Keywords Studios PLC Result of AGM
May 24 2024 - 6:32AM
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Keywords Studios PLC
24 May 2024
24
May 2024
Keywords Studios plc
("the Company" or "Keywords Studios")
2024 Annual General
Meeting
("AGM")
Results of AGM
The AGM of the Company was held today at 09:00
a.m. at the offices of MHP Group Limited at 60 Great Portland
Street, London W1W 7RT, United Kingdom.
All 18 resolutions put to members were passed
on a poll. Resolutions 1 to 15 were passed as ordinary resolutions
and resolutions 16 to 18 were passed as special resolutions. For
full details of each resolution, please refer to the Notice of AGM,
published on the Company's website at: www.keywordsstudios.com.
The number of votes lodged by proxy for and
against each of the resolutions proposed and the number of votes
withheld was as follows:
Resolution
|
Votes
for
|
%
|
Votes
against
|
%
|
Votes
withheld
|
Resolution 1
(Ordinary)
To receive the audited financial statements and
the reports of the Directors and Auditors for the year ended
31 December 2023
|
56,527,231
|
99.99
|
900
|
0.01
|
72,712
|
Resolution 2
(Ordinary)
To receive the Remuneration Report of the
Company for the year ended 31 December 2023
|
53,288,580
|
94.17
|
3,298,760
|
5.83
|
13,503
|
Resolution 3
(Ordinary)
To approve a final dividend of 1.76 pence per
ordinary share of one pence each
|
56,585,665
|
99.99
|
3,784
|
0.01
|
11,394
|
Resolution 4
(Ordinary)
To elect Rob Kingston as a Director of the
Company
|
53,957,715
|
95.38
|
2,613,188
|
4.62
|
29,940
|
Resolution 5
(Ordinary)
To re-elect Bertrand Bodson as a Director of
the Company
|
54,317,434
|
95.98
|
2,272,643
|
4.02
|
10,766
|
Resolution 6
(Ordinary)
To re-elect Georges Fornay as a Director of the
Company
|
53,409,092
|
94.41
|
3,160,554
|
5.59
|
31,196
|
Resolution 7
(Ordinary)
To re-elect Charlotta Ginman as a Director of
the Company
|
50,063,478
|
88.50
|
6,508,431
|
11.51
|
28,933
|
Resolution 8
(Ordinary)
To re-elect Jon Hauck as a Director of the
Company
|
54,253,529
|
95.90
|
2,322,107
|
4.10
|
25,207
|
Resolution 9
(Ordinary)
To re-elect Don Robert as a Director of the
Company
|
51,246,280
|
90.59
|
5,323,958
|
9.41
|
30,604
|
Resolution 10
(Ordinary)
To re-elect Marion Sears as a Director of the
Company
|
54,194,566
|
95.80
|
2,375,209
|
4.20
|
31,067
|
Resolution 11
(Ordinary)
To re-elect Neil Thompson as a Director of the
Company
|
54,285,710
|
95.94
|
2,298,687
|
4.06
|
16,445
|
Resolution 12
(Ordinary)
To re-appoint BDO LLP as Auditor of the
Company
|
54,951,375
|
97.11
|
1,633,850
|
2.89
|
15,618
|
Resolution 13
(Ordinary)
To authorise the Directors to fix the Auditor's
remuneration
|
56,319,847
|
99.53
|
267,113
|
0.47
|
13,883
|
Resolution 14
(Ordinary)
To authorise the Directors to allot
shares
|
52,017,948
|
91.92
|
4,573,477
|
8.08
|
9,418
|
Resolution 15
(Ordinary)
To increase the Director fee cap
|
54,247,007
|
95.87
|
2,335,235
|
4.13
|
18,601
|
Resolution 16
(Special)
To disapply pre-emption rights
|
49,975,348
|
88.42
|
6,542,242
|
11.58
|
83,253
|
Resolution 17
(Special)
To disapply pre-emption rights otherwise than
pursuant to resolution 16
|
45,248,274
|
80.06
|
11,269,489
|
19.94
|
83,080
|
Resolution 18
(Special)
To authorise the Company to make purchases of
its own shares
|
52,398,995
|
99.99
|
4,354
|
0.01
|
4,197,494
|
As at 24 May 2024, there were
79,671,986 ordinary shares in issue. There are 50,818 Ordinary
Shares in the Company's Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT"), and
the EBT has waived its right to exercise its voting rights and to
receive dividends in respect of these Ordinary Shares.
Therefore, the number of Ordinary
Shares with voting rights is 79,621,168. Shareholders are
entitled to one vote per share. Votes withheld are not votes in law
and so have not been included in the calculation of the proportion
of votes for and against a resolution.
For further information, please
contact:
Keywords Studios
Giles Blackham
Director of Investor
Relations
+44 7714 134 681
gblackham@keywordsstudios.com
|
Deutsche Numis
Nomad & Joint Corporate
Broker
Stuart Skinner / Will
Baunton
+44 20 7260 1000
|
MHP Group
Financial Communications
Katie Hunt / Eleni Menikou / Charles
Hirst
+44 7884 494 112 / +44 20 3128
8100
keywords@mhpgroup.com
|
Barclays
Joint Corporate Broker
Tom Macdonald / Stuart
Jempson
+44 20 7029 8000
|
|
About Keywords Studios
(www.keywordsstudios.com)
Keywords Studios is a global
provider of creative and technology-enabled solutions to the video
games and entertainment industries. Established in 1998, and
now with over 70 facilities in 26 countries strategically located
in Asia, Australia, the Americas, and Europe, it provides services
across the entire content development life cycle through its
Create, Globalize and Engage service lines to a large blue-chip
client base across the globe.
Keywords Studios has a strong market
position, providing services to 24 of the top 25 most prominent
games companies and contributing to over 70% of the 2023 Game Awards winners.
Across the games and entertainment industry, clients include
Activision Blizzard, Bandai Namco, Bethesda, Electronic Arts, Epic
Games, Konami, Microsoft, Netflix, Riot Games, Square Enix,
Supercell, TakeTwo, Tencent and Ubisoft. Recent titles worked on
include Starfield, Baldur's Gate 3, Diablo IV, Hogwarts
Legacy, Elden Ring, Fortnite, Valorant, League of Legends and Clash
Royale. Keywords Studios is listed on AIM, the London Stock
Exchange regulated market (KWS.L).
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