15 Dec 2014 10:52

15 December 2014
Earthport plc
("Earthport" or "Company)
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Result of Annual General Meeting
Earthport announces the result of the Company's Annual General Meeting held at 11.00 a.m. on 12 December 2014. All the resolutions were passed by shareholders with the exception of the following resolutions:
Resolution 8: Authority to issue ordinary shares without pre-emptive rights; and
Resolution 9: Authority to make market purchases of ordinary shares.
The votes, including proxy votes cast before the meeting, in respect of the individual resolutions were as follows:
NO | RESOLUTION DESCRIPTION | FOR | AGAINST | WITHELD |
1. | Accept the financial statements and statutory reports  | 261,507,160 | 59,111,285 | 2,202 |
2. | Re-elect Philip Hickman as director  | 247,241,015 | 28,628,347 | 44,751,582 |
3. | Re-elect Vinode Ramgopal as director  | 247,241,015 | 73,379,632 | 0 |
4. | Elect Jorge Morgan as director  | 320,061,920 | 558,727 | 0 |
5. | Elect Sajeev Viswanathan as director  | 320,336,141 | 284,506 | 0 |
6. | Reappoint Baker Tilly Audit UK LLP as auditors and authorise their remuneration | 319,777,398 | 843,249 | 0 |
7. | Authorise issue of equity with pre-emptive rights  | 254,002,653 | 66,614,172 | 3,822 |
8. | Authorise issue of equity without pre-emptive rights  | 155,096,436 | 165,521,704 | 2,507 |
9. | Authorise market purchase of ordinary shares  | 196,684,757 | 115,693,246 | 8,242,644 |
10. | Authorise directors to create convertible preference shares and authorise issue of equity without pre-emptive rights | 240,665,941 | 79,949,504 | 5,202 |
Resolutions 8,9 and 10 were taken on a poll at the request of the Chairman of the meeting.
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For further information, please contact:
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Earthport plc Hank Uberoi  | 020 7220 9700 |
Charles Stanley Securities Mark Taylor / Paul Brotherhood  | 020 7149 6000 |
Panmure Gordon Fred Walsh  | 020 7886 2500 |
Newgate Threadneedle John Coles / Jasper Randall / Tim Thompson  | 020 7653 9850 |
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About Earthport
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Earthport plc, a regulated global financial services organisation, specialises in the provision of a white label cross-border payments service.
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Through its innovative payments framework, specifically designed for high volumes of low value cross-border payments, Earthport provides a cost-effective and transparent service for secure international payments. Earthport's clients include banks, money transfer organisations, payment aggregators, e-commerce businesses and foreign exchange businesses. Through Earthport's well established payments infrastructure, clients can clear and settle payments directly to banked beneficiaries in 60 countries.
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The company is headquartered in London and is listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) on the London Stock Exchange. It operates globally with additional regional offices in Dubai and New York. Earthport plc isauthorisedand regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority under the Payment Service Regulations 2009 for the provision of payment services. To learn more, please visit www.earthport.com and follow us via RSS or on social channels, Twitter @Earthport, LinkedIn, Youtube and Slideshare.