Entain PLC — AGM Information 2021

Jun 25, 2021

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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 shares voted	Number	% of shares voted	Number
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 €0.01 each in issue and the total number of voting rights is 585,487,417.

LEI: 213800GNI3K45LQR8L28

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 Office	media@entaingroup.com
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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