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| Date | 20 Sept 2023 |
| Time | 14:32:41 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 1067N |
Games Workshop Group PLC
(the "Company")
2023 AGM voting results
For immediate release 20 September 2023
At the AGM held today at 10am, all of the resolutions, as set out in the notice of meeting, were duly passed by the shareholders. Details of the proxy votes received in respect of each resolution are detailed below and will be posted on the Company's investor relations website at investor.games-workshop.com
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Votes for |
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Votes against |
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Votes total |
% of ISC voted (exc votes withheld) |
Votes withheld* |
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Ordinary business |
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Resolution 1 |
To receive the 2023 annual report |
24,566,333 |
100.0 |
22 |
0.00 |
24,566,355 |
74.64 |
386,203 |
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Resolution 2 |
To re-elect Kevin Rountree as a director |
24,809,021 |
99.43 |
142,509 |
0.57 |
24,951,530 |
75.81 |
1,026 |
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Resolution 3 |
To re-elect Rachel Tongue as a director |
24,582,121 |
99.81 |
46,347 |
0.19 |
24,628,468 |
74.81 |
324,088 |
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Resolution 4 |
To re-elect John Brewis as a director |
23,963,305 |
96.04 |
987,811 |
3.96 |
24,951,116 |
75.81 |
1,440 |
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Resolution 5
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To re-elect Kate Marsh as a director |
24,715,676 |
95.05 |
1,235,470 |
4.95 |
24,951,146 |
75.81 |
1,410 |
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Resolution 6 |
To re-elect Randal Casson as a director |
23,917,497 |
95.91 |
1,020,417 |
4.09 |
24,937,914 |
75.77 |
14,642 |
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Resolution 7 |
To elect Mark Lam as a director |
24,808,332 |
99.48 |
129,568 |
0.52 |
24,937,900 |
75.77 |
14,656 |
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Resolution 8 |
To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors |
24,603,861 |
98.67 |
332,214 |
1.33 |
24,936,075 |
75.76 |
16,483 |
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Resolution 9 |
To authorise the directors to fix the auditors remuneration |
24,943,551 |
99.97 |
7,032 |
0.03 |
24,950,583 |
75.80 |
1,975 |
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Resolution 10 |
To approve the remuneration report (excluding the directors' remuneration policy) |
22,231,249 |
89.35 |
2,649,572 |
10.65 |
24,880,821 |
75.59 |
71,737 |
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Special business |
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Resolution 11 |
To authorise the directors to allot relevant securities |
24,302,460 |
97.40 |
648,795 |
2.60 |
24,951,255 |
75.81 |
1,303 |
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Resolution 12
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To disapply pre-emption rights |
24,159,733 |
96.83 |
790,403 |
3.17 |
24,950,136 |
75.80 |
2,422 |
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Resolution 13 |
To further disapply pre-emption rights |
20,969,156 |
84.05 |
3,908,557 |
15.95 |
24,949,713 |
75.80 |
2,845 |
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Resolution 14 |
To authorise the directors to make market purchases of the Company's own shares |
24,590,301 |
98.70 |
323,955 |
1.30 |
24,914,256 |
75.69 |
38,282 |
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Resolution 15 |
To ratify interim dividend |
21,905,098 |
99.99 |
1,103 |
0.01 |
21,906,201 |
66.56 |
3,046,357 |
i)* A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against resolutions.
ii) Any votes that give discretion to the Chair have been included in the "For" total.
iii) At close of business of 19 September 2023 there were 32,914,178 shares in issue.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions passed as special business of the meeting will be uploaded to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
For further information, please contact:
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Games Workshop Group PLC |
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Kevin Rountree, CEO |
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Rachel Tongue, CFO |
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Investor relations website |
http://investor.games-workshop.com |
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General website |
www.games-workshop.com |
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The 2023 annual report and all other recent announcements may be viewed at the investor relations website at the address above.