Last checked at 16 Mar 2021 11:32
16 March 2021
Plus500 Ltd.
("Plus500", "the Company" or together with its subsidiaries "the Group")
Result of EGM
Plus500, a leading technology platform for trading Contracts for Difference ("CFDs") internationally, announces the results of resolutions proposed at today's Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM").
Each of the resolutions proposed were voted on by way of a poll and passed by the requisite majorities. For information, the full results of the poll are set out below:
Resolutions | For | % Votes cast | Against | % Votes cast | Vote Withheld | Total Votes Cast (excl. Votes Withheld) | % of issued share capital* |
1. Elect Tami Gottlieb | 52,322,344
| 97.74 | 1,207,801
| 2.26 | 13,489
| 53,530,145
| 52.22 |
2. Approve fees to Tami Gottlieb | 53,565,509
| 99.98 | 8,071
| 0.02 | 11,967
| 53,573,580
| 52.26 |
3. Approve increase in fees to Anne Grim | 53,565,509
| 99.98 | 8,071
| 0.02 | 11,967
| 53,573,580
| 52.26 |
4. Approve fees to Sigalia Heifetz | 53,565,509
| 99.98 | 8,071
| 0.02 | 11,967
| 53,573,580
| 52.26 |
5. Amend the Company's Article of Association to increase size of Board | 53,560,582
| 99.98 | 10,291
| 0.02 | 14,674
| 53,570,873
| 52.26 |
To view the full wording of, and the votes required for, each of the resolutions, please refer to the Notice of 2021 Extraordinary General Meeting which is available on the Company's website.
Votes withheld are not a vote in law and have not been counted in the calculation of the votes for and against the resolution, the total votes validly cast or the calculation of the proportion of issued share capital voted.
Listing Rule 9.6.2 and total voting rights
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, copies of the resolutions that were passed at the extraordinary general meeting, all of which do not constitute ordinary business and the amended Articles of Association will shortly be available for inspection via the National Storage Mechanism:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
* As at 16 February 2020, the day on which shareholders had to be on the register in order to be eligible to vote, the number of Ordinary Shares of NIS 0.01 in issue, entitling the holders to vote on all the resolutions at the EGM, was 102,517,226 (excluding treasury shares), and the Company held 12,371,151 Ordinary Shares in treasury.
The voting poll results are available on the Company's website at www.plus500.com. A recording of the EGM is available - shareholders should contact ir@plus500.com for details.
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About Plus500
Plus500 operates a proprietary technology platform for individual customers to trade CFDs internationally. The Group offers more than 2,500 different underlying global financial instruments, comprising equities, indices, commodities, options, ETFs, foreign exchange and cryptocurrencies. Customers of Plus500 can trade CFDs in more than 50 countries and in 32 languages. The trading platform is accessible from multiple operating systems (Windows, iOS, Android and Surface) and web browsers. Plus500 retains operating licences and is regulated in the United Kingdom, Australia, Cyprus, Israel, New Zealand, South Africa, Singapore and the Seychelles.
Customer care is and has always been integral to Plus500, as such, customers cannot be subject to negative balances. A free demo account is available on an unlimited basis for platform users and sophisticated risk management tools are provided free of charge to manage leveraged exposure, and stop losses to help customers protect profits, while limiting capital losses. Plus500 does not utilise cold calling techniques and does not offer binary options. Plus500 shares have a premium listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (symbol: PLUS) and are a constituent of the FTSE 250 index. www.plus500.com