Results of Annual General Meeting

RNS Number : 4611F

Playtech PLC

17 May 2017

 

17th May 2017

Playtech plc

(the "Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting

Playtech plc announces that the following resolutions were passed at the Company's Annual General Meeting held this morning, 17th May 2017.  All resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed on a poll.  Any proxy votes which are at the discretion of the Chairman have been included in the "For" total.

For information, the votes cast were as follows:

Resolutions	For	% Votes cast	Against	% Votes cast	Total Votes Cast (excl. Votes Withheld)	Vote Withheld
1.  Report and accounts	226,653,683	98.78	2,790,566	1.22	229,444,249	10,904
2a. Remuneration Policy	155,468,078	67.95	73,280,483	32.05	228,748,561	706,590
2b. Remuneration Report	154,617,671	67.58	74,130,890	32.42	228,748,561	706,590
3.   Reappoint the auditors	211,646,502	92.24	17,808,202	7.76	229,454,704	448
4.   Final Dividend	229,443,973	99.99	11,180	0.01	229,455,153	0
5.   Re-Elect Paul Hewitt	221,764,933	96.65	7,689,888	3.35	229,454,821	332
6.   Re-Elect John Jackson	208,144,510	90.71	21,310,108	9.29	229,454,618	534
7.   Re-Elect Claire Milne	220,442,903	96.08	8,998,188	3.92	229,441,091	14,062
8.   Re-Elect       AndrewThomas	201,669,408	87.89	27,785,413	12.11	229,454,821	332
9.   Re-Elect Alan Jackson	191,558,186	83.62	37,512,666	16.38	229,070,852	384,300
10. Re-Elect       Andrew  Smith	228,641,858	99.65	812,963	0.35	229,454,821	332
11. Re-Elect Mor Weizer	229,244,857	99.91	210,181	0.09	229,455,038	115
12. Authority to allot       shares	225,192,559	98.14	4,262,594	1.86	229,455,153	0
13.  Disapply pre-emption        rights	211,889,965	92.70	16,690,040	7.30	228,580,005	875,147
14.  Purchase own shares	227,526,571	99.19	1,854,371	0.81	229,380,942	74,210

At 17 May 2017, the issued share capital of the Company was 317,344,603 ordinary shares of no par value.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions 12, 13 and 14 will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for viewing at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm

The proxy figures for the resolutions will also displayed on the Company's corporate website - www.playtech.com

For further information contact:

Brian Moore Company Secretary Playtech plc

01624 645999

About Playtech

Playtech is a market leader in the gambling and financial trading industries. Founded in 1999 and listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (LEI code: 21380068TTB6Z9ZEU548), Playtech has more than 5,000 employees in 17 countries.

Playtech is the gambling industry's leading software and services supplier with more than 130 licensees globally, including many of the world's leading regulated online, retail and mobile operators, land-based casino groups, government sponsored entities such as lotteries, and new entrants opening operations in newly-regulated markets. Its business intelligence-driven gambling software offering includes casino, live casino, bingo, poker and sports betting.

It is the pioneer of omni-channel gambling which, through Playtech ONE, offers operators and their customers, a seamless, anytime, anywhere experience across any product, any channel (online, mobile, retail) and any device using a single account and single wallet. It provides marketing expertise, sophisticated CRM solutions and other services for operators seeking a full turnkey solution. Playtech's Financials division operates both on a B2C and B2B basis. Its B2C focused offering is an established and growing online CFDs broker, operating the brand markets.com. Its B2B offering includes the division's proprietary trading platform, CRM and back-office systems, as well as its liquidity technology platform which provides retail brokers with multi-asset execution, prime brokerage services, liquidity and complementary risk management tools               

 

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