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WMH William Hill Plc

271.80
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Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
William Hill Plc LSE:WMH London Ordinary Share GB0031698896 ORD 10P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  0.00 0.00% 271.80 271.70 271.80 0.00 00:00:00
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
0 0 N/A 0

William Hill PLC Result of AGM (1690Z)

15/05/2019 4:54pm

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William Hill PLC

15 May 2019

WILLIAM HILL PLC

Result of 2019 Annual General Meeting (AGM)

15 May 2019

William Hill PLC (LSE:WMH) announces that at its Annual General Meeting ('AGM') held today, Wednesday 15 May 2019 at 2.30pm at No. 11 Cavendish Square, 11-13 Cavendish Square, London, W1G 0AN, all resolutions were passed by shareholders.

The full text of the resolutions considered are contained in the 2019 Notice of Meeting dated 11 March 2019. These documents are available on the William Hill PLC website http://www.williamhillplc.com/.

The following table shows the total number of votes cast for each resolution:

 
 Resolution                                           For                 Against       % 
                                                                   %                            Withheld 
              To receive the annual report 
     1         and accounts                       606,431,041   99.98     106,848     0.02    8,760,535 
             ----------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ----------- 
              To approve the annual report 
     2         on remuneration                    529,853,631   99.83     916,747     0.17    84,525,283 
             ----------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ----------- 
     3        To declare a final dividend         615,165,224   100.00     29,550     0.00     103,640 
             ----------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ----------- 
     4        To elect Gordon Wilson              614,215,583   99.97     211,655     0.03     869,868 
             ----------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ----------- 
     5        To re-elect Roger Devlin            611,103,419   99.46    3,315,623    0.54     875,374 
             ----------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ----------- 
     6        To re-elect Philip Bowcock          612,473,771   99.67    2,004,464    0.33     819,591 
             ----------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ----------- 
     7        To re-elect Ruth Prior              611,722,707   99.55    2,757,204    0.45     817,915 
             ----------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ----------- 
     8        To re-elect Mark Brooker            611,605,364   99.53    2,865,768    0.47     826,694 
             ----------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ----------- 
     9        To re-elect Georgina Harvey         611,620,527   99.54    2,847,801    0.46     829,498 
             ----------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ----------- 
     10       To re-elect Robin Terrell           607,735,118   98.90    6,730,590    1.10     832,118 
             ----------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ----------- 
              To authorise the Audit and 
               Risk Management Committee 
     11        to re-appoint the Auditors         591,287,543   96.12    23,869,515   3.88     141,258 
             ----------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ----------- 
              To authorise the Audit and 
               Risk Management Committee 
               to determine the auditors' 
     12        remuneration                       611,063,182   99.34    4,086,002    0.66     149,133 
             ----------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ----------- 
              Authority to make or incur 
               EU political donations and 
     13        EU political expenditure           597,752,272   97.17    17,440,169   2.83      96,389 
             ----------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ----------- 
     14       Authority to allot securities       530,446,851   86.24    84,668,500   13.76    182,966 
             ----------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ----------- 
              To disapply statutory pre-emption 
     15        right*                             529,620,440   86.11    85,464,392   13.89    211,856 
             ----------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ----------- 
              To authorise the Company 
     16        to purchase its own shares*        605,458,753   98.45    9,544,641    1.55     294,922 
             ----------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ----------- 
              To authorise the Company 
               to call general meetings, 
               other than annual general 
               meetings, on not less than 
     17        14 clear days' notice*             599,373,131   97.43    15,803,556   2.57     121,630 
             ----------------------------------  ------------  -------  -----------  ------  ----------- 
 

*Special Resolution requiring a 75% majority

Any proxy votes which are at the discretion of the Chairman have been included in the "For" total. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards votes cast "For" or "Against" a resolution. The total issued share capital of the Company as at close of business on 15 May 2019 was 900,725,706 with total voting rights as at the same date of 874,098,790.

A copy of the resolutions passed at the meeting, other than ordinary business, will be uploaded today to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

The total votes cast for each resolution will also be displayed on the corporate website www.williamhillplc.com.

OAM: Additional Regulated Information

LEI: 213800MDW41W5UZQIX82

Enquiries:

Balbir Kelly-Bisla

Company Secretary

William Hill PLC

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7612 3000

About William Hill

William Hill PLC is one of the world's leading betting and gaming companies, employing c15,500 people. Its origins are in the UK where it was founded in 1934, and where it is listed on the London Stock Exchange. The majority of its GBP1.6 billion annual revenues are still derived from the UK, where it has a national presence of licensed betting offices and one of the leading online betting and gaming services. In 2012, it established William Hill US with a focus on retail and mobile operations in Nevada, the largest sports betting business in the US. Following the ruling in May 2018 by the US Supreme Court that the federal ban on state sponsored sports betting was unconstitutional, William Hill US has expanded into new states as they regulate sports betting. It is now operating in seven states: Nevada, New Jersey, Delaware, Rhode Island, Mississippi, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. William Hill's Online business acquired Mr Green & Co AB in January 2019, growing its international operations. William Hill PLC is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of both the FTSE 250 and FTSE4Good Indices.

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.

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