Result of AGM

RNS Number : 6248O

Paddy Power Betfair plc

18 May 2018

 

18 May 2018

Paddy Power Betfair plc (the "Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting 2018

The Company announces that the following resolutions were approved at its Annual General Meeting held on Friday, 18 May 2018. All Board Directors were in attendance.

All resolutions as set out in the Notice of Meeting were duly passed on a poll. The number of votes for and against each of the resolutions put before the Meeting and the number of votes withheld were as follows:

Resolutions	Votes For1		Votes Against		Total votes	Votes Withheld2
	No. of shares	%	No. of shares	%	No. of shares	No. of shares
1.  Following a review of the Company's affairs, to receive and consider the Company's Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2017 and the reports of the Directors and External Auditor thereon	62,377,765	99.89%	68,132	0.11%	62,885,233	439,336
2. To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2017 of 135 pence per ordinary share	62,881,030	100.00%	832	0.00%	62,885,233	3,371
3. To receive and consider the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2017	50,553,199	80.40%	12,320,982	19.60%	62,885,232	11,051
4. To receive and consider the Directors' Remuneration Policy	62,482,515	99.38%	390,412	0.62%	62,885,232	12,305
5(a). Election of Jan Bolz as a Director	62,861,711	99.99%	7,338	0.01%	62,885,233	16,184
5(b). Election of Emer Timmons as a Director	62,784,392	99.85%	95,811	0.15%	62,885,233	5,030
6(a). Re-election of Zillah Byng-Thorne as a Director	61,468,256	98.45%	970,767	1.55%	62,885,233	446,210
6(b). Re-election of Michael Cawley as a Director	62,592,698	99.57%	271,674	0.43%	62,885,233	20,861
6(c). Re-election of Ian Dyson as a Director	61,500,013	98.48%	948,379	1.52%	62,885,232	436,840
6(d). Re-election of Alex Gersh as a Director	62,740,020	99.78%	138,915	0.22%	62,885,233	6,298
6(e). Re-election of Peter Jackson as a Director	62,506,753	99.42%	364,214	0.58%	62,885,233	14,266
6(f). Re-election of Gary McGann as a Director	60,829,015	96.75%	2,042,085	3.25%	62,885,231	14,131
6(g). Re-election of Peter Rigby as a Director	62,791,616	99.89%	71,107	0.11%	62,885,233	22,510
7. Authority to the Directors to set the remuneration of the External Auditor	61,909,223	98.46%	969,610	1.54%	62,885,233	6,400
8. Authority to call extraordinary general meetings on 14 clear days' notice*	60,314,277	96.47%	2,208,761	3.53%	62,885,233	362,195
9.Authority to allot shares	62,661,819	99.65%	219,532	0.35%	62,885,233	3,882
10. Dis-application of pre-emption rights*	62,628,702	99.60%	248,552	0.40%	62,885,233	7,979
11. Authority to purchase own shares*	62,044,255	98.68%	831,517	1.32%	62,885,232	9,460
12. Authority to reissue Treasury Shares*	62,872,390	99.99%	7,571	0.01%	62,885,233	5,272

* Denotes Special Resolutions

NOTES:

¹ Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received. The "For" votes include those giving the Chairman discretion.

² A vote "Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" the resolution.

³ The total number of ordinary shares in issue, excluding Treasury Shares, on Friday, 18 May 2018 was 84,659,946.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which is available for inspection at the UK's National Storage Mechanism www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM, and at the Irish Stock Exchange (see below) and on the Company's website at www.paddypowerbetfair.com/investor-relations.    

A copy of the resolutions passed under special business (as defined by the listing rules of the UK Listing Authority) will shortly be submitted to the UK's National Storage Mechanism for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM and forwarded to the Irish Stock Exchange and available for inspection at:

Company Announcements Office

Irish Stock Exchange

28 Anglesea Street

Dublin 2

Ireland

Edward Traynor

Company Secretary

Paddy Power Betfair plc

 

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