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RNS Number : 7664L  Wise PLC  07 September 2023

7 September 2023

 

 

 

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 - 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 2023 Annual Report and Accounts ("ARA")                      3,397,676,017  100.00                   17,100         0.00                         3,397,693,117          88.21%          3,452,352
 2.     To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report                           3,399,179,744  99.95                    1,643,727      0.05                         3,400,823,471          88.29%          321,998
 3.     To re-appoint PwC LLP as auditors to the Company                        3,400,814,762  100.00                   37,895         0.00                         3,400,852,657          88.29%          292,812
 4.     To authorise the Directors to determine the Company auditors'           3,400,823,375  100.00                   51,618         0.00                         3,400,874,993          88.29%          270,476
 remuneration
 5.     To elect Elizabeth Chambers as Director                                 3,400,792,727  100.00                   62,209         0.00                         3,400,854,936          88.29%          290,533
 6.     To re-elect David Bolling Wells as Director                             3,395,223,643  99.83                    5,630,881      0.17                         3,400,854,524          88.29%          290,945
 7.     To re-elect Kristo Käärmann as Director                                 3,384,854,536  99.57                    14,634,602     0.43                         3,399,489,138          88.25%          1,656,331
 8.     To re-elect Matthew John Briers as Director                             3,399,413,981  99.96                    1,434,292      0.04                         3,400,848,273          88.29%          297,196
 9.     To re-elect Terri Lynn Duhon as Director                                3,399,968,292  99.97                    886,726        0.03                         3,400,855,018          88.29%          290,451
 10.  To re-elect Clare Elizabeth Gilmartin as Director                         3,399,486,854  99.96                    1,368,275      0.04                         3,400,855,129          88.29%          290,340
 11.  To re-elect Alastair Michael Rampell as Director                          3,399,959,118  99.97                    895,539        0.03                         3,400,854,657          88.29%          290,812
 12.  To re-elect Hooi Ling Tan as Director                                     3,398,030,501  99.92                    2,824,511      0.08                         3,400,855,012          88.29%          290,457
 13.  To re-elect Ingo Jeroen Uytdehaage as Director                            3,398,656,998  99.94                    2,197,881      0.06                         3,400,854,879          88.29%          290,590
 14.  To authorise the Company to make political donations                      3,388,637,852  99.63                    12,472,896     0.37                         3,401,110,748          88.30%          34,721
 15.  To authorise the Directors to allot class A ordinary shares               3,384,400,811  99.52                    16,471,690     0.48                         3,400,872,501          88.29%          272,967
 16.  To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights*                3,398,406,310  99.93                    2,441,225      0.07                         3,400,847,535          88.29%          297,934
 17.  To disapply pre-emption rights in the event of an acquisition             3,360,771,588  98.82                    40,061,451     1.18                         3,400,833,039          88.29%          312,429
 transaction or other capital investment*
 18.  To authorise the Company to purchase its own class A ordinary shares*     3,400,830,476  100.00                   32,175         0.00                         3,400,862,651          88.29%          282,818
 19.  To authorise the Directors to call general meetings on not less than 14   3,383,927,931  99.49                    17,180,538     0.51                         3,401,108,469          88.30%          37,000
 clear days' notice*

 

* 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.

●     The percentage of shares voted was 88.29%.

●  As at the time and date of the AGM, the Company's issued share capital
consisted of 1,024,777,252 class A ordinary shares ("A Shares") each carrying
one vote and 398,889,814 class B ordinary shares ("B Shares").  The total
number of voting rights in the Company in aggregate across the Class A Shares
and the Class B Shares is 3,851,921,305

 

 

 

 

 

Jane Fahey

Group Company Secretary

 

For any queries related to the AGM, please contact the Company Secretariat on
cosec@wise.com (mailto:agm@wise.com)

 

 

About Wise

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage
the world's money. With Wise Account and Wise Business, people and businesses
can hold over 40 currencies, move money between countries and spend money
abroad. Large companies and banks use Wise technology too; an entirely new
network for the world's money.

 

Co-founded by Kristo Käärmann and Taavet Hinrikus, Wise launched in 2011
under its original name TransferWise. It is one of the world's fastest growing
tech companies and is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker
WISE.

 

Over 16 million people and businesses use Wise. Today we process on average
over £9 billion in cross-border transactions every month, which saves our
personal customers around £1.5 billion a year.

 

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