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Keywords Studios plc
2019 Annual General Meeting
Result of AGM
The Annual General Meeting of Keywords Studios plc was held today at 2.30pm at the offices of MHP Communications, 6 Agar Street, London, WC2N 4HN.
All 16 resolutions put to members were passed on a show of hands. Resolutions 1 to 14 were passed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 15 and 16 were passed as special resolutions.
The number of votes lodged by proxy for and against each of the resolutions proposed, proxies granting the chairman discretion to vote and the number of votes withheld was as follows:
Resolution | Votes for | % | Votes against | % | Chairman's Discretion | % | Votes withheld |
1. To receive the accounts of the Company for the financial year ended 31 December 2017, together with the directors' report, the directors' remuneration report and the auditor's report on those accounts and that part of the directors' remuneration report which is required to be audited. | 46,646,868
| 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33,561 |
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report, in the form set out in the Company's Annual Report and Accounts 2018, for the financial year ended 31 December 2018. | 45,354,362 | 97.16 | 1,326,067
| 2.84
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
3. That a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2018 of 1.08 pence per ordinary share of one pence each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Share") payable on 21 June 2019 to shareholders who are on the register of members of the Company on 31 May 2019 be declared. | 46,680,429
| 100
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4. To re-elect Ross Graham as a Director of the Company. | 44,372,013
| 95.05
| 2,308,416
| 4.95
| 0 | 0 | |
5. To re-elect David Broderick as a Director of the Company.
| 44,468,106
| 95.26
| 2,212,323
| 4.74
| 0 | 0 | |
6. To re-elect Andrew Day as a Director of the Company. | 43,359,711
| 92.89
| 3,320,718
| 7.11
| 0 | 0 | |
7. To re-elect David Reeves as a Director of the Company. | 44,603,628
| 95.55
| 2,076,801
| 4.45
| 0 | 0 | |
8. To re-elect Giorgio Guastalla as a Director of the Company. | 44,601,971
| 95.55
| 2,078,458
| 4.45
| 0 | 0 | |
9. To re-elect Georges Fornay as a Director of the Company. | 44,716,329
| 95.79
| 1,964,100
| 4.21
| 0 | 0 | |
10. To re-elect Charlotta Ginman as a Director of the Company. | 42,812,052
| 91.71
| 3,868,377
| 8.29
| 0 | 0 | |
11. To appoint BDO as auditor of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next general meeting at which the accounts of the Company are laid. | 46,365,797
| 99.33
| 314,632
| 0.67
| 0 | 0 | |
12. To authorise the Directors of the Company to determine the auditor's remuneration for the ensuing year. | 46,349,797
| 99.29
| 330,632
| 0.71
| 0 | 0 | |
13. The directors be and they are generally and unconditionally authorised pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 ("Act"), to exercise all powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company, and grant rights to subscribe for or to convert any security into shares of the Company. | 42,860,347
| 91.82
| 3,820,082
| 8.18
| 0 | 0 | |
14. That the cap on the aggregate fees (as opposed to Executive remuneration) payable to the Directors, as set out in article 89 of the articles of association of the Company, be and is hereby increased to £500,000. | 46,446,373
| 99.5
| 234,056
| 0.5
| 0 | 0 | |
15. That the directors of the Company be and are hereby empowered pursuant to section 570 of the Companies Act 2006 (as amended) (the "Act") to allot equity securities. | 45,816,220
| 98.15
| 859,309
| 1.84
| 4,900 | 0.01 | |
16. (a) To authorise the appropriations of distributable profits of Keywords Studios plc to the payment of the Relevant Dividends, each by reference to the same record date as the original accounting entries for the Relevant Dividends.
(b) To waive and release any and all claims which Keywords Studios plc has or may have against each of its shareholders who appeared on the register of shareholders on the relevant record date for each Relevant Dividend arising out of or in connection with the payment of the Relevant Dividends.
(c) To waive and release any and all claims which Keywords Studios plc has or may have against each of its directors and former directors arising out of or in connection with the approval, declaration or payment of the Relevant Dividends. | 46,674,376
| 99.98
| 153
| 0.01
| 4,900 | 0.01 | 1,000
|
For further information, please contact:
Keywords Studios (www.keywordsstudios.com) Andrew Day, Chief Executive Officer David Broderick, Chief Financial Officer
| +353 190 22 730 |
Numis (Financial Adviser) Stuart Skinner / Kevin Cruickshank (Nominated Adviser) James Black / Tom Ballard (Corporate Broker) |
020 7260 1000 |
MHP Communications (Financial PR) Katie Hunt / Ollie Hoare
|
020 3128 8100 keywords@mhpc.com |
About Keywords Studios (www.keywordsstudios.com)
Keywords Studios is an international technical services provider to the global video games industry. Established in 1998, and now with over 50 facilities in 21 countries strategically located in Asia, the Americas and Europe, it provides integrated art creation, software engineering, testing, localisation, audio and customer care services across more than 50 languages and 16 games platforms to a blue-chip client base of approximately 850 clients across the globe.
It has a strong market position, providing services to 23 of the top 25 most prominent games companies, including Activision Blizzard, Bandai Namco, Bethesda, Electronic Arts, Konami, Riot Games, Sony, Square Enix, Supercell, TakeTwo, Epic Games and Ubisoft. Recent titles worked on include Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Call of Duty: WWII, Mortal Combat X, Assassin's Creed Origins, Battlefield 1, League of Legends, Fortnite, Clash Royale and Rainbow Six Siege. Keywords Studios is listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange regulated market (KWS.L).