Games Workshop Group PLC AGM Voting Results (8960L)

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Games Workshop Group PLC

15 September 2021

Games Workshop Group PLC

(the "Company")

2021 AGM voting results

For immediate release 15 September 2021

At the AGM held today at 10am, all of the resolutions, as set out in the notice of meeting, were duly passed on a poll by the shareholders. Details of the proxy votes received in respect of each resolution are detailed below and will be posted on the Company's investor relations website at investor.games-workshop.com

 
                                                                                            % of ISC 
                                                                                               voted 
                                                             Votes               Votes    (exc votes         Votes 
                                          Votes      %     against      %        total     withheld)     withheld* 
                                            for 
 Ordinary 
  business 
              --------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  -----  -----------  ------------  ------------ 
               To receive 
 Resolution     the 2021 
  1             annual report        24,824,952   99.9      20,307    0.1   24,845,259          75.8        80,933 
              --------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  -----  -----------  ------------  ------------ 
               To re-elect 
 Resolution     Kevin Rountree 
  2             as a director        24,902,688   99.9      20,154    0.1   24,922,842          76.0         3,260 
              --------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  -----  -----------  ------------  ------------ 
               To re-elect 
 Resolution     Rachel Tongue 
  3             as a director        24,898,000   99.9      24,720    0.1   24,922,720          76.0         3,472 
              --------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  -----  -----------  ------------  ------------ 
               To re-elect 
 Resolution     Elaine O'Donnell 
  4             as a director        24,155,506   96.9     767,344    3.1   24,922,850          76.0         3,342 
              --------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  -----  -----------  ------------  ------------ 
               To re-elect 
 Resolution     John Brewis 
  5             as a director        23,477,746   96.5     855,270    3.5   24,333,016          74.2       593,176 
              --------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  -----  -----------  ------------  ------------ 
               To re-elect 
 Resolution     Kate Marsh 
  6             as a director        24,726,232   99.2     196,589    0.8   24,922,821          76.0         3,371 
              --------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  -----  -----------  ------------  ------------ 
               To elect 
 Resolution     Sally Matthews 
  7             as a director        24,918,578    100       3,746    0.0   24,922,324          76.0         3,868 
              --------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  -----  -----------  ------------  ------------ 
               To appoint 
 Resolution     KPMG LLP 
  8             as auditors          24,689,475   99.1     233,060    0.9   24,922,535          76.0         3,657 
              --------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  -----  -----------  ------------  ------------ 
               To authorise 
                the directors 
                to fix the 
 Resolution     auditors 
  9             remuneration         24,925,045    100         809    0.0   24,925,854          76.0           338 
              --------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  -----  -----------  ------------  ------------ 
               To approve 
                the remuneration 
                report (excluding 
                the directors' 
 Resolution     remuneration 
  10            policy)              20,074,607   83.0   4,109,527   17.0   24,184,134          73.8       741,058 
              --------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  -----  -----------  ------------  ------------ 
               To approve 
 Resolution     the remuneration 
  11            policy               20,355,278   85.4   3,488,250   14.6   23,843,528          72.7     1,082,664 
              --------------------  -----------  -----  ----------  -----  -----------  ------------  ------------ 
 
 
 Special 
  business 
               To authorise 
                the directors 
                to allot 
 Resolution     relevant 
  12            securities          24,566,615   98.6   356,823   1.4   24,923,438   76.0    2,752 
              -------------------  -----------  -----  --------  ----  -----------  -----  ------- 
               To disapply 
 Resolution     pre-emption 
  13            rights              24,757,099   99.3   165,549   0.7   24,922,648   76.0    3,542 
              -------------------  -----------  -----  --------  ----  -----------  -----  ------- 
               To authorise 
                the directors 
                to make market 
                purchases 
 Resolution     of the Company's 
  14            own shares          24,583,642   98.8   288,370   1.2   24,872,012   75.9   54,178 
              -------------------  -----------  -----  --------  ----  -----------  -----  ------- 
 

i)* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against resolutions

ii) Any votes that give discretion to the Chairman have been included in the "For" total.

iii) At close of business on 14 September 2021 there were 32,776,471 shares in issue.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed as special business of the meeting will be uploaded to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://www.fca.org.uk/markets/primary-markets/regulatory-disclosures/national-storage-mechanism

For further information, please contact:

 
 Games Workshop Group PLC 
 Kevin Rountree, CEO 
 Rachel Tongue, Group Finance 
  Director 
 
 Investor relations website       http://investor.games-workshop.com 
 General website                              www.games-workshop.com 
 
 
 
 

The 2021 annual report and all other recent announcements may be viewed at the investor relations website at the address above.

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