WILLIAM HILL PLC
Result of 2019 Annual General Meeting (AGM)
15 May 2019
William Hill PLC (LSE:WMH) announces that at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held today, Wednesday 15 May 2019 at 2.30pm at No. 11 Cavendish Square, 11-13 Cavendish Square, London, W1G 0AN, all resolutions were passed by shareholders.
The full text of the resolutions considered are contained in the 2019 Notice of Meeting dated 11 March 2019. These documents are available on the William Hill PLC website http://www.williamhillplc.com/.
The following table shows the total number of votes cast for each resolution:
|
Resolution |
|
For |
% |
Against |
% |
Withheld |
|
1 |
To receive the annual report and accounts |
606,431,041 |
99.98 |
106,848 |
0.02 |
8,760,535 |
|
2 |
To approve the annual report on remuneration |
529,853,631 |
99.83 |
916,747 |
0.17 |
84,525,283 |
|
3 |
To declare a final dividend |
615,165,224 |
100.00 |
29,550 |
0.00 |
103,640 |
|
4 |
To elect Gordon Wilson |
614,215,583 |
99.97 |
211,655 |
0.03 |
869,868 |
|
5 |
To re-elect Roger Devlin |
611,103,419 |
99.46 |
3,315,623 |
0.54 |
875,374 |
|
6 |
To re-elect Philip Bowcock |
612,473,771 |
99.67 |
2,004,464 |
0.33 |
819,591 |
|
7 |
To re-elect Ruth Prior |
611,722,707 |
99.55 |
2,757,204 |
0.45 |
817,915 |
|
8 |
To re-elect Mark Brooker |
611,605,364 |
99.53 |
2,865,768 |
0.47 |
826,694 |
|
9 |
To re-elect Georgina Harvey |
611,620,527 |
99.54 |
2,847,801 |
0.46 |
829,498 |
|
10 |
To re-elect Robin Terrell |
607,735,118 |
98.90 |
6,730,590 |
1.10 |
832,118 |
|
11 |
To authorise the Audit and Risk Management Committee to re-appoint the Auditors |
591,287,543 |
96.12 |
23,869,515 |
3.88 |
141,258 |
|
12 |
To authorise the Audit and Risk Management Committee to determine the auditors' remuneration |
611,063,182 |
99.34 |
4,086,002 |
0.66 |
149,133 |
|
13 |
Authority to make or incur EU political donations and EU political expenditure |
597,752,272 |
97.17 |
17,440,169 |
2.83 |
96,389 |
|
14 |
Authority to allot securities |
530,446,851 |
86.24 |
84,668,500 |
13.76 |
182,966 |
|
15 |
To disapply statutory pre-emption right* |
529,620,440 |
86.11 |
85,464,392 |
13.89 |
211,856 |
|
16 |
To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares* |
605,458,753 |
98.45 |
9,544,641 |
1.55 |
294,922 |
|
17 |
To authorise the Company to call general meetings, other than annual general meetings, on not less than 14 clear days' notice* |
599,373,131 |
97.43 |
15,803,556 |
2.57 |
121,630 |
*Special Resolution requiring a 75% majority
Any proxy votes which are at the discretion of the Chairman have been included in the "For" total. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards votes cast "For" or "Against" a resolution. The total issued share capital of the Company as at close of business on 15 May 2019 was 900,725,706 with total voting rights as at the same date of 874,098,790.
A copy of the resolutions passed at the meeting, other than ordinary business, will be uploaded today to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
The total votes cast for each resolution will also be displayed on the corporate website www.williamhillplc.com.
OAM: Additional Regulated Information
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Enquiries:
Balbir Kelly-Bisla
Company Secretary
William Hill PLC
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7612 3000
About William Hill
William Hill PLC is one of the world's leading betting and gaming companies, employing c15,500 people. Its origins are in the UK where it was founded in 1934, and where it is listed on the London Stock Exchange. The majority of its £1.6 billion annual revenues are still derived from the UK, where it has a national presence of licensed betting offices and one of the leading online betting and gaming services. In 2012, it established William Hill US with a focus on retail and mobile operations in Nevada, the largest sports betting business in the US. Following the ruling in May 2018 by the US Supreme Court that the federal ban on state sponsored sports betting was unconstitutional, William Hill US has expanded into new states as they regulate sports betting. It is now operating in seven states: Nevada, New Jersey, Delaware, Rhode Island, Mississippi, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. William Hill's Online business acquired Mr Green & Co AB in January 2019, growing its international operations. William Hill PLC is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of both the FTSE 250 and FTSE4Good Indices.
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