MONTREAL,
June 21, 2017
/CNW/ - Amaya Inc. (NASDAQ: AYA; TSX: AYA) is pleased to
announce that all resolutions considered at today's 2017 annual and
special meeting of shareholders were approved by its
shareholders.
The resolutions approved by the shareholders present in
person or represented by proxy at the meeting were as
follows:
- All director nominees, each of whom is independent, were
duly elected or re-elected to Amaya's board of
directors:
|
|
|
|
For
|
Withheld
|
Name
|
Number
|
%
|
Number
|
%
|
Divyesh (Dave) Gadhia
|
75,700,767
|
99.98%
|
14,909
|
0.02%
|
Harlan Goodson
|
75,712,616
|
99.97%
|
19,660
|
0.03%
|
Alfred F. Hurley, Jr.
|
75,716,353
|
99.98%
|
15,923
|
0.02%
|
David Lazzarato
|
75,699,654
|
99.98%
|
16,022
|
0.02%
|
Peter E. Murphy
|
75,724,151
|
99.99%
|
8,125
|
0.01%
|
Mary Turner
|
75,681,252
|
99.93%
|
51,024
|
0.07%
|
Each director will serve until Amaya's next annual meeting
of shareholders or until their respective successors are elected or
appointed or they otherwise cease to hold office. Following the
meeting, the Board re-appointed Mr. Gadhia as Chairman of the
Board. Messrs. Lazzarato, Hurley and Murphy and Ms. Turner will
serve as members of the Audit Committee of the Board, with Mr.
Hurley currently expected to continue to serve on the Audit
Committee through December
2017. Messrs. Hurley, Gadhia and Goodson will
remain as members of the Corporate Governance, Nominating and
Compensation Committee of the Board. Mr. Lazzarato will continue to
chair the Audit Committee and Mr. Hurley will continue to chair the
Corporate Governance, Nominating and Compensation
Committee.
- Deloitte LLP, London,
England was re-appointed as independent, external auditor of
Amaya for the ensuing year or until its successor is appointed, and
the Board was authorized to fix its remuneration.
- The proposed corporate name change to "The Stars Group
Inc." and continuance under the Business
Corporations Act (Ontario)
pursuant to which Amaya will become an Ontario corporation, inclusive of the adoption
of the articles of continuance and the new by-laws of Amaya under
such act, were each approved. Amaya currently expects that the name
change, continuance, and previously announced head office move to
Toronto will be completed by the
end of August 2017.
The resolutions voted on at the meeting are described in
more detail in Amaya's Management Information Circular, dated
May 21, 2017, which was mailed to
shareholders of Amaya and is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com
and Edgar at www.sec.gov. The full report of voting results has
been filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on EDGAR at
www.sec.gov.
About Amaya
Amaya is a leading provider of technology-based products
and services in the global gaming and interactive entertainment
industries. Amaya ultimately owns gaming and related consumer
businesses and brands including PokerStars, PokerStars Casino,
BetStars, Full Tilt, StarsDraft, and the PokerStars Championship
and PokerStars Festival live poker tour brands (incorporating
aspects of the European Poker Tour, PokerStars Caribbean Adventure,
Latin American Poker Tour and the Asia Pacific Poker Tour). These
brands have more than 111 million cumulative registered
customers globally and collectively form the largest poker business
in the world, comprising online poker games and tournaments,
sponsored live poker competitions, marketing arrangements for
branded poker rooms in popular casinos in major cities around the
world, and poker programming and content created for television and
online audiences. Amaya, through certain of these brands, also
offers non-poker gaming products, including casino, sportsbook and
daily fantasy sports. Amaya, through certain of its subsidiaries,
is licensed or approved to offer, or offers under third party
licenses or approvals, its products and services in various
jurisdictions throughout the world, including in Europe, both within and outside of the
European Union, the Americas and elsewhere. In particular,
PokerStars is the world's most licensed online gaming brand,
holding licenses or related operating approvals in 17
jurisdictions.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements
and Other Information
This news release contains forward-looking statements and
information within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 and applicable securities laws, including,
without limitation, certain expectations related to the completion
of the corporate name change, continuance and head office
relocation. Forward-looking statements can, but may not always, be
identified by the use of words such as "anticipate", "plan",
"continue", "estimate", "expect", "may", "will", "intend", "could",
"might", "would", "should", "believe", and similar references to
future periods or the negatives of these words and expressions.
These statements are based on management's current expectations and
are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and assumptions,
including market and economic conditions, business prospects or
opportunities, future plans and strategies, projections,
technological developments, anticipated events and trends and
regulatory changes that affect Amaya, its customers and its
industries. Although Amaya and management believe the expectations
reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable and are
based on reasonable assumptions and estimates, there can be no
assurance that these assumptions or estimates are accurate or that
actual results will not differ materially from those expressed or
implied in forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements
are inherently subject to significant business, regulatory,
economic and competitive risks, uncertainties and contingencies
that could cause actual events to differ materially from those
expressed or implied in such statements. Specific risks and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to, certain expectations
related to the completion of the corporate name change, continuance
and head office relocation, and those identified under the heading
"Risk Factors and Uncertainties" in Amaya's Annual Information Form
for the year ended December 31, 2016 and "Risk Factors and
Uncertainties", "Limitations of Key Metrics and Other Data" and
"Key Metrics" in its Management's Discussion & Analysis
for the three months ended March 31, 2017, each available on
SEDAR at www.sedar.com, EDGAR at www.sec.gov and Amaya's website at
www.amaya.com, and in other filings that Amaya has made and may
make with applicable securities authorities in the future.
Investors are cautioned not to put undue reliance on
forward-looking statements. Each forward-looking statement speaks
only as of the date hereof, and Amaya undertakes no obligation to
correct or update any forward-looking statement, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as
required by applicable law.
Service as a director on the Board of Directors of Amaya
may be subject to gaming or other legal and regulatory
approval.
SOURCE Amaya Inc.