17 May 2016 11:36
17 May 2016
Sportech PLC
Result of Annual General Meeting
Sportech PLC ("the Company") confirms that all resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held on Tuesday 17 May 2016 at 10.00 a.m. at the offices of Olswang LLP, 90 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6XX and set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 15 April 2016 were duly passed on a show of hands.
The final proxy voting position is shown below. Any proxy votes which are at the discretion of the Chairman have been included in the "In Favour" total.
In Favour | Against | Withheld | |||
Resolutions | Number |
% |
Number |
Number | |
1 | Ordinary Resolution - to receive and adopt the accounts of the Company and the reports of the Directors and the Auditors of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2015. | 175,383,084 | 99.79 | 308,866 | 355 |
2 | Ordinary Resolution - to approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (as that term is used in Section 439 of the Companies Act 2006) for the year ended 31 December 2015. | 175,117,346 | 99.64 | 573,634 | 1,367 |
3 | Ordinary Resolution - to re-appoint Peter Williams, retiring by rotation in accordance with the Articles of Association, as a Director of the Company. |
Resolution Withdrawn
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4 | Ordinary Resolution - to re-appoint Roger Withers, retiring by rotation in accordance with the Articles of Association, as a Director of the Company. | 174,411,877 | 99.64 | 572,586 | 707,822 |
5 | Ordinary Resolution - to re-appoint Maneck Kalifa (familiar name Mickey), appointed by the Directors in the previous twelve months and who is retiring in accordance with the Articles of Association and standing for re-appointment by the shareholders of the Company, as a Director of the Company. | 175,015,307 | 99.96 | 22,497 | 654,481 |
6 | Ordinary Resolution - to re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors of the Company to hold office from the conclusion of the Meeting until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company at which accounts are laid. | 167,872,097 | 95.9 | 7,132,051 | 687,783 |
7 | Ordinary Resolution - to authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the Auditors of the Company. | 149,705,843 | 85.5 | 25,329,969 | 651,722 |
8 | Ordinary Resolution - authority of Directors to allot shares | 175,599,550 | 99.94 | 51,362 | 35,467 |
9 | Special Resolution - disapplication of pre-emption rights on share allotment | 175,082,589 | 99.63 | 603,163 | 1,387 |
10 | Special Resolution - authority for market purchases of own shares | 175,101,559 | 99.64 | 580,905 | 5,070 |
11 | Special Resolution - notice of general meetings | 175,025,685 | 99.6 | 656,804 | 5,066 |
A copy of the resolutions passed as Special Business at the Annual General Meeting is being submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility at:
http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.
The proxy figures for the resolutions will also be displayed on the Company's corporate website, www.sportechplc.com.
-Ends-
Mickey Kalifa, Chief Financial Officer Tel: 020 7268 2400
Sportech PLC
Brunswick Group LLP Tel: 020 7404 5959
Mike Smith, Stuart Donnelly