4th May 2006 14:20
PartyGaming Plc04 May 2006 4 May 2006 PartyGaming Plc (The "Company") Annual General Meeting At the Company's Annual General Meeting held in Gibraltar earlier today, theGroup made the following statement: PartyGaming has made a very positive start to the year in the seasonally strongfirst quarter. On 6 April 2006, the Group successfully reintegrated each of theskins acquired over the past few months (EmpirePoker.com, MultiPoker.com andIntertopsPoker.com) on to the integrated Party-branded platform, so providingfurther liquidity to all of our poker players. The launch of our two new gamesand the promotion of PartyCasino.com should provide further impetus over thecoming months and, while the usual seasonal pattern can be expected to influencethe second and third quarter performance, the Group remains confident of makinggood progress in the current year. All 9 ordinary resolutions were passed on a poll by shareholders. The resultsof the poll votes were as follows: Resolution Total Votes Cast For % of Against % of Abstain Total Total Votes Votes Cast Cast 1 3,256,187,827 3,251,036,851 99.8418 5,150,976 0.1582 70,109,433 2 3,208,536,749 3,186,692,937 99.3192 21,843,812 0.6808 117,760,511 3 3,326,045,631 3,326,045,631 100 0 0 251,629 4 3,326,012,980 3.322,802,707 99.9035 3,210,273 0.0965 284,820 5 3.326,029,198 3,322,407,101 99.8911 3,622,097 0.1089 268,062 6 3,326,004,527 3,318,896,930 99.7863 7,107,597 0.2137 292,733 7 3,326,029,741 3,322,941,248 99.9071 3,088,493 0.0929 266,519 8 3,325,825,490 3,319,091,185 99.7975 6,734,305 0.2025 471,770 9 3,325,810,390 3,318,514,015 99.7806 7,296,375 0.2194 486,870 Note: 4,000,000,000 ordinary shares of 0.0015 pence per share ("Shares") inissue. In respect of the approval of the final dividend due to be paid on 19 May 2006(resolution 3) and as set out in the Company's 2005 annual report, the followingexchange rate that was quoted by the Company at 5.00 p.m. (4.00 p.m. BST) on 28April 2006 and which will apply in respect of those Shareholders and DepositaryInterest Holders who elected to receive the final dividend of 5.25 cents (US)per Share in Pounds Sterling was US$1.81867 to £1.00. In accordance with the Company's articles of association, Mitchell Garber, whowas appointed a Director on 19 April 2006, retired as a Director at theconclusion of today's Annual General Meeting and was re-appointed a Director ata Board meeting immediately following the Annual General Meeting. Mr. Garberwill retire and stand for re-appointment by shareholders at the Annual GeneralMeeting in 2007. Enquiries: David Abdoo, General Counsel and Company Secretary +350 78700Robert Hoskin, Deputy Company Secretary This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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