Playtech PLC Results of Annual General Meeting (4611F)

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RNS Number : 4611F

Playtech PLC

17 May 2017

17th May 2017

Playtech plc

(the "Company")

Results of Annual General Meeting

Playtech plc announces that the following resolutions were passed at the Company's Annual General Meeting held this morning, 17th May 2017. All resolutions put to the meeting were duly passed on a poll. Any proxy votes which are at the discretion of the Chairman have been included in the "For" total.

For information, the votes cast were as follows:

 
 Resolutions              For       % Votes    Against     % Votes      Total        Vote 
                                      cast                   cast       Votes       Withheld 
                                                                         Cast 
                                                                        (excl. 
                                                                        Votes 
                                                                      Withheld) 
-------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  ------------  ---------- 
 1. Report and 
  accounts            226,653,683    98.78     2,790,566    1.22     229,444,249    10,904 
-------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  ------------  ---------- 
 2a. Remuneration 
  Policy              155,468,078    67.95    73,280,483    32.05    228,748,561    706,590 
-------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  ------------  ---------- 
 2b. Remuneration 
  Report              154,617,671    67.58    74,130,890    32.42    228,748,561    706,590 
-------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  ------------  ---------- 
 3. Reappoint 
  the auditors        211,646,502    92.24    17,808,202    7.76     229,454,704      448 
-------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  ------------  ---------- 
 4. Final Dividend    229,443,973    99.99        11,180    0.01     229,455,153       0 
-------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  ------------  ---------- 
 5. Re-Elect 
  Paul Hewitt         221,764,933    96.65     7,689,888    3.35     229,454,821      332 
-------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  ------------  ---------- 
 6. Re-Elect 
  John Jackson        208,144,510    90.71    21,310,108    9.29     229,454,618      534 
-------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  ------------  ---------- 
 7. Re-Elect 
  Claire Milne        220,442,903    96.08     8,998,188    3.92     229,441,091    14,062 
-------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  ------------  ---------- 
 8. Re-Elect 
  AndrewThomas        201,669,408    87.89    27,785,413    12.11    229,454,821      332 
-------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  ------------  ---------- 
 9. Re-Elect 
  Alan Jackson        191,558,186    83.62    37,512,666    16.38    229,070,852    384,300 
-------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  ------------  ---------- 
 10. Re-Elect 
  Andrew Smith        228,641,858    99.65       812,963    0.35     229,454,821      332 
-------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  ------------  ---------- 
 11. Re-Elect 
  Mor Weizer          229,244,857    99.91       210,181    0.09     229,455,038      115 
-------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  ------------  ---------- 
 12. Authority 
  to allot 
  shares              225,192,559    98.14     4,262,594    1.86     229,455,153       0 
-------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  ------------  ---------- 
 13. Disapply 
  pre-emption 
  rights              211,889,965    92.70    16,690,040    7.30     228,580,005    875,147 
-------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  ------------  ---------- 
 14. Purchase 
  own shares          227,526,571    99.19     1,854,371    0.81     229,380,942    74,210 
-------------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  ------------  ---------- 
 

At 17 May 2017, the issued share capital of the Company was 317,344,603 ordinary shares of no par value.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions 12, 13 and 14 will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for viewing at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm

The proxy figures for the resolutions will also displayed on the Company's corporate website - www.playtech.com

For further information contact:

 
 Brian Moore 
  Company Secretary 
  Playtech plc         01624 645999 
 

About Playtech

Playtech is a market leader in the gambling and financial trading industries. Founded in 1999 and listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (LEI code: 21380068TTB6Z9ZEU548), Playtech has more than 5,000 employees in 17 countries.

Playtech is the gambling industry's leading software and services supplier with more than 130 licensees globally, including many of the world's leading regulated online, retail and mobile operators, land-based casino groups, government sponsored entities such as lotteries, and new entrants opening operations in newly-regulated markets. Its business intelligence-driven gambling software offering includes casino, live casino, bingo, poker and sports betting.

It is the pioneer of omni-channel gambling which, through Playtech ONE, offers operators and their customers, a seamless, anytime, anywhere experience across any product, any channel (online, mobile, retail) and any device using a single account and single wallet. It provides marketing expertise, sophisticated CRM solutions and other services for operators seeking a full turnkey solution. Playtech's Financials division operates both on a B2C and B2B basis. Its B2C focused offering is an established and growing online CFDs broker, operating the brand markets.com. Its B2B offering includes the division's proprietary trading platform, CRM and back-office systems, as well as its liquidity technology platform which provides retail brokers with multi-asset execution, prime brokerage services, liquidity and complementary risk management tools

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