TIDMENT

RNS Number : 1682D

Entain PLC

25 June 2021

25 June 2021

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      Number       % of      Number 
                                                         shares                 shares 
                                                         voted                  voted 
                           ------------  ------------  --------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
 
   1. To receive 
   the Company's 
   annual report 
   and 
   audited accounts 
   for the year 
   ended 31 December2020    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     63,615,385   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 EUR0.01 each in issue and the total number of voting rights is 585,487,417.

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Enquiries:

 
 Company Secretary 
 Entain plc                                                 Tel: +44 (0) 203 938 
                                                             0000 
 Emily Carey                                           secretary@entaingroup.com 
 
 
   Investor Relations 
 Entain plc 
 David Lloyd-Seed, Group Director of 
  Investor Relations & Corporate Communications             Tel: +44 (0) 203 938 
                                                                            0000 
                                                       investors@entaingroup.com 
 
 Jay Dossetter, Head of ESG and Press                      media@entaingroup.com 
  Office 
 Tessa Curtis, Head of Media Relations 
 
 
 
 

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

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