TIDMWISE

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 (%       Votes        Against   Total number    % of         Votes 
                        for             of shares    against      (% of     of votes        ISC voted   withheld** 
                                        voted)                    shares 
                                                                  voted) 
 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 GBP9 billion in cross-border transactions every month, which saves our personal customers around GBP1.5 billion a year.

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