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Wise PLC

23 September 2022

23 September 2022

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       Votes        Against   Total number    % of ISC   Votes 
                                                (% of     against      (% of     of votes        voted      withheld** 
                                                shares                 shares 
                                                voted)                 voted) 
 1. To receive the 
  2022 Annual Report 
  and Accounts ("ARA")         3,381,523,130   100.00    7,505        0.00      3,381,530,635   81.76%     2,151,385 
                              --------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------  ---------  ------------ 
 2. To approve the 
  Directors' Remuneration 
  Report set out 
  on pages 90-112 
  of the ARA                   3,381,063,797   99.93     2,226,538    0.07      3,383,290,335   81.80%     391,685 
                              --------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------  ---------  ------------ 
 3. To approve the 
  Directors' Remuneration 
  Policy set out 
  on pages 94-112 
  of the ARA                   3,379,289,636   99.88     3,967,564    0.12      3,383,257,200   81.80%     424,819 
                              --------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------  ---------  ------------ 
 4. To appoint PwC 
  LLP as auditors 
  to the Company               3,383,180,400   100.00    126,111      0.00      3,383,306,511   81.80%     375,508 
                              --------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------  ---------  ------------ 
 5. To authorise 
  the Directors to 
  determine the Company 
  auditors' remuneration       3,383,257,377   100.00    69,378       0.00      3,383,326,755   81.80%     355,264 
                              --------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------  ---------  ------------ 
 6. To elect David 
  Bolling Wells as 
  Director                     3,377,974,839   99.89     3,807,585    0.11      3,381,782,424   81.76%     1,899,595 
                              --------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------  ---------  ------------ 
 7. To elect Kristo 
  Käärmann 
  as Director                  3,375,121,350   99.84     5,267,963    0.16      3,380,389,313   81.73%     3,292,706 
                              --------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------  ---------  ------------ 
 8. To elect Matthew 
  John Briers as 
  Director                     3,379,709,355   99.89     3,576,502    0.11      3,383,285,857   81.80%     396,162 
                              --------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------  ---------  ------------ 
 9. To elect Terri 
  Lynn Duhon as Director       3,381,155,291   99.94     2,161,824    0.06      3,383,317,115   81.80%     364,904 
                              --------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------  ---------  ------------ 
 10. To elect Clare 
  Elizabeth Gilmartin 
  as Director                  3,381,153,872   99.94     2,163,341    0.06      3,383,317,213   81.80%     364,806 
                              --------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------  ---------  ------------ 
 11. To elect Alastair 
  Michael Rampell 
  as Director                  3,380,391,762   99.91     2,910,190    0.09      3,383,301,952   81.80%     380,067 
                              --------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------  ---------  ------------ 
 12. To elect Hooi 
  Ling Tan as Director         3,380,206,365   99.91     2,999,596    0.09      3,383,205,961   81.80%     476,058 
                              --------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------  ---------  ------------ 
 13. To elect Ingo 
  Jeroen Uytdehaage 
  as Director                  3,379,815,123   99.90     3,503,038    0.10      3,383,318,161   81.80%     363,858 
                              --------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------  ---------  ------------ 
 14. To authorise 
  the Company to 
  make political 
  donations                    3,371,260,907   99.64     12,055,460   0.36      3,383,316,367   81.80%     365,652 
                              --------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------  ---------  ------------ 
 15. To authorise 
  the Directors to 
  allot class A ordinary 
  shares                       3,370,751,416   99.63     12,543,130   0.37      3,383,294,546   81.80%     387,473 
                              --------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------  ---------  ------------ 
 16. To authorise 
  the Directors to 
  disapply pre-emption 
  rights*                      3,380,926,795   99.93     2,319,543    0.07      3,383,246,338   81.80%     435,681 
                              --------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------  ---------  ------------ 
 17. To disapply 
  pre-emption rights 
  in the event of 
  an acquisition 
  transaction or 
  other capital investment*    3,380,937,568   99.93     2,343,983    0.07      3,383,281,551   81.80%     400,468 
                              --------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------  ---------  ------------ 
 18. To authorise 
  the Company to 
  purchase its own 
  class A ordinary 
  shares*                      3,383,183,780   100.00    101,764      0.00      3,383,285,544   81.80%     396,475 
                              --------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------  ---------  ------------ 
 19. To authorise 
  the Directors to 
  call general meetings 
  on not less than 
  14 clear days' 
  notice*                      3,372,453,138   99.68     10,839,514   0.32      3,383,292,652   81.80%     389,367 
                              --------------  --------  -----------  --------  --------------  ---------  ------------ 
 

* 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 81.80 %. 

-- As at the time and date of the AGM, the Company's issued share capital consisted of 1,024,677,252 class A ordinary shares ("A Shares") and 398,889,814 class B ordinary shares ("B Shares"). The total number of voting rights in the Company in aggregate across the A Shares and the B Shares was 4,136,162,970.

 
 
 

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 money around the world. With the Wise account people and businesses can hold over 50 currencies, move money between countries and spend money abroad. Large companies and banks use Wise technology too; an entirely new cross-border payments network that will one day power money without borders for everyone, everywhere. However you use the platform, Wise is on a mission to make your life easier and save you 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 13 million people and businesses use Wise. Today we process on average over GBP8 billion in cross-border transactions every month, saving customers over GBP1 billion a year.

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