12th Apr 2016 14:12
12 April 2016
Worldpay Group plc
(the "Company")
Disposal of shares by controlling shareholder and voting process at Annual General Meeting 2016 ("AGM")
As announced earlier today, 12 April 2016, Ship Global 2 & Cy S.C.A. ("Ship Global") has notified the Company that its percentage holding of voting rights has reduced to 28.22%, following a disposal of ordinary shares in the Company. Accordingly, Ship Global is no longer a controlling shareholder of the Company for the purposes of the Listing Rules.
The Company's Notice of AGM was dated 1 April 2016 and published on 5 April 2016 when Ship Global was a controlling shareholder. In accordance with the Listing Rules, the Notice explained the Company's obligation separately to count the votes of shareholders other than Ship Global on resolutions 6, 12 and 14 (relating to the (re-)election of the Company's independent non-executive directors) in order to determine whether the (re-)elections had been approved by the Company's independent shareholders. In the absence of a controlling shareholder of the Company as at the date of the AGM, this separate vote count is not required and will not be taken.
The Company intends to announce via a regulatory information service and on its website the results of voting by shareholders as a whole on all its AGM resolutions, as soon as possible following the meeting.
Notes:
The Annual Report and Accounts 2015 and the Notice of Annual General Meeting 2016 can be viewed on the Company's corporate website at http://investors.worldpay.com.
The AGM is scheduled to be held at 14.00 on Tuesday 10 May 2016 at the offices of Allen & Overy LLP, One Bishops Square, London, E1 6AD.
Enquiries:
Derek Woodward, Group Company Secretary
Tel: +44 (0) 7342 082 043
Media:
Claire Hardy, Head of External Communications
Tel: +44 (0) 203 664 4902
James Murgatroyd / James Fearnley / Andrew Hughes - Finsbury
Tel: +44 (0) 207 251 3801
Analysts and investors:
Charles King, Investor Relations Director
Tel: +44 (0) 203 664 6171
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