |
20. To renew the Company's share buy-back authority | 483,811,771 | 480,119,934 | 99.32 | 3,270,911 | 0.68 | 420,926 |
Note: As at 24 June 2020 GVC has 583,551,148 ordinary shares of €0.01 each in issue and the total number of voting rights is 583,551,148.
LEI: 213800GNI3K45LQR8L28
Enquiries:
Company Secretariat | |
GVC Holdings PLC | |
Robert Hoskin | secretary@gvcgroup.com |
Investor Relations | |
GVC Holdings PLC | |
David Lloyd-Seed, Director of Investor Relations & External Communications |
Tel: +44 (0) 203 938 0000 |
Jennifer Spencer, Investor Relations Manager | investors@gvc-plc.com |
Media GVC Holdings PLC Jay Dossetter, Head of CSR & Corporate Communications |
Tel: +44 (0) 203 938 0000 |
PowerscourtRob Greening / Elly Williamson |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7250 1446 |
LEI: 213800GNI3K45LQR8L28
About GVC Holdings PLC
GVC Holdings PLC is one of the world's largest sports-betting and gaming groups, operating both online and in the retail sector. The Group owns a comprehensive portfolio of established brands; Sports Brands include bwin, Coral, Crystalbet, Eurobet, Ladbrokes, Neds and Sportingbet; Gaming Brands include CasinoClub, Foxy Bingo, Gala, Gioco Digitale, partypoker and PartyCasino. The Group owns proprietary technology across all of its core product verticals and in addition to its B2C operations provides services to a number of third-party customers on a B2B basis. The Group has also entered into a joint-venture with MGM Resorts to capitalise on the sports-betting and gaming opportunity in the US. The Company is tax resident in the UK, a constituent of the FTSE 100 index and has licences in more than 20 countries across five continents.
For more information see the Group's website: www.gvc-plc.com