Result of AGM

RNS Number : 1504Z

Paddy Power Betfair plc

15 May 2019

 

15 May 2019

Paddy Power Betfair plc (the "Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting 2019

The Company announces that the following resolutions were approved at its Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday, 15 May 2019. 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 2018 and the reports of the Directors and External Auditor thereon	48,242,088	99.98	10,522	0.02	48,489,765	237,155
2. To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2018 of 133 pence per ordinary share	48,486,469	99.99	983	0.01	48,489,763	2,311
3. To receive and consider the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2018	46,411,553	99.52	223,080	0.48	46,789,761	155,128
4. Election of Jonathan Hill as a Director	48,440,717	99.91	44,465	0.09	48,489,763	4,581
5(a). Re-election of Jan Bolz as a Director	48,387,434	99.80	96,597	0.20	48,489,763	5,732
5(b). Re-election of Zillah Byng-Thorne as a Director	44,397,389	91.57	4,087,767	8.43	48,489,788	4,632
5(c). Re-election of Michael Cawley as a Director	43,787,761	90.31	4,697,569	9.69	48,489,762	4,432
5(d). Re-election of Ian Dyson as a Director	47,091,441	97.14	1,387,520	2.86	48,489,762	10,801
5(e). Re-election of Peter Jackson as a Director	48,471,841	99.97	14,270	0.03	48,489,763	3,652
5(f). Re-election of Gary McGann as a Director	47,435,521	97.83	1,050,409	2.17	48,489,762	3,832
5(g). Re-election of Peter Rigby as a Director	48,462,876	99.95	22,634	0.05	48,489,762	4,252
5(h). Re-election of Emer Timmons as a Director	48,308,314	99.63	177,617	0.37	48,489,763	3,832
6. Authority to the Directors to set the remuneration of the External Auditor	48,319,399	99.66	166,903	0.34	48,489,763	3,461
7. Authority to call extraordinary general meetings on 14 clear days' notice*	45,893,757	95.45	2,187,650	4.55	48,489,763	408,356
8.Authority to allot shares	48,377,902	99.78	108,288	0.22	48,489,763	3,573
9. Dis-application of pre-emption rights*	48,444,879	99.92	38,434	0.08	48,489,763	6,450
10. Authority to purchase own shares*	48,299,971	99.62	182,001	0.38	48,489,762	7,790
11. Authority to reissue Treasury Shares*	48,474,861	99.98	7,765	0.02	48,489,763	7,137
12. Authority to change the name of the Company*	48,369,148	99.76	115,437	0.24	48,489,481	4,896

* 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 Wednesday, 15 May 2019 was 80,096,915.

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 Euronext Dublin (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 Euronext Dublin and available for inspection at:

Company Announcements Office

Euronext Dublin

28 Anglesea Street

Dublin 2

Ireland

Edward Traynor

Company Secretary

Paddy Power Betfair plc

 

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