12th May 2009 12:29
12 May 2009
William Hill PLC
AGM Resolutions
William Hill PLC ("the Company") confirms that all resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held on Tuesday, 12 May 2009 at 11.00 a.m. at the Cavendish Conference Centre, 22 Duchess Mews, London, W1G 9DT and set out in the notice of meeting dated 6 April 2009 were duly passed on a show of hands.
The final proxy voting position is shown below. Any proxy votes which are at the discretion of the Chairman have been included in the "for" total.
|
Resolution |
In Favour |
Against |
Withheld |
|
|
1 |
Annual Report |
516,353,973 |
2,594,275 |
351,277 |
|
2 |
Remuneration Report |
502,285,803 |
16,533,086 |
480,636 |
|
3 |
David Edmonds |
507,567,581 |
11,317,300 |
414,644 |
|
4 |
Simon Lane |
517,326,126 |
1,557,533 |
415,866 |
|
5 |
Ashley Highfield |
517,279,008 |
1,574,470 |
446,047 |
|
6 |
Re-appoint Auditors |
478,150,420 |
40,739,853 |
409,251 |
|
7 |
Auditors Remuneration |
501,160,892 |
14,112,503 |
4,026,130 |
|
8 |
Allot shares |
518,537,154 |
304,962 |
457,409 |
|
9 |
Political donations |
501,775,173 |
4,611,538 |
12,912,814 |
|
10 |
Pre-emption Rights |
518,540,905 |
307,741 |
450,879 |
|
11 |
Purchase of Shares |
518,701,190 |
222,574 |
375,761 |
|
12 |
New Articles |
509,772,670 |
7,827,134 |
1,699,721 |
|
13 |
Notice of General Meeting |
510,667,407 |
7,778,394 |
853,724 |
The Company has submitted two copies of the resolutions passed at the meeting (other than resolutions concerning ordinary business) to the UK Listing Authority and these documents will be available shortly for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility which is situated at:
Financial Services Authority
25 The North ColonnadeCanary WharfLondon
E14 5HS
Tel. No. 020 7676 1000
The proxy figures for the resolutions will also displayed on the Company's corporate website - www.williamhillplc.co.uk
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Enquiries: |
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William Hill PLC |
Lyndsay Wright, Head of IR |
Tel +44 (0) 20 8918 3614 |
|
Brunswick |
Fiona Antcliffe / Deborah Spencer |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7404 5959 |
Notes to editors:
William Hill is one of the UK's leading betting and gaming companies. It is one of the UK's largest bookmakers, and also operates in Ireland, with a total of approximately 2,300 LBOs in the UK that provide betting opportunities on a wide range of sporting and non-sporting events and, in the UK, offer gaming machines. The Group's online business, William Hill Online, is one of the leading European online betting and gaming business by profitability, providing sports betting, casino games, poker, bingo, numbers betting and skill games.
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