GAME Digital PLC

17 January 2019

VOTING RESULTS OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 17 JANUARY 2019

GAME Digital plc (the 'Company') is pleased to announce that all of the resolutions proposed at its annual general meeting (the 'AGM') held at 10.00am at Unity House, Telford Road, Basingstoke, RG21 6YJ on 17 January 2019 were successfully passed. All resolutions were voted on by means of a poll. Unless otherwise stated, all terms not defined in this announcement shall have the same meaning as in the notice of AGM sent to shareholders on 13 December 2018 (the 'Notice').

The Board notes that there was a high level of votes against Resolution 12 as a percentage of votes cast. As a proportion of those shareholders who voted, 92.31 per cent by number voted in favour of Resolution 12. The Board is grateful for this level of support and will continue to engage with all shareholders on all relevant matters.

As at the date of this announcement, there are172,938,108 ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the capital of the Company ('Ordinary Shares') with voting rights in issue and no Ordinary Shares are held in treasury.

The voting results below show the total of all the votes cast on a poll. The poll results will also be posted on the Company's website.

Resolution

VOTES
FOR

%

VOTES
AGAINST

%

TOTAL VOTES CAST (EXCLUDING VOTES WITHHELD)

% OF ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL VOTED

VOTES WITHHELD

1

Company's annual report and accounts

123,217,685

100.00

0

0.00

123,217,685

71.25

0

2

Directors' remuneration report

114,891,631

93.24

8,325,673

6.76

123,217,304

71.25

381

3

Re-elect John Jackson

123,217,304

100.00

0

0.00

123,217,304

71.25

381

4

Re-elect Martyn Gibbs

123,217,304

100.00

0

0.00

123,217,304

71.25

381

5

Elect Ray Kavanagh

123,217,303

100.00

1

0.00

123,217,304

71.25

381

6

Re-elect Dimitri Goulandris

123,217,303

100.00

1

0.00

123,217,304

71.25

381

7

Elect Clare Urmston

123,217,304

100.00

0

0.00

123,217,304

71.25

381

8

Re-appoint the Auditor

123,217,685

100.00

0

0.00

123,217,685

71.25

0

9

Auditor's Remuneration

123,217,685

100.00

0

0.00

123,217,685

71.25

0

10

Authority to allot shares

123,110,902

99.91

106,783

0.09

123,217,685

71.25

0

11

Authority to make political donations

119,961,178

97.36

3,255,744

2.64

123,216,922

71.25

763

12

Authority to amend the rules of the GAME Digital plc Performance Share Plan

79,143,173

64.23

44,074,512

35.77

123,217,685

71.25

0

13*

Power to disapply pre-emption rights (standard)

123,143,173

99.94

73,749

0.06

123,216,922

71.25

763

14*

Power to disapply pre-emption rights (enhanced)

123,143,173

99.94

73,749

0.06

123,216,922

71.25

763

15*

Authority to make market purchases

123,143,916

99.94

73,769

0.06

123,217,685

71.25

0

16*

Notice of general meetings

123,143,916

99.94

73,769

0.06

123,217,685

71.25

0

* Passed as special resolutions.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of resolution 12, being a resolution which does not constitute ordinary business, has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

Notes:

1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been included in the 'Votes For' total.

2. For the purposes of section 341 of the Companies Act 2006, the total votes cast amounted to 123,217,685, representing 71.25 per cent of the issued share capital.

3. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against a resolution.

Enquiries:

Ruth Cartwright
Company Secretary
Tel: +44 (0)1256 784229

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