Result of EGM

RNS Number : 0841H
Sportech PLC
12 February 2010
 



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For immediate release

12 February 2010

Sportech PLC

("Sportech" or the "Company")

 

Result of Extraordinary General Meeting

 

Further to the announcement on 11 February 2010 of the results of the Firm Placing and Placing and Open Offer, the Board of Sportech is pleased to announce that each of the Resolutions proposed at the Extraordinary General Meeting held today at 11.00a.m. to approve the proposed Acquisition and Capital Raising and other related matters were duly passed without amendment.

 

Proxy votes (including votes withheld) were cast for a total of 82,387,922 existing Ordinary Shares of the Company, representing 81.85 per cent. of the total number of votes (100,652,603 existing Ordinary Shares) capable of being cast at the meeting.

 

The results are set out in the table below:

 

Resolution

For

Against

Withheld

Number

%

Number

%

Number

1   To Approve Acquisition

82,289,869

99.99%

5,238

0.01%

92,815

2   To Approve Capital Raising

82,195,766

99.88%

102,041

0.12%

90,115

3   To Approve Share Scheme Award

65,784,884

79.87%

16,581,338

20.13%

21,700

 

 

 

Enquiries

Sportech

Tel: 0207 268 2400

Ian Penrose (Chief Executive Officer)

 

Steven Cunliffe (Finance Director)

 

Close Brothers (joint sponsor and financial adviser to Sportech)

Tel: 020 7655 3100

Richard Madden

Henry Wells

Guy Gillett


 

Investec (joint sponsor and broker to Sportech)

Tel: 0207 597 5970

Patrick Robb

Martin Smith

All PR enquiries to Pelham Bell Pottinger:

Tel: 0207 861 3232

David Rydell/Rosanne Perry/Emma Kent

 

 


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