17th Jun 2026 14:23
17 June 2026
WORLD CHESS PLC
Results of Annual General Meeting
World Chess PLC (LSE: CHSS) (the "Company"), a leading chess organisation committed to expanding the global appeal of chess, announces that at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today, all resolutions were duly passed on a poll.
Resolutions 1 to 10 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and Resolution 11 was passed as a Special Resolution. The following table sets out the votes cast on each resolution:
Resolution1,2 | Votes FOR | % votes FOR | Votes AGAINST | % votes AGAINST | Votes WITHHELD3 | |
| ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS | |||||
1 | Receive and adopt Annual Report | 399,567,689 | 100.0% | 10,000 | 0.0% | 0 |
2 | Approve Directors' Remuneration Report | 399,566,289 | 100.0% | 11,400 | 0.0% | 0 |
3 | Approve Directors' Remuneration Policy | 399,566,289 | 100.0% | 11,400 | 0.0% | 0 |
4 | Re-appoint Richard Collett as director | 399,567,689 | 100.0% | 10,000 | 0.0% | 0 |
5 | Re-appoint Jamison Firestone as director | 399,567,689 | 100.0% | 10,000 | 0.0% | 0 |
6 | Re-appoint Ilya Merenzon as director | 399,567,689 | 100.0% | 10,000 | 0.0% | 0 |
7 | Re-appoint Matvey Shekhovtsov as director | 399,567,689 | 100.0% | 10,000 | 0.0% | 0 |
8 | Re-appoint Moore Kingston Smith LLP as auditor | 399,567,689 | 100.0% | 10,000 | 0.0% | 0 |
9 | Directors authorised to determine auditor's remuneration | 399,567,689 | 100.0% | 10,000 | 0.0% | 0 |
10 | Authority to allot shares | 399,566,289 | 100.0% | 11,400 | 0.0% | 0 |
SPECIAL RESOLUTION | ||||||
11 | Dis-application of pre-emptive rights | 399,566,289 | 100.0% | 11,400 | 0.0% | 0 |
1. The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting sent to shareholders on the Company's website at https://worldchess.com/investors.
2. As at the record date for eligibility to vote at the Company's General Meeting, the Company had 1,089,806,579 Ordinary Shares in issue. Accordingly, the Company's total number of voting rights was 1,089,806,579.
3. Votes 'Withheld' are not a vote in law and have not been counted in the calculation of the votes % 'For' and % votes 'Against' the resolutions.
Enquiries:
World Chess Ilya Merenzon, CEO |
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AlbR Capital Limited - Financial Adviser David Coffman / Dan Harris | +44 (0) 20 7469 0930 |
About World Chess PLC
World Chess PLC (LSE: CHSS) is the official commercial partner of the International Chess Federation (FIDE). The Group operates worldchess.com - the single online platform where players earn ratings and titles recognised by FIDE and compete in official tournaments. World Chess also produces The World Chess Show, a chess broadcast property carried in 150 countries, and designs and sells the official sets and boards of the World Championship. The Company's shares are admitted to the Official List (Standard Listing) and traded on the main market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker CHSS.
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