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12 February 2010
Sportech PLC
("Sportech" or the "Company")
Result of Extraordinary General Meeting
Further to the announcement on 11 February 2010 of the results of the Firm Placing and Placing and Open Offer, the Board of Sportech is pleased to announce that each of the Resolutions proposed at the Extraordinary General Meeting held today at 11.00a.m. to approve the proposed Acquisition and Capital Raising and other related matters were duly passed without amendment.
Proxy votes (including votes withheld) were cast for a total of 82,387,922 existing Ordinary Shares of the Company, representing 81.85 per cent. of the total number of votes (100,652,603 existing Ordinary Shares) capable of being cast at the meeting.
The results are set out in the table below:
| Resolution | For | Against | Withheld | ||
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | |
| 1 To Approve Acquisition | 82,289,869 | 99.99% | 5,238 | 0.01% | 92,815 |
| 2 To Approve Capital Raising | 82,195,766 | 99.88% | 102,041 | 0.12% | 90,115 |
| 3 To Approve Share Scheme Award | 65,784,884 | 79.87% | 16,581,338 | 20.13% | 21,700 |
Enquiries
| Sportech | Tel: 0207 268 2400 |
| Ian Penrose (Chief Executive Officer) |
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| Steven Cunliffe (Finance Director) |
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| Close Brothers (joint sponsor and financial adviser to Sportech) | Tel: 020 7655 3100 |
| Richard Madden | |
| Henry Wells | |
| Guy Gillett |
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| Investec (joint sponsor and broker to Sportech) | Tel: 0207 597 5970 |
| Patrick Robb | |
| Martin Smith | |
| All PR enquiries to Pelham Bell Pottinger: | Tel: 0207 861 3232 |
| David Rydell/Rosanne Perry/Emma Kent |
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