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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 cosec@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.