LONDON, June 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
Jackpotjoy plc (the "Company") (LSE: JPJ), a leading global
online bingo-led operator, announces that at the Company's Annual
General Meeting held on Thursday 7 June
2018, all of the resolutions, as set out in the Notice of
Annual General Meeting, were duly passed.
All resolutions were voted on by means of a poll. The
results of the poll are set out below:
Resolution For Against Total Withheld
No. of % of No. of % of No. of No. of
Votes Vote Votes Vote Votes Votes
Resolution 1:
To receive the
Company's annual
report
and accounts 35,818,536 100.00 0 0.00 35,818,536 0
Resolution 2:
To receive the
directors'
remuneration
report 35,711,642 99.71 103,952 0.29 35,815,594 2,942
Resolution 3:
To receive the
directors'
remuneration
report 33,849,091 96.66 1,168,790 3.34 35,017,881 800,655
Resolution 4:
To re-appoint
BDO LLP as
auditors 35,167,455 98.42 565,592 1.58 35,733,047 285,171
Resolution 5:
To authorise
the audit and
risk committee
to determine the
remuneration of
the auditors 34,967,773 98.41 565,592 1.59 35,533,365 285,171
Resolution 6:
To re-elect
Neil Goulden
as a director 34,936,775 97.54 881,761 2.46 35,818,536 0
Resolution 7:
To elect Simon
Wykes as a
director 35,798,097 99.94 20,439 0.06 35,818,536 0
Resolution 8:
To re-elect
Keith Laslop
as a director 35,608,195 99.41 210,341 0.59 35,818,536 0
Resolution 9:
To re-elect
Nigel Brewster
as a director 35,773,949 99.88 44,587 0.12 35,818,536 0
Resolution 10:
To re-elect
David Danziger
as a director 27,659,631 77.22 8,158,905 22.78 35,818,536 0
Resolution 11:
To re-elect
Paul Pathak
as a director 28,900,546 80.69 6,917,990 19.31 35,818,536 0
Resolution 12:
To re-elect
Jim Ryan
as a director 30,851,737 86.13 4,966,799 13.87 35,818,536 0
Resolution 13:
To re-elect
Colin Sturgeon
as a director 35,534,466 99.21 284,070 0.79 35,818,536 0
Resolution 14:
To authorise
the directors
to allot shares 33,467,811 93.44 2,350,625 6.56 35,818,436 100
Resolution 15:
To authorise
the company
to make
political
donations 33,960,229 94.83 1,851,617 5.17 35,811,846 6,690
Resolution 16:
Authorise the
disapplication
of pre-emption
rights in respect
of 5% of the
Company's issued
share capital 34,164,106 95.38 1,654,430 4.62 35,818,536 0
Resolution 17:
Authorise the
disapplication
of pre-emption
rights in respect
of an additional
5% of the
Company's
issued share
capital 34,164,006 95.38 1,654,430 4.62 35,818,436 100
Resolution 18:
Authorise the
purchase of own
shares 35,818,136 100.00 400 0.00 35,818,536 0
Resolution 19:
Authorise
the calling
of a general
meeting at short
notice 34,285,904 95.72 1,532,632 4.28 35,818,536 0
Jackpotjoy plc notes the level of voting against resolutions
relating to the re-election of certain non-executive directors. The
Company complies with the UK Corporate Governance Code (the "Code")
and is committed to a progressive refreshing of the composition of
the board of directors in accordance with Code provision B.2.
Notes:
Votes "For" and "Against" are expressed as a percentage of the
total votes received.
A "Vote withheld" is not treated as a vote in law and would not
be counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes cast
"For" or "Against" a resolution.
The current issued share capital of the Company consists of
74,258,930 ordinary shares of 10
pence each, carrying one vote each. Therefore, the total
number of ordinary shares in the Company with voting rights is
74,258,930.
In accordance with the Listing Rule 14.3.6 copies of all
resolutions other than resolutions concerning ordinary business
passed at the Company's Annual General Meeting will be submitted to
the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for
inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
About Jackpotjoy plc
Jackpotjoy plc is the parent company of an online gaming group
that provides entertainment to a global consumer base through its
subsidiaries. Jackpotjoy plc currently offers bingo and casino
games to its customers through its subsidiaries using the
Jackpotjoy (http://www.jackpotjoy.com), Starspins
(http://www.starspins.com), Botemania (http://www.botemania.es),
Vera&John (http://www.verajohn.com), Costa
(http://www.costabingo.com) and InterCasino
(http://www.intercasino.com) brands. For more information about
Jackpotjoy plc, please visit http://www.jackpotjoyplc.com.
Enquiries: Jackpotjoy plc, Jason
Holden, Director of Investor Relations, +44(0)203-907-4032,
+44(0)7812-142118, jason.holden@jpj.com; Jackpotjoy Group,
Amanda Brewer, Vice President of
Corporate Communications, +1-416-720-8150, amanda.brewer@jpj.com;
Finsbury, James Leviton or
Andy Parnis, +44(0)207-251-3801,
jackpotjoy@finsbury.com