22nd Sep 2011 13:17
Betfair Group plc (the "Company")
Result of Annual General Meeting
Betfair Group plc announces that the following resolutions were approved at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 22 September 2011 held at BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LN at 11am. All Board Directors, except for Josh Hannah and Ian Dyson, were in attendance.
Each of the resolutions were voted on by way of a poll and the results of each resolution are shown below. All Resolutions were duly approved.
Resolutions | For1 | Against | Number of votes witheld2 | Total Capital Instructed | ||
No. of shares1 | % | No. of shares | % | No. of shares2 | No. of shares | |
1. Receipt of Annual Report and financial statements for the year ended 30 April 2011 | 66,570,903 | 99.83 | 111,053 | 0.17 | 0 | 66,681,956 |
2. Approval of remuneration report | 63,934,175 | 95.91 | 2,723,898 | 4.09 | 23,883 | 66,681,956 |
3. Declaration of Dividend | 66,671,564 | 99.98 | 10,049 | 0.02 | 343 | 66,681,956 |
4. Re-election of Edward Wray | 50,023,444 | 89.61 | 5,800,327 | 10.39 | 10,858,185 | 66,681,956 |
5.Re-election of David Yu | 60,911,907 | 91.41 | 5,725,868 | 8.59 | 44,181 | 66,681,956 |
6.Re-election of Stephen Morana | 62,758,422 | 94.12 | 3,922,353 | 5.88 | 1,181 | 66,681,956 |
7.Re-election of Mike McTighe | 51,916,889 | 92.88 | 3,976,953 | 7.12 | 10,788,114 | 66,681,956 |
8. Re-election of Josh Hannah | 60,948,065 | 91.47 | 5,684,167 | 8.53 | 49,724 | 66,681,956 |
9. Re-election of Fru Hazlitt | 60,465,070 | 90.74 | 6,167,162 | 9.26 | 49,724 | 66,681,956 |
10. Re-election of Ian Dyson | 66,508,320 | 99.87 | 86,591 | 0.13 | 87,045 | 66,681,956 |
11. Election of Baroness Denise Kingsmill | 66,494,589 | 99.85 | 100,322 | 0.15 | 87,045 | 66,681,956 |
12. Re-appointment of Auditors | 66,105,333 | 99.15 | 569,899 | 0.85 | 6,724 | 66,681,956 |
13. Auditors' Remuneration | 64,755,183 | 97.15 | 1,900,297 | 2.85 | 26,476 | 66,681,956 |
14. Authority to allot equity securities | 65,167,466 | 97.76 | 1,490,057 | 2.24 | 24,433 | 66,681,956 |
15. Disapplication of Pre-Emption Rights*** | 66,574,933 | 99.96 | 27,092 | 0.04 | 79,931 | 66,681,956 |
16. Authority to Purchase Own Shares*** | 66,663,499 | 99.99 | 4,192 | 0.01 | 14,265 | 66,681,956 |
17. Political Donations | 55,158,003 | 82.74 | 11,503,942 | 17.26 | 20,011 | 66,681,956 |
18. Notice of Meetings*** | 66,593,411 | 99.87 | 88,545 | 0.13 | 0 | 66,681,956 |
NOTES:
1The "For" vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion.
2A vote "withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes "For" or "Against" the resolution.
3Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of votes received.
4Voting was conducted by poll.
5The number of shares in issue at 6pm on Tuesday 20 September 2011 was 106,389,672. 62.68% of voting capital was instructed.
*** Denotes Special Resolutions
The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Annual of General Meeting, which is available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do and also on the Company's website at http://corporate.betfair.com/
A copy of the resolutions passed under special business (as defined by the listing rules of the UK Listing Authority) will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will also be available for inspection at http://www.hemscott.com/nsm.do
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