12th May 2011 12:40
12 May 2011
William Hill PLC
AGM Resolutions
William Hill PLC ("the Company") confirms that all resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held on Thursday, 12 May 2011 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 16 March 2011 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 "In Favour" total.
Resolution |
In Favour
| Against | Withheld | |
1 | Annual Report and Accounts | 515,788,330 | 7,577,928 | 8,834,893 |
2 | Directors remuneration | 331,286,845 | 175,826,318 | 25,087,988 |
3 | Final dividend | 522,474,395 | 4,211 | 9,722,545 |
4 | Elect Gareth Davis | 521,919,435 | 1,396,368 | 8,884,904 |
5 | Elect David Lowden | 521,833,479 | 1,403,426 | 8,964,246 |
6 | Re-elect Neil Cooper | 521,306,319 | 2,004,694 | 8,889,250 |
7 | Re-elect David Edmonds | 502,328,546 | 20,980,061 | 8,892,544 |
8 | Re-elect Ashley Highfield | 502,346,185 | 20,969,511 | 8,885,455 |
9 | Re-elect Ralph Topping | 521,265,762 | 2,046,875 | 8,888,514 |
10 | Re-appoint auditors | 468,622,775 | 54,669,020 | 8,907,868 |
11 | Remuneration of auditors | 470,427,194 | 47,789,584 | 13,983,929 |
12 | Political donations and expenditure | 507,916,335 | 4,444,837 | 19,822,262 |
13 | Allot shares | 459,780,590 | 51,918,069 | 20,502,492 |
14 | Pre-emption rights | 509,131,645 | 293,852 | 22,775,654 |
15 | Purchase of shares | 503,860,420 | 10,683,546 | 17,652,741 |
16 | Length of notice of general meeting | 494,347,535 | 15,097,228 | 22,756,388 |
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 Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
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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