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FDJ UNITED: Combined General Meeting of 23 April 2026

BOULOGNE, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News:

FDJ UNITED (Paris:FDJU):

The Annual Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of La Française des Jeux was held on Thursday 23 April under the chairmanship of Ms Stéphane Pallez, Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer. Shareholders were able to cast their votes at the Shareholders’ Meeting upon presentation of an admission card. Shareholders who were unable to attend the meeting in person were able to vote by post, by proxy or via the secure Votaccess platform ahead of the Shareholders’ Meeting. The meeting was also broadcast live on the Company’s website.

The Shareholders’ Meeting overwhelmingly approved all the resolutions submitted to a vote, including in particular:

  • the approval of the parent company financial statements and the consolidated financial statements for the financial year ended 31 December 2025;
  • the appropriation of earnings for the financial year ended 31 December 2025 and the payment of a dividend of €2.10 per share, to be paid on 30 April 2026;
  • the renewal, upon proposal by the French State, of the term of office of Ms Ghislaine Doukhan as director, and the renewal of the term of office of Mr Xavier Girre as independent director, each for a period of four years;
  • the appointment, upon proposal by the French State, of Mr François Marion as director for a period of four years, replacing Mr Didier Trutt whose term of office had expired;
  • the approval of the compensation paid to corporate officers in respect of the 2025 financial year, as well as the compensation policy applicable to corporate officers for 2026;
  • the financial authorisations granted to the Board of Directors to carry out transactions in the Company’s shares and to reduce the share capital.

Continuation of the liquidity agreement – Implementation of the share buyback programme

The Shareholders’ Meeting approved, in its 14th resolution, a new share buyback programme.

A description of this programme is set out in the 2025 Universal Registration Document (Chapter 7.2.4.1), filed with the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) on 20 March 2026 and available on FDJ’s website (www.groupefdj.com).

The Board of Directors decided, at its meeting of 3 March 2026 and subject to the adoption of the 14th resolution by the Shareholders’ Meeting, to implement this programme in order to continue the liquidity agreement entered into with Exane.

The voting results are set out in the appendix to this press release.

Appendix 1: Quorum for ordinary and extraordinary resolutions

Final General Quorum – Ordinary General Meeting (FDJ UNITED)

Number of shares forming the share capital

185,270,000

Number of voting rights excluded from the vote

78,149,016

Total number of shares carrying voting rights

184,775,943

Required quorum (1/5 of voting shares)

36,955,188

Percentage represented: 66.52%
It represents 122,920,719 shares represented by 16,009 shareholders.

Breakdown of shareholders present, represented or voting by post

Participation method

Shareholders

Shares

Voting rights

Postal votes

6,625

96,790,292

75,701,892

Proxies to the Chair

8,710

21,984,732

42,141,513

Present

192

249,991

251,805

Proxies

482

3,895,704

7,658,704

Total

16,009

122,920,719

125,753,914

Appendix 2: Consolidated result of the vote, resolution by resolution

Voting on resolutions – General results
Shares and voting rights present, represented or voting by post

Time

Resolution

Type

For

Against

Abstention

Total votes

For %

Against %

5:06:26 PM

1

ORD

203,482,752

209,208

210,970

203,902,930

99.90%

0.10%

5:07:10 PM

2

ORD

203,619,289

69,256

214,385

203,902,930

99.97%

0.03%

5:07:37 PM

3

ORD

184,658,730

4,747,437

14,496,763

203,902,930

97.49%

2.51%

5:08:06 PM

4

ORD

125,404,939

115,324

233,651

125,753,914

99.91%

0.09%

5:08:37 PM

5

ORD

185,455,804

3,848,674

14,598,452

203,902,930

97.97%

2.03%

5:09:02 PM

6

ORD

185,056,969

4,249,013

14,596,948

203,902,930

97.76%

2.24%

5:09:30 PM

7

ORD

185,937,616

3,221,255

14,744,059

203,902,930

98.30%

1.70%

5:10:01 PM

8

ORD

187,916,534

15,773,829

212,567

203,902,930

92.26%

7.74%

5:10:31 PM

9

ORD

187,534,718

16,169,517

198,695

203,902,930

92.06%

7.94%

5:11:01 PM

10

ORD

187,719,587

15,949,254

234,089

203,902,930

92.17%

7.83%

5:11:33 PM

11

ORD

187,896,938

15,739,283

266,709

203,902,930

92.27%

7.73%

5:12:01 PM

12

ORD

188,269,762

15,400,725

232,443

203,902,930

92.44%

7.56%

5:12:27 PM

13

ORD

188,684,842

14,985,053

233,035

203,902,930

92.64%

7.36%

5:12:55 PM

14

ORD

188,972,172

406,139

14,524,619

203,902,930

99.79%

0.21%

5:13:38 PM

15

EXT

188,830,884

608,992

14,463,111

203,902,987

99.68%

0.32%

5:14:15 PM

16

ORD

203,390,870

199,387

312,673

203,902,930

99.90%

0.10%

About FDJ UNITED

FDJ UNITED is a leading betting and gaming operator in Europe, with a vast portfolio of iconic brands and a reputation for technological excellence. With over 5,000 employees and a presence in over ten regulated markets, the Group offers a diversified, responsible range of games, both under exclusive rights and open to competition: lottery games in France and Ireland via an extensive point-of-sale network and also online; sports betting at points of sale in France; and online games open to competition (sports and horse-race betting, poker and online casino games, in markets where these activities are authorised). FDJ UNITED has placed responsibility at the heart of its strategy and promotes recreational betting. The Group is listed on the regulated market Euronext Paris (FDJU) and included in the SBF 120, Euronext 100, EN EZ ESG L 80, STOXX Europe 600 and FTSE Euro indices.

For more information, visit www.fdjunited.com

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