11th May 2016 15:45
WILLIAM HILL PLC
Result of Annual General Meeting (AGM)
11 May 2016
William Hill PLC (LSE:WMH) announces the results of the voting at the Company's Annual General Meeting (AGM) held today, Wednesday 11 May 2016 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 4 March 2016 were voted on by way of a poll and the results of each resolution are shown below. All resolutions were duly approved by the relevant majority in each case. 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 | 609,411,493 | 99.94 | 377,159 | 0.06 | 275,910 |
2 | To approve the annual report on remuneration | 605,309,330 | 99.34 | 4,022,538 | 0.66 | 731,210 |
3 | To declare a final dividend | 609,837,268 | 100.00 | 1,529 | 0.00 | 225,766 |
4 | To elect Philip Bowcock | 608,011,207 | 99.71 | 1,758,239 | 0.29 | 294,890 |
5 | To re-elect Gareth Davis | 598,957,333 | 98.61 | 8,436,930 | 1.39 | 2,671,414 |
6 | To re-elect James Henderson | 608,032,695 | 99.71 | 1,763,725 | 0.29 | 269,207 |
7 | To re-elect Sir Roy Gardner | 605,659,815 | 99.32 | 4,125,409 | 0.68 | 280,403 |
8 | To re-elect Georgina Harvey | 605,851,889 | 99.36 | 3,922,836 | 0.64 | 290,902 |
9 | To re-elect Ashley Highfield | 605,706,632 | 99.33 | 4,060,000 | 0.67 | 298,995 |
10 | To re-elect David Lowden | 605,494,408 | 99.30 | 4,273,298 | 0.70 | 297,921 |
11 | To re-elect Imelda Walsh | 605,594,263 | 99.31 | 4,190,764 | 0.69 | 280,600 |
12 | To re-appoint the Auditors | 592,145,219 | 97.10 | 17,683,211 | 2.90 | 237,046 |
13 | To authorise the Audit & Risk Management Committee to determine the auditors' remuneration | 601,896,778 | 98.75 | 7,599,726 | 1.25 | 569,122 |
14 | Authority for EU political donations and EU political expenditure | 599,313,696 | 98.92 | 6,539,605 | 1.08 | 4,208,049 |
15 | Authority to allot securities | 510,841,312 | 83.82 | 98,585,837 | 16.18 | 638,478 |
16 | Authority to disapply pre-emption rights | 502,579,904 | 82.42 | 107,209,120 | 17.58 | 276,602 |
17 | Authority to purchase own shares | 604,748,987 | 99.17 | 5,059,516 | 0.83 | 253,811 |
18 | Notice of General Meeting other than the AGM | 555,261,659 | 91.64 | 50,681,850 | 8.36 | 4,122,409 |
A copy of the resolutions passed at the meeting, other than ordinary business, is being uploaded 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
Luke Thomas, Company Secretary
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8918 3935
Brunswick
Andrew Porter / Oliver Hughes
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7404 5959
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