Entain plc
(“Entain”, the “Company”)
2021 Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) Results
At Entain’s AGM held today, all resolutions as set out in the Company’s notice of AGM dated 18 May 2021, were approved.
The proxy votes lodged in respect of the AGM resolutions were as follows:
| 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 2020 | 425,870,964 | 425,786,787 | 99.98 | 84,177 | 0.02 | 2,540,413 |
| 2. To approve the Directors’ remuneration report for 2020 | 428,370,977 | 422,362,208 | 98.60 | 6,008,769 | 1.40 | 40,400 |
| 3. To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditor | 428,401,553 | 426,049,484 | 99.45 | 2,352,069 | 0.55 | 9,824 |
| 4. To authorise the Directors to agree the auditor’s remuneration | 428,403,248 | 428,322,666 | 99.98 | 80,582 | 0.02 | 8,129 |
| 5. To elect David Satz as Director | 428,402,661 | 428,340,422 | 99.99 | 62,239 | 0.01 | 8,716 |
| 6. To elect Robert Hoskin as Director | 428,402,071 | 428,325,259 | 99.98 | 76,812 | 0.02 | 9,306 |
| 7. To elect Stella David as Director | 428,402,912 | 424,613,261 | 99.12 | 3,789,651 | 0.88 | 8,465 |
| 8. To elect Vicky Jarman as Director | 428,402,752 | 425,908,297 | 99.42 | 2,494,455 | 0.58 | 8,625 |
| 9. To elect Mark Gregory as Director | 428,402,661 | 428,335,733 | 99.98 | 66,928 | 0.02 | 8,716 |
| 10. To re-elect Rob Wood as Director | 428,402,030 | 426,262,781 | 99.50 | 2,139,249 | 0.50 | 9,347 |
| 11. To re-elect Jette Nygaard-Andersen as Director | 428,402,610 | 428,212,557 | 99.96 | 190,053 | 0.04 | 8,767 |
| 12. To re-elect J M Barry Gibson as Director | 428,402,353 | 424,410,472 | 99.07 | 3,991,881 | 0.93 | 9,024 |
| 13. To re-elect Peter Isola as Director | 428,402,222 | 426,044,393 | 99.45 | 2,357,829 | 0.55 | 9,155 |
| 14. To re-elect Pierre Bouchut as Director | 428,402,652 | 428,339,087 | 99.99 | 63,565 | 0.01 | 8,725 |
| 15. To re-elect Virginia McDowell as Director | 426,131,889 | 422,211,559 | 99.08 | 3,920,330 | 0.92 | 2,279,488 |
| 16. To approve and ratify aggregate fees paid to Non-Executive Directors | 428,307,216 | 424,922,121 | 99.21 | 3,385,095 | 0.79 | 104,161 |
| 17. To approve an increase to the maximum number of Board Members | 428,341,134 | 427,541,134 | 99.81 | 800,000 | 0.19 | 70,243 |
| 18. Authorise the Directors to allot the Company’s shares | 428,403,685 | 364,788,300 | 85.15 | 63,615,285 | 14.85 | 7,692 |
| Special Resolutions | ||||||
| 19. To approve the general disapplication of pre-emption rights | 427,479,607 | 427,307,077 | 99.96 | 172,530 | 0.04 | 931,770 |
| 20. To approve the specific disapplication of pre-emption rights for acquisitions and other capital investments | 427,540,972 | 414,202,672 | 96.88 | 13,338,300 | 3.12 | 932,780 |
| 21. To authorise the Directors to acquire the Company’s shares | 428,118,965 | 425,747,374 | 99.45 | 2,371,591 | 0.55 | 354,787 |
Note: As at 25 June 2021 Entain has 585,487,417 ordinary shares of €0.01 each in issue and the total number of voting rights is 585,487,417.
LEI: 213800GNI3K45LQR8L28
Enquiries:
| Company Secretary | |
Emily Carey | Tel: +44 (0) 203 938 0000 |
| Investor Relations | |
David Lloyd-Seed, Group Director of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications | Tel: +44 (0) 203 938 0000 |
Jay Dossetter, Head of ESG and Press Office | |
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 bwin, Bet.pt, Coral, Crystalbet, Eurobet, Ladbrokes, Neds and Sportingbet; Gaming Brands include CasinoClub, Foxy Bingo, Gala, Gioco Digitale, Ninja Casino, Optibet, partypoker and PartyCasino. 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 also entered into a joint-venture with MGM Resorts to capitalise on the sports betting and gaming opportunity in the US, through BetMGM. Entain provides the technology which powers BetMGM and exclusive games and products, specially developed at its in-house gaming studios. The Group is tax resident in the UK with licenses in a total of 27 regulated markets. Entain is a leader in ESG, a member of FTSE4Good, the DJSI and is AA rated by MSCI. The Group has set an SBT, committing to be carbon net zero by 2035 and through the Entain Foundation supports a variety of initiatives, focusing on safer gambling, grassroots sport, diversity in technology and community projects.
For more information see the Group's website: www.entaingroup.com