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.
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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).