Sportech PLC Result of General Meeting (4703J)

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RNS Number : 4703J

Sportech PLC

23 August 2021

 
 For immediate release   23 August 2021 
 

Sportech PLC

("Sportech" or the "Company")

Result of General Meeting

Sportech (AIM:SPO), an international betting technology business, is pleased to announce that at the general meeting held earlier today, the special resolutions put to shareholders (which were contained in the Circular and Notice of General Meeting dated 6 August 2021) were duly passed.

The results of the proxy voting position received in advance of the General Meeting is reported below:

 
 Resolution                      For               Against       Withheld   Total votes 
                                                                                cast 
                           No. of        %      No. of     % 
                            votes                votes 
                        ------------  -------  -------  ------  ---------  ------------ 
 To authorise, 
  subject to Court 
  approval, reducing 
  the issued share 
  capital as detailed 
  within the Notice 
  of General Meeting     124,128,624   99.998   3,000    0.002   516,908    124,131,624 
                        ------------  -------  -------  ------  ---------  ------------ 
 To authorise, 
  the repurchase 
  and cancellation 
  of shares as 
  detailed within 
  the Notice of 
  the General 
  Meeting.               124,129,624   99.998   2,000    0.002   516,908    124,131,624 
                        ------------  -------  -------  ------  ---------  ------------ 
 

Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalised terms in this announcement have the same meaning as in the shareholder circular published on 6 August 2021 available on the Company's website at www.sportechplc.com.

Notes:

A "vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentage of the votes validly cast for or against the resolution.

As at the time of the meeting, the Company had 188,751,257 Ordinary Shares. Each of these shares carry one vote. The Company held no shares in treasury.

The full text of the Special Resolutions is contained in the notice of general meeting set out in the Circular, a copy of which is available on the Company's website at www.sportechplc.com.

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 Contacts: 
 Sportech PLC                           [e-mail] 
  Giles Vardey, Chairman 
  Richard McGuire, Chief Executive 
  Officer 
 Peel Hunt (Nominated Adviser           Tel: [phone] 
  & Broker) 
  George Sellar 
  Andrew Clark 
  Will Bell 
 Buchanan (Financial Communications)    Tel: [phone] 
  Henry Harrison-Topham                  [e-mail] 
  Jamie Hooper 
  George Beale 
 

Notes to Editors:

About Sportech

Sportech PLC, an international betting technology business, delivers solutions and services for gaming companies and lottery clients in highly regulated markets. Sportech also owns and operates gaming venues and digital betting platforms in Connecticut under exclusive licences.

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