Result of Annual General Meeting

RNS Number : 4322Y

Sportech PLC

17 May 2016

 

17 May 2016

Sportech PLC

Result of Annual General Meeting

Sportech PLC ("the Company") confirms that all resolutions proposed at the Annual General Meeting held on Tuesday 17 May 2016 at 10.00 a.m. at the offices of Olswang LLP, 90 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6XX and set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 15 April 2016 were duly passed on a show of hands. 

The final proxy voting position is shown below. Any proxy votes which are at the discretion of the Chairman have been included in the "In Favour" total. 

		In Favour		Against	Withheld
	Resolutions	Number	%	Number	Number
1	Ordinary Resolution - to receive and adopt the accounts of the Company and the reports of the Directors and the Auditors of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2015.	175,383,084	99.79	308,866	355
2	Ordinary Resolution - to approve the Directors' Remuneration Report (as that term is used in Section 439 of the Companies Act 2006) for the year ended 31 December 2015.	175,117,346	99.64	573,634	1,367
3	Ordinary Resolution - to re-appoint Peter Williams, retiring by rotation in accordance with the Articles of Association, as a Director of the Company.	Resolution Withdrawn
4	Ordinary Resolution - to re-appoint Roger Withers, retiring by rotation in accordance with the Articles of Association, as a Director of the Company.	174,411,877	99.64	572,586	707,822
5	Ordinary Resolution - to re-appoint Maneck Kalifa (familiar name Mickey), appointed by the Directors in the previous twelve months and who is retiring in accordance with the Articles of Association and standing for re-appointment by the shareholders of the Company, as a Director of the Company.	175,015,307	99.96	22,497	654,481
6	Ordinary Resolution - to re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors of the Company to hold office from the conclusion of the Meeting until the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company at which accounts are laid.	167,872,097	95.9	7,132,051	687,783
7	Ordinary Resolution - to authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the Auditors of the Company.	149,705,843	85.5	25,329,969	651,722
8	Ordinary Resolution - authority of Directors to allot shares	175,599,550	99.94	51,362	35,467
9	Special Resolution - disapplication of pre-emption rights on share allotment	175,082,589	99.63	603,163	1,387
10	Special Resolution - authority for market purchases of own shares	175,101,559	99.64	580,905	5,070
11	Special Resolution - notice of general meetings	175,025,685	99.6	656,804	5,066

A copy of the resolutions passed as Special Business at the Annual General Meeting is being submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism document viewing facility at:

http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

The proxy figures for the resolutions will also be displayed on the Company's corporate website, www.sportechplc.com.

-Ends-

Mickey Kalifa, Chief Financial Officer                                                  Tel: [phone]

Sportech PLC

Brunswick Group LLP                                                                         Tel: [phone]

Mike Smith, Stuart Donnelly

 

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