7th May 2009 17:07
7 May 2009
PartyGaming Plc
(the "Company")
2009 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") Poll results
At the Company's AGM held in Gibraltar today, the ordinary resolutions (resolutions 1 to 10) and special resolutions (resolutions 11 and 12) set out in the Company's notice of AGM dated 11 March 2009, were passed on a poll by shareholders.
The full results of the poll votes were as follows:
|
Resolution |
Total |
For |
Against |
Abstain |
||
|
Number |
Votes Cast |
Number |
% of shares voted |
Number |
% of shares voted |
Number |
|
1. To receive the 2008 Annual Report |
336,052,418 |
335,942,000 |
99.97 |
110,418 |
0.03 |
45,448 |
|
2. To approve the 2008 Remuneration Report |
222,255,747 |
196,494,585 |
88.41 |
25,761,162 |
11.59 |
113,842,119 |
|
3. To re-appoint the joint auditors
|
336,091,158 |
335,962,235 |
99.96 |
128,923 |
0.04 |
6,708 |
|
4. To authorise the Board to determine the joint auditors' remuneration |
336,092,979 |
336,080,771 |
99.99 |
12,208 |
0.01 |
4,887 |
|
5. To re-appoint Rami Lerner as a Director |
335,795,405 |
335,497,213 |
99.91 |
298,192 |
0.09 |
302,461 |
|
6. To re-appoint Jim Ryan as a Director |
336,095,358 |
335,998,155 |
99.97 |
97,203 |
0.03 |
2,508 |
|
7. To re-appoint Rod Perry as a Director |
335,761,668 |
335,664,899 |
99.97 |
96,769 |
0.03 |
336,198 |
|
8. To re-appoint Martin Weigold |
336,095,308 |
335,990,786 |
99.97 |
104,522 |
0.03 |
2,558 |
|
9. To approve an authorised share capital increase |
219,098,070 |
215,952,073 |
98.56 |
3,145,997 |
1.44 |
2,463 |
|
10. To approve an update to the share allotment authority |
219,031,242 |
215,677,344 |
98.47 |
3,353,898 |
1.53 |
69,291 |
|
11. To approve the partial disapplication of pre-emption rights |
219,093,875 |
215,947,171 |
98.56 |
3,146,704 |
1.44 |
6,658 |
|
12. To approve the renewal of the authority to make market purchases of own shares |
219,098,869 |
219,085,418 |
99.99 |
13,451 |
0.01 |
1,664 |
Note: 411,806,550 shares of 0.015 pence per share in issue as at 5 May 2009, of which 5,245,495 shares are held in the PartyGaming Plc Shares Trust (the 'Trust') and the trustee of the Trust has waived all voting rights in respect of these shares. Therefore the total number of shares with voting rights was 406,561,055 as at 5 May 2009.
The Company will file for inspection a copy of the special resolutions (resolutions 11 and 12) at the Financial Services Authority's Document Viewing Facility, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS.
Enquiries:
Robert Hoskin, Company Secretary +350 200 78700
PartyGaming Plc
Related Shares:
BPTY.L