7th May 2015 12:26
WILLIAM HILL PLC
Result of Annual General Meeting (AGM)
7 May 2015
William Hill PLC (LSE:WMH) announces the results of its Annual General Meeting (AGM) held today, Thursday 7 May 2015 at 11.00 am at the Cavendish Conference Centre, 22 Duchess Mews, London W1G 9DT. All resolutions as set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 6 March 2015 were duly passed on a show of hands. Each resolution was also supported by proxy votes received and the final proxy voting position by resolution is shown below. Any proxy votes which are at the discretion of the Chairman have been included in the "For" total.
Resolution | For |
% | Against | % |
Withheld | |
1 | To receive the annual report and accounts | 592,906,072 | 99.92 | 497,551 | 0.08 | 285,685 |
2 | To approve the annual report on remuneration | 586,568,233 | 99.56 | 2,570,863 | 0.44 | 4,551,802 |
3 | To declare a final dividend | 593,133,516 | 99.98 | 138,403 | 0.02 | 423,001 |
4 | To elect James Henderson | 589,132,985 | 99.28 | 4,259,953 | 0.72 | 301,983 |
5 | To re-elect Gareth Davis | 579,932,095 | 97.90 | 12,469,895 | 2.10 | 1,292,930 |
6 | To re-elect Neil Cooper | 588,973,680 | 99.26 | 4,416,951 | 0.74 | 304,289 |
7 | To re-elect Sir Roy Gardner | 588,722,806 | 99.21 | 4,665,500 | 0.79 | 306,615 |
8 | To re-elect Georgina Harvey | 589,134,460 | 99.28 | 4,263,925 | 0.72 | 296,536 |
9 | To re-elect Ashley Highfield | 588,745,998 | 99.22 | 4,639,479 | 0.78 | 309,444 |
10 | To re-elect David Lowden | 588,769,053 | 99.22 | 4,630,904 | 0.78 | 294,964 |
11 | To re-elect Imelda Walsh | 588,605,382 | 99.21 | 4,683,415 | 0.79 | 404,496 |
12 | To re-appoint the Auditors | 585,571,595 | 98.68 | 7,852,502 | 1.32 | 270,823 |
13 | To authorise the directors to determine the auditors' remuneration | 591,177,430 | 99.62 | 2,258,283 | 0.38 | 257,037 |
14 | Authority for political donations and political expenditure | 589,673,761 | 99.39 | 3,613,263 | 0.61 | 406,786 |
15 | Authority to allot securities | 538,557,322 | 90.78 | 54,698,350 | 9.22 | 439,249 |
16 | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights | 592,768,349 | 99.91 | 560,980 | 0.09 | 365,592 |
17 | Authority to purchase own shares | 593,206,368 | 99.97 | 204,550 | 0.03 | 283,983 |
18 | Notice of General Meeting | 550,286,163 | 92.73 | 43,148,236 | 7.27 | 260,522 |
A copy of the resolutions passed at the meeting, other than ordinary business, is being uploaded today to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing at www.morningstar.com.
The proxy figures for the resolutions will also be displayed on the corporate website www.williamhillplc.com.
Enquiries:
William Hill PLC
Lyndsay Wright, Director of IR
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8918 3614
Brunswick
Simon Sporborg / Aideen Lee / Oliver Hughes
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7404 5959
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