17th Jun 2005 12:45
William Hill PLC17 June 2005 17 June 2005 For immediate release William Hill PLC ("William Hill" or the "Company") Announcement of Results of Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM") William Hill announces that the resolution to approve the acquisition of StanleyLeisure plc's ("Stanley Leisure") retail bookmaking operations in Great Britain,Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Jersey and the Isle of Man (the "Acquisition") and the resolution to approve the performance share plan werepassed by the Company's shareholders at the EGM held earlier today. In addition, Stanley Leisure's shareholders approved at an extraordinary generalmeeting held earlier today the disposal of Stanley Leisure's retail bookmakingoperations in Great Britain, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Jerseyand the Isle of Man to William Hill. The acquisition is expected to complete on Saturday 18 June 2005. The Office of Fair Trading is currently reviewing the Acquisition and isexpected to provide its decision in due course. William Hill received regulatoryclearance in respect of the Acquisition from the Irish competition authoritieson 2 June 2005. Copies of the resolutions passed at the Company's EGM have been submitted to theUK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UKListing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at theFinancial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E145HS (telephone number 020 7676 1000), during normal business hours on anyweekday (public holidays excepted). All resolutions proposed at the Company's EGM were carried on a show of hands.The proxy figures for the resolutions will shortly be displayed on the Company'scorporate website, www.williamhillplc.co.uk. Enquiries: William Hill PLC (020) 8918 3910 David Harding Tom Singer Citigroup (020) 7986 4000 David Wormsley Jan Skarbek Brunswick Group Limited (020) 7404 5959 James Bradley William Cullum Citigroup Global Markets Limited ("Citigroup") is acting for William Hill and no-one else in connection with the matters referred to in this announcement andwill not be responsible to anyone other than William Hill for providing theprotections afforded to clients of Citigroup or for providing advice in relationto these matters. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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