26 Jun 2020 10:29
For immediate release | 26 June 2020 |
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SPORTECH PLC
('Sportech' or the 'Company')
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Result of Annual General Meeting
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Sportech, an international betting technology business, announces that at the Company's Annual General Meeting held earlier today, all resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed. The results of the proxy voting position received in advance of the meeting are reported below:
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Resolution | For | Against | Withheld | Total votes cast | Â | ||
 | No. of votes | % | No. of votes | % |  |  | |
1. Ordinary Resolution - to receive and adopt the Annual Report and Accounts  | 111,273,567 | 100.00 | - | - | 2,000 | 111,275,567 | |
2. Ordinary Resolution - to receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Report  | 91,253,851 | 93.09 | 6,772,603 | 6.91 | 13,249,113 | 98,026,454 | |
3. Ordinary Resolution - to re-elect Richard McGuire as a Director  | 111,273,567 | 99.99 | 2,000 | 0.01 | - | 111,275,567 | |
4. Ordinary Resolution - to re-elect Giles Vardey as a Director  | 87,704,243 | 86.25 | 13,979,610 | 13.75 | 9,591,714 | 101,683,853 | |
5. Ordinary Resolution - to re-elect Thomas Hearne as a Director  | 111,273,567 | 99.99 | 2,000 | 0.01 | - | 111,275,567 | |
6. Ordinary Resolution - to re-elect Christian Rigg as a Director  | 111,243,955 | 99.97 | 31,612 | 0.03 | - | 111,275,567 | |
7. Ordinary Resolution - to elect Ben Warn as a Director  | 111,273,567 | 99.99 | 2,000 | 0.01 | - | 111,275,567 | |
8. Ordinary Resolution - to re-appoint BDO LLP as auditors  | 111,273,567 | 100.00 | - | - | 2,000 | 111,273,567 | |
9. -Ordinary Resolution - to authorise the Directors to determine the auditor's fees  | 111,273,567 | 100.00 | - | - | 2,000 | 111,273,567 | |
10. Ordinary Resolution - to authorise the Company to make political donations  | 111,273,567 | 99.99 | 2,000 | 0.01 | - | 111,275,567 | |
11. Ordinary Resolution - To authorise the Directors to allot shares  | 111,273,567 | 99.99 | 2,000 | 0.01 | - | 111,275,567 | |
12. Special Resolution - To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights (general authority) Â | 111,273,567 | 99.99 | 2,000 | 0.01 | - | 111,275,567 | |
13. Special Resolution - To disapply pre-emption rights (specific capital investment) Â | 111,273,567 | 99.99 | 2,000 | 0.01 | - | 111,275,567 | |
14. Special Resolution - To authorise the Directors to make market purchases of the Company's own Ordinary shares. Â | 111,273,567 | 99.99 | 2,000 | 0.01 | - | 111,275,567 | |
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15. Special Resolution - To authorise calling of a general meeting other than annual general meetings on 14 clear days' notice. Â | 111,273,567 | 99.99 | 2,000 | 0.01 | - | 111,275,567 |
Notes:
A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentage of the votes validly cast for or against a resolution.
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All resolutions put to the meeting were carried.
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As at the time of the meeting, the Company had 188,751,257 ordinary shares of 0.20 pence each in issue and as such this has been used to calculate the percentage of votes in favour or against each resolution. Each of these shares carry one vote. The Company held no shares in treasury.
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Notice of resolutions passed
Copies of the resolutions passed as special resolutions at the AGM will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism, which is located at: http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm. Appropriate filings will also be made at Companies House in due course.
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Publication on website
A copy of this announcement is also available on the Group's website at www.sportechplc.com.
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Contacts:
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Sportech PLC | Tel: +44 117 902 9000 |
Richard McGuire, Chief Executive Officer | Â |
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Peel Hunt | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7418 8900 |
(Corporate Broker to Sportech) George Sellar / Andrew Clark / Will Bell | Â |
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Buchanan | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000 |
(Financial PR adviser to Sportech) Henry Harrison-Topham / Mark Court / Jamie Hooper | sportech@buchanan.uk.com |
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Notes to Editors:
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About Sportech
Sportech PLC, an international betting technology business, delivers solutions and services for some of the world's best-known gaming companies, sports teams, racetracks, casinos and lottery clients as well as owning and operating its own gaming venues in Connecticut under exclusive licences.
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The Group focuses on highly regulated markets worldwide. It has more than 29,000 betting terminals deployed to over 400 clients in 38 countries. Its global systems process US$12.3 billion in betting handle annually. In the US, it operates across 36 states. The Group has invested over US$60 million in the last five years in the successful expansion of its US gaming Venues, the diversification into raffle and lottery gaming platforms, and in developing its technology services, resulting in its proprietary Quantumâ„¢ System being the most widely deployed pari-mutuel betting system globally.
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