11th May 2017 07:00
Worldpay Group plc (the 'Company')Results of the Annual General Meeting ('AGM')
At the Company's AGM held today at 11.00am, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting were voted on a poll and were passed by the requisite majorities. The poll results of each resolution are set out in the table below.
RESOLUTION | FOR | % OF VOTES CAST | AGAINST | % OF VOTES CAST | VOTES TOTAL | VOTES CAST AS % OF ISC | VOTES WITHHELD | |
1. | To receive the Annual Report and Accounts 2016 | 1,475,278,208 | 99.93 | 978,509 | 0.07 | 1,476,256,717 | 73.81% | 10,892,341 |
2. | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 1,455,190,635 | 98.59 | 20,871,198 | 1.41 | 1,476,061,833 | 73.80% | 11,087,225 |
3. | To approve the Company's US Employee Stock Purchase Plan | 1,485,180,442 | 99.88 | 1,731,897 | 0.12 | 1,486,912,339 | 74.35% | 236,719 |
4. | To re-appoint KPMG as Auditor | 1,445,610,242 | 97.38 | 38,883,279 | 2.62 | 1,484,493,521 | 74.22% | 2,655,537 |
5. | To authorise the Audit Committee to determine the Auditor's remuneration | 1,445,694,724 | 97.22 | 41,370,020 | 2.78 | 1,487,064,744 | 74.35% | 84,314 |
6. | To declare a final dividend for the year ended 31 December 2016 of 1.35p per ordinary share | 1,487,064,546 | 100.00 | 150 | 0.00 | 1,487,064,696 | 74.35% | 84,362 |
7. | To re-elect John Allan as a Director | 1,468,558,442 | 98.80 | 17,869,079 | 1.20 | 1,486,427,521 | 74.32% | 721,537 |
8. | To re-elect Philip Jansen as a Director | 1,465,655,808 | 98.56 | 21,408,936 | 1.44 | 1,487,064,744 | 74.35% | 84,314 |
9. | To re-elect Ron Kalifa as a Director | 1,460,252,814 | 98.20 | 26,811,930 | 1.80 | 1,487,064,744 | 74.35% | 84,314 |
10. | To re-elect Rick Medlock as a Director | 1,457,688,333 | 98.02 | 29,376,411 | 1.98 | 1,487,064,744 | 74.35% | 84,314 |
11. | To re-elect Deanna Oppenheimer as a Director | 1,482,303,494 | 99.68 | 4,761,250 | 0.32 | 1,487,064,744 | 74.35% | 84,314 |
12. | To re-elect Sir Michael Rake as a Director | 1,450,259,815 | 98.10 | 28,154,341 | 1.90 | 1,478,414,156 | 73.92% | 8,734,902 |
13. | To elect Karen Richardson as a Director | 1,486,311,415 | 99.95 | 753,329 | 0.05 | 1,487,064,744 | 74.35% | 84,314 |
14. | To re-elect Martin Scicluna as a Director | 1,472,648,978 | 99.03 | 14,415,483 | 0.97 | 1,487,064,461 | 74.35% | 84,597 |
15. | To give authority to make political donations | 1,467,527,082 | 99.14 | 12,661,241 | 0.86 | 1,480,188,323 | 74.01% | 6,960,735 |
16. | To give authority to allot ordinary shares in the Company | 1,365,447,192 | 92.31 | 113,797,290 | 7.69 | 1,479,244,482 | 73.96% | 7,904,576 |
17. | To give general authority to disapply pre-emption rights | 1,453,098,933 | 98.10 | 28,130,447 | 1.90 | 1,481,229,380 | 74.06% | 5,919,678 |
18. | To give additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights (acquisitions/capital investments) | 1,392,054,937 | 93.98 | 89,175,179 | 6.02 | 1,481,230,116 | 74.06% | 5,918,942 |
19. | To give authority to make market purchases of own ordinary shares | 1,471,728,477 | 99.18 | 12,138,125 | 0.82 | 1,483,866,602 | 74.19% | 3,282,456 |
20. | To give authority for a 14 day notice period for general meetings | 1,366,069,872 | 92.29 | 114,119,654 | 7.71 | 1,480,189,526 | 74.01% | 6,959,532 |
Notes:
1. A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution.
2. Resolutions 1-16 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17-20 were special resolutions.
In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.3R, a copy of the resolutions passed as Special Business at the AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available in due course for viewing at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.
Investor relations: Charles King, Investor Relations Director
Media: Claire Hardy, Head of External Communications James Murgatroyd / Andrew Hughes, Finsbury
|
Tel: +44 (0) 203 664 6171
Tel: +44 (0) 203 664 4902 Tel: +44 (0) 207 251 3801 |
Group Company Secretary:Derek Woodward, Group Company Secretary Tel: +44 (0) 7342 082 043
About Worldpay Group plc
Worldpay (LSE: WPG; LEI 213800CJ5Z6YSGIIZA22) is a leader in global payments. We provide an extensive range of technology-led payment products and services to over 400,000 customers, enabling their businesses to grow and prosper. We manage the increasing complexity of the payments landscape for our customers, allowing them to accept the widest range of payment types around the world. Using our network and technology, we are able to process payments from geographies covering 99% of global GDP, across 146 countries and 126 currencies. We help our customers to accept more than 300 different payment types. http://investors.worldpay.com/
Related Shares:
Worldpay Group