9th May 2013 13:00
William Hill PLC
AGM statement
9 May 2013
William Hill PLC (LSE: WMH) announces the results of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) held today, Thursday, 9 May, 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 19 March 2013 were duly passed on a show of hands. 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 "In Favour" total.
Resolution | In Favour | Against | Withheld | Percentage in favour | |
1 | Annual Report | 614,152,735 | 7,574,605 | 239,874 | 98.78% |
2 | Remuneration Report | 602,620,148 | 17,904,025 | 1,443,528 | 97.11% |
3 | Final Dividend | 621,373,551 | 10,341 | 582,551 | 100.00% |
4 | Re-appoint Gareth Davis | 610,768,500 | 7,960,787 | 3,246,127 | 98.71% |
5 | Re-appoint Ralph Topping | 620,478,991 | 1,210,754 | 285,669 | 99.81% |
6 | Re-appoint Neil Cooper | 620,530,441 | 1,151,908 | 293,065 | 99.81% |
7 | Re-appoint David Edmonds | 619,605,349 | 2,039,152 | 330,913 | 99.67% |
8 | Re-appoint Georgina Harvey | 620,647,645 | 1,005,899 | 321,870 | 99.84% |
9 | Re-appoint Ashley Highfield | 613,446,433 | 2,751,633 | 5,777,347 | 99.55% |
10 | Re-appoint David Lowden | 616,798,557 | 1,905,534 | 3,271,323 | 99.69% |
11 | Re-appoint Imelda Walsh | 619,694,627 | 1,960,677 | 319,025 | 99.68% |
12 | Re-appoint Auditors | 602,642,619 | 18,003,121 | 1,321,961 | 97.10% |
13 | Auditors' Remuneration | 606,521,030 | 14,145,660 | 1,297,141 | 97.72% |
14 | Political Donations & Expenditure | 613,921,727 | 5,363,906 | 2,673,779 | 99.13% |
15 | Allot Shares | 605,276,676 | 15,751,952 | 932,120 | 97.46% |
16 | Establish schedules to the International Plan | 621,349,916 | 262,319 | 363,179 | 99.96% |
17 | Allot Equity Securities for Cash | 621,250,564 | 352,832 | 372,018 | 99.94% |
18 | Market Purchases of Ordinary Shares | 614,555,400 | 1,700,567 | 5,719,446 | 99.72% |
19 | General Meeting | 584,460,329 | 37,231,888 | 283,197 | 94.01% |
20 | Amend Articles of Association | 621,558,510 | 57,658 | 357,024 | 99.99% |
A copy of the resolutions passed at the meeting and the proxy figures is being uploaded today to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing.
The proxy figures for the resolutions will also be displayed on the corporate website www.williamhillplc.com.
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Enquiries:
William Hill PLC
Lyndsay Wright, Director of IR
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8918 3614
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About William Hill PLC
William Hill, The Home of Betting, is one of the world's leading betting and gaming companies, employing more than 17,000 people. Founded in 1934, it is now the UK's largest bookmaker with around 2,400 licensed betting offices that provide betting opportunities on a wide range of sporting and non-sporting events, gaming on machines and numbers-based products including lotteries. William Hill Online (www.williamhill.com) is one of Europe's leading online betting and gaming businesses, providing customers with the opportunity to access William Hill's products online, through their mobile, by telephone and by text services. William Hill US was established in June 2012 and provides land-based and mobile sports betting services in Nevada, and is the exclusive risk manager for the State of Delaware's sports lottery. The Group acquired the Sportingbet Australia business in March 2013, which is one of the leading online corporate bookmakers in Australia, offerings sports betting products online, by telephone and via mobile devices. William Hill PLC is listed on the London Stock Exchange and became part of the FTSE100 in May 2013. The Group generates revenues of over £1.2bn a year.
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