Result of AGM

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' remuneration	3,400,823,375	100.00	51,618	0.00	3,400,874,993	88.29%	270,476
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 transaction or other capital investment*	3,360,771,588	98.82	40,061,451	1.18	3,400,833,039	88.29%	312,429
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 clear days' notice*	3,383,927,931	99.49	17,180,538	0.51	3,401,108,469	88.30%	37,000

* 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 [e-mail]

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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