15th May 2020 15:46
WILLIAM HILL PLC
Result of 2020 Annual General Meeting (AGM)
15 May 2020
William Hill PLC (LSE:WMH) announces that at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held today, Friday 15 May 2020 at 2.00pm at 1 Bedford Avenue, London WC1B 3AU, all resolutions were passed by shareholders.
The full text of the resolutions considered are contained in the 2020 Notice of Meeting dated 20 March 2020. These documents are available on the William Hill PLC website http://www.williamhillplc.com/.
The following table shows the total number of votes cast for each resolution:
Resolution |
For |
% |
Against |
% |
Withheld | |
1 | To receive the annual report and accounts | 567,120,075 | 99.74 | 1,485,683 | 0.26 | 4,560,093 |
2 | To approve the annual report on remuneration | 437,801,682 | 98.67 | 5,885,594 | 1.33 | 129,478,575 |
3 | To approve director's remuneration policy | 455,175,665 | 93.04 | 34,027,384 | 6.96 | 83,963,886 |
4 | To elect Ulrik Bengtsson | 571,291,137 | 99.95 | 289,213 | 0.05 | 1,586,586 |
5 | To elect Jane Hanson | 570,624,858 | 99.83 | 956,144 | 0.17 | 1,585,934 |
6 | To elect Lynne Weedall | 570,652,565 | 99.84 | 928,375 | 0.16 | 1,585,996 |
6a | To elect Matt Ashley | 570,365,510 | 99.99 | 75,524 | 0.01 | 1,797,436 |
7 | To re-elect Roger Devlin | 556,430,249 | 99.00 | 5,608,473 | 1.00 | 11,126,381 |
9 | To re-elect Mark Brooker | 566,754,489 | 99.84 | 914,788 | 0.16 | 5,497,659 |
10 | To re-elect Robin Terrell | 567,519,438 | 99.29 | 4,059,393 | 0.71 | 1,588,105 |
11 | To re-elect Gordon Wilson | 570,698,362 | 99.84 | 888,086 | 0.16 | 1,580,488 |
12 | To authorise the Audit and Risk Management Committee to re-appoint the Auditors | 481,433,096 | 84.03 | 91,469,599 | 15.97 | 264,240 |
13 | To authorise the Audit and Risk Management Committee to determine the auditors' remuneration | 558,250,142 | 97.45 | 14,631,556 | 2.55 | 285,237 |
14 | Authority to make or incur EU political donations and EU political expenditure | 557,253,916 | 97.28 | 15,606,252 | 2.72 | 305,683 |
15 | Authority to allot securities | 483,021,062 | 84.32 | 89,801,561 | 15.68 | 344,313 |
16 | To disapply statutory pre-emption right* | 486,020,136 | 84.85 | 86,798,238 | 15.15 | 347,762 |
17 | To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares* | 567,248,031 | 99.03 | 5,540,296 | 0.97 | 377,488 |
18 | To adopt new Articles of Association* | 572,427,872 | 99.93 | 405,113 | 0.07 | 333,951 |
19 | To authorise the Company to call general meetings, other than annual general meetings, on not less than 14 clear days' notice* | 561,148,692 | 97.91 | 11,984,702 | 2.09 | 33,542 |
*Special Resolution requiring a 75% majority
Any proxy votes which are at the discretion of the Chairman have been included in the "For" total. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards votes cast "For" or "Against" a resolution. The total issued share capital of the Company as at close of business on 15 May 2020 was 900,725,706 with total voting rights as at the same date of 874,277,578.
A copy of the resolutions passed at the meeting, other than ordinary business, will be uploaded today to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available to view: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
The total votes cast for each resolution will also be displayed on the corporate website www.williamhillplc.com.
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Enquiries:
Simon Callander Company Secretary William Hill PLC
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7612 3000
About William Hill
William Hill PLC is one of the world's leading betting and gaming companies, employing c.12,000 people. Its origins are in the UK where it was founded in 1934, and where it is listed on the London Stock Exchange. The majority of its £1.6bn annual revenues are still derived from the UK, where it has a national presence of licensed betting offices and one of the leading online betting and gaming services. William Hill's European Online business is headquartered in Gibraltar and Malta, and is licensed online in 10 countries following the acquisition of Mr Green & Co AB in January 2019. In 2012, it established William Hill US with a focus on retail and mobile operations in Nevada and became the largest sports betting business in the US. Following the ruling in May 2018 by the Supreme Court that the federal ban on state sponsored sports betting was unconstitutional, William Hill US has expanded and continues to expand as new states regulate sports betting. It is now operating in nine states: Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, New Jersey, Rhode Island and West Virginia in addition to Washington DC. Eldorado Resorts, Inc. currently owns shares representing 20% of the share capital of William Hill US Holdco, Inc., the holding company of William Hill US
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