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Results of EGM
Results of EGM.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n \n NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO OR FROM THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN, SOUTH AFRICA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OR REGULATIONS OF SUCH JURISDICTION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 16 May 2022\n \n \n \n \n 888 Holdings Plc\n \n \n \n \n (\"888\" or \"the Group\")\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Results of EGM 16 May 2022\n \n \n \n \n \n \n 888 (LSE: 888), one of the world's leading online betting and gaming companies, is pleased to announce that at its Extraordinary General Meeting held in London on 16 May 2022, the Ordinary Resolution outlined below was passed on a poll by shareholders. The results of the poll vote was as follows. The number of ordinary shares of GBP£0.005 in issue at the date of the EGM was 446,256,077.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ordinary Resolution\n \n \n \n \n \n \n For\n \n \n \n \n \n \n % of Total Votes Cast\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Against\n \n \n \n \n \n \n % of Total Votes Cast\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Vote withheld1\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n THAT the Proposed Acquisition under and on the terms set out in the Sale and Purchase Agreement be and is hereby approved and the Directors (or a committee of the Directors) be and are hereby authorised to waive, amend, vary or extend any of the terms of the Sale and Purchase Agreement (provided that any such waivers, amendments, variations or extensions are not of a material nature) and to do all things as they may consider to be necessary or desirable to implement and give effect to, or otherwise in connection with, the Proposed Acquisition and any matters incidental to the Proposed Acquisition.\n \n \n \n \n 306,997,411\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 99.73\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 819,264\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 0.27\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 18,306\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 1\n \n \n A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the votes for or against the Resolution.\n \n \n Lord Mendelsohn, Non-Executive Chairman of 888 Holdings Plc, commented:\n \n \n \"We are delighted with the support of our shareholders for our proposed acquisition of William Hill and would like to thank them for their continued, constructive engag...