15th May 2008 17:21
15 May 2008
PartyGaming Plc
(the "Company")
2008 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") Poll results
At the Company's AGM held in Gibraltar today, the ordinary resolutions (resolutions 1 to 10) and special resolution (resolution 11) set out in the Company's notice of AGM dated 26 March 2008, 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 2007 Annual Report |
774,074,447 |
773,003,803 |
99.86 |
1,070,644 |
0.14 |
4,598,803 |
|
2. To approve the 2007 Remuneration Report |
763,322,821 |
684,229,377 |
89.64 |
79,093,444 |
10.36 |
15,351,428 |
|
3. To re-appoint the joint auditors |
778,574,148 |
778,480,014 |
99.99 |
94,134 |
0.01 |
100,102 |
|
4. To authorise the Board to determine the joint auditors' remuneration |
778,596,619 |
778,520,688 |
99.99 |
75,931 |
0.01 |
77,631 |
|
5. To re-appoint Michael Jackson as a Director |
778,628,698 |
729,351,021 |
93.67 |
49,277,677 |
6.33 |
45,552 |
|
6. To re-appoint Stephen Box as a Director |
778,628,698 |
729,380,650 |
93.68 |
49,248,048 |
6.32 |
45,552 |
|
7. To re-apoint Tim Bristow as a Director |
778,618,698 |
777,659,397 |
99.88 |
959,301 |
0.12 |
55,552 |
|
8. To re-appoint John Davy as a Director |
778,618,698 |
746,490,002 |
95.87 |
32,128,696 |
4.13 |
55,552 |
|
9. To re-appoint Emilo Gomez as a Director |
778,628,698 |
728,238,105 |
93.53 |
50,390,593 |
6.47 |
45,552 |
|
10. To re-appoint Lord Moonie as a Director |
778,628,698 |
777,589,095 |
99.87 |
1,039,603 |
0.13 |
45,552 |
|
11. Authority to make market purchases of own Shares |
778,608,975 |
730,242,908 |
93.79 |
48,366,067 |
6.21 |
65,275 |
Note: 4,115,193,850 ordinary shares of 0.0015 pence per share ('Shares') in issue as at 13 May 2008 of which 102,274,973 Shares are held in the PartyGaming Plc Shares Trust (the 'Employee Trust'), the trustee of the Employee Trust has waived all voting rights in respect of these Shares. Therefore the total number of Shares with voting rights was 4,012,918,877 as at 13 May 2008.
The Company will file for inspection a copy of the special resolution (resolution 11) at the Financial Services Authority's Document Viewing Facility, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS.
Enquiries:
PartyGaming Plc + 350 200 78700
Robert Hoskin, Company Secretary
Simon Smith, Deputy Company Secretary
Related Shares:
BPTY.L