RNS Number : 7568E
Wise PLC
18 September 2024
 

18 September 2024

 

 

 

Wise plc

(the "Company")

 

Publication of AGM Results

 

Following its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held today, the Company announces the results of the poll vote for each of the resolutions as set out in the Notice of the AGM.

Resolutions 1 to 15 were passed as ordinary resolutions.

Resolutions 16 to 19 were passed as special resolutions.

The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:

Resolution

Votes for

For (% of shares voted)

Votes against

Against (% of shares voted)

Total number of votes*

% of ISC voted*

Votes withheld***

1.     To receive the 2024 Annual Report and Accounts ("ARA")

2,335,378,094

100.00

61,845

0.00

2,335,439,939

86.48%

5,977,777

2.     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

2,288,396,422

97.80

51,499,233

2.20

2,339,895,655

86.64%

1,522,060

3.     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy

2,139,972,965

91.64

195,308,693

8.36

2,335,281,658

86.47%

6,136,057

4.     To re-appoint PwC LLP as auditors to the Company

2,337,449,983

99.83

3,898,316

0.17

2,341,348,299

86.70%

69,416

5.     To authorise the Directors to determine the Company auditors' remuneration

2,340,219,438

99.95

1,130,308

0.05

2,341,349,746

86.70%

67,969

6.     To re-elect David Bolling Wells as Director

2,298,104,258

98.15

43,228,510

1.85

2,341,332,768

86.70%

84,948

7.     To re-elect Kristo Käärmann as Director

2,318,797,594

99.04

22,570,969

0.96

2,341,368,563

86.70%

49,153

8.     To re-elect Elizabeth Grace Chambers as Director

2,303,904,215

98.48

35,494,664

1.52

2,339,398,879

86.62%

2,018,837

9.     To re-elect Terri Lynn Duhon as Director

2,337,657,834

99.93

1,748,170

0.07

2,339,406,004

86.62%

2,011,712

10.  To re-elect Clare Elizabeth Gilmartin as Director

2,336,966,163

99.90

2,433,159

0.10

2,339,399,322

86.62%

2,018,394

11.  To re-elect Alastair Michael Rampell as Director

2,339,582,649

99.93

1,750,416

0.07

2,341,333,065

86.70%

84,651

12.  To re-elect Hooi Ling Tan as Director

2,338,837,494

99.89

2,495,696

0.11

2,341,333,190

86.70%

84,526

13.  To re-elect Ingo Jeroen Uytdehaage as Director

2,304,751,919

98.44

36,583,829

1.56

2,341,335,748

86.70%

81,968

14.  To authorise the Company to make political donations

2,319,421,496

99.28

16,853,053

0.72

2,336,274,549

86.51%

5,143,167

15.  To authorise the Directors to allot class A ordinary shares

2,312,929,410

98.79

28,433,692

1.21

2,341,363,102

86.70%

54,614

16.  To authorise the Directors to disapply statutory pre-emption rights**

2,324,961,325

99.31

16,255,223

0.69

2,341,216,548

86.69%

201,168

17.  To disapply pre-emption rights in the event of an acquisition transaction or other capital investment**

2,288,279,449

97.74

52,937,005

2.26

2,341,216,454

86.69%

201,262

18.  To authorise the Company to purchase its own class A ordinary shares**

2,336,032,058

99.78

5,046,230

0.22

2,341,078,288

86.69%

339,428

19.  To authorise the Directors to call general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice**

2,311,460,866

98.73

29,676,940

1.27

2,341,137,806

86.69%

279,910

 

* In accordance with the Company's Articles of Association, Kristo Käärmann's voting rights have been capped to one vote below 50% of the total votes eligible to be cast in respect of any shareholder resolution. Accordingly, when calculating the total exercisable voting rights for the 2024 AGM, the Company's percentage of issued share capital voted has been reduced proportionately as explained below.

The Company's issued share capital consists of 1,025,000,252 class A ordinary shares of £0.01, each carrying one vote ("Class A Shares") and 398,889,814 class B ordinary shares of £0.000000001 ("Class B Shares"). The Company does not hold any Class A Shares or Class B Shares in treasury.

The total number of voting rights attributable to the Class A Shares is 1,025,000,252, and the total number of voting rights attributable to the Class B Shares is 2,193,396,147. Therefore the total number of voting rights in the Company in aggregate across the Class A Shares and the Class B Shares is 3,218,396,399.

When accounting for the total number of Class B Share voting rights that will be restricted as a result of the above mentioned cap, the total exercisable voting rights in the Company in aggregate across the Class A Shares and Class B Shares is 2,700,633,879.

** Special resolution

*** A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.

 

Notes:

Equiniti, the Company's Share Registrar, acted as scrutineer of the poll on all resolutions.

 

 

 

Jane Fahey

Group Company Secretary

 

For any queries related to the AGM, please contact the Company Secretariat on cosec@wise.com

 

 

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