Result of AGM

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Entain plc announced that at its Annual General Meeting held on April 29, 2026, all resolutions were approved by shareholders. Key resolutions included the approval of the 2025 annual report and accounts with 98.97% of votes cast in favour, the Directors' remuneration report with 95.55% in favour, and the Directors' Remuneration Policy with 96.25% in favour. The re-appointment of KPMG LLP as auditor received overwhelming support with 99.99% of votes cast. Additionally, all directors proposed for re-election and election were approved, with the lowest support for Ricky Sandler at 94.15% and the highest for Michael Goldberg and Edmond Mesrobian at 99.58%. The company also received strong approval for the general disapplication of pre-emption rights (98.98%), disapplication for acquisitions (98.98%), authorisation to acquire shares (99.98%), and approval of revised Articles of Association (99.98%).

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Entain PLC
29 April 2026
 

29 April 2026

Entain plc

("Entain" or "Group" or "Company")

2026 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") Results

Entain plc (LSE: ENT), the global sports betting and gaming group, announces that, at its AGM which was held today, all resolutions as set out in the Company's notice of AGM dated 20 March 2026 were approved.

 

Ordinary Resolutions

Total

For

Against

Withheld

Number

Votes Cast

Number

% of shares voted

Number

% of shares voted

Number

1. To receive the Company's annual report and

audited accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025 

 

509,859,915

            504,588,488

 

 

98.97%

                5,271,427

 

1.03%

                   282,544

2. To approve the Directors' remuneration report for 2025

            510,123,092

            487,401,738

 

95.55%

              22,721,354

 

4.45%

                     19,367

3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy

            510,123,013

            490,982,389

 

96.25%

              19,140,624

 

3.75%

                     19,446

4. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor

            510,111,672

            510,047,879

 

99.99%

                     63,793

 

0.01%

                     30,787

5. To authorise the Audit & Risk Committee to agree the auditor's remuneration

            510,113,450

            510,051,573

 

99.99%

                     61,877

 

0.01%

                     29,009

6. To re-elect Pierre Bouchut as Director

            510,124,116

            493,755,095

 

96.79%

              16,369,021

 

3.21%

                     18,343

7. To re-elect Stella David as Director

            510,126,574

            502,631,012

 

98.53%

                7,495,562

 

1.47%

                     15,885

8. To re-elect Amanda Brown as Director

            510,125,539

            490,063,603

 

96.07%

              20,061,936

 

3.93%

                     16,920

9. To re-elect Virginia McDowell as Director

            510,124,861

            496,998,700

 

97.43%

              13,126,161

 

2.57%

                     17,598

10. To re-elect Ricky Sandler as Director

            510,119,454

            480,275,474

 

94.15%

              29,843,980

 

5.85%

                     23,005

11. To re-elect David Satz as Director

            510,123,691

            503,788,667

 

98.76%

                6,335,024

 

1.24%

                     18,768

12. To re-elect Rahul Welde as Director

            510,121,689

            498,201,016

 

97.66%

              11,920,673

 

2.34%

                     20,770

13. To re-elect Helen Ashton as Director

            510,125,287

            507,478,376

 

99.48%

                2,646,911

 

0.52%

                     17,172

14. To elect Michael Goldberg as Director

            510,118,516

            507,977,358

 

99.58%

                2,141,158

 

0.42%

                     23,943

15. To elect Edmond Mesrobian as Director

            510,115,957

            507,993,150

 

99.58%

                2,122,807

 

0.42%

                     26,502

16. To elect Michael Snape as Director

            510,118,138

            505,802,162

 

99.15%

                4,315,976

 

0.85%

                     24,321

17. To authorise the Directors to allot the Company's shares

            510,123,518

            490,354,011

 

96.12%

              19,769,507

 

3.88%

                     18,941

Special Resolutions

           

           


               


                  

18. To approve the general disapplication of pre-emption rights 

            509,416,502

            504,201,376

 

98.98%

                5,215,126

 

1.02%

                   725,957

19. To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights for acquisitions and other capital investment

            510,116,122

            504,934,933

 

98.98%

                5,181,189

 

1.02%

                     26,337

20. To authorise the Directors to acquire the Company's shares

            509,807,012

            509,690,164

 

99.98%

                   116,848

 

0.02%

                   335,447

21. To approve the revised Articles of Association

            510,121,345

            510,005,207

 

99.98%

                   116,138

 

0.02%

                     21,114

 

Note: As at 29 April 2026 Entain has 639,907,852 ordinary shares of €0.01 each in issue and the total number of voting rights is 639,907,852.

 

Enquiries:

Company Secretary

 

Investor Relations - Entain plc

 

secretary@entaingroup.com

 

investors@entaingroup.com

 

Media - Entain plc

media@entaingroup.com

 

Sodali & Co

 

Rob Greening/Russ Lynch/Sam Austrums

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7250 1446

 

entain@sodali.com

 

LEI: 213800GNI3K45LQR8L28

About Entain plc

Entain plc (LSE: ENT) is a FTSE100 company and is one of the world's largest sports betting and gaming groups, operating both online and in the retail sector. The Group owns a comprehensive portfolio of established brands; Sports brands include BetCity, bwin, Coral, Crystalbet, Eurobet, Ladbrokes, Neds, Sportingbet, Sports Interaction, STS and SuperSport; Gaming brands include Foxy Bingo, Gala, GiocoDigitale, Ninja Casino, Optibet, Partypoker and PartyCasino. The Group operates the TAB NZ brand as part of a long-term strategic partnership with TAB New Zealand. The Group owns proprietary technology across all its core product verticals and in addition to its B2C operations, provides services to a number of third-party customers on a B2B basis.

The Group has a 50/50 joint venture, BetMGM, a leader in sports betting and iGaming in the US. Entain provides the technology and capabilities which power BetMGM as well as exclusive games and products, specially developed at its in-house gaming studios.

The Group is tax resident in the UK and is the only global operator to exclusively operate in domestically regulated or regulating markets operating in over 30 territories.

Entain is a leader in ESG, being AAA rated by MSCI, and a member of the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook and the FTSE4Good. For more information see the Group's website: www.entaingroup.com

 

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