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W.A.G. payment solutions plc announced the poll results from its Annual General Meeting held on 22 May 2025, where shareholders passed all 19 resolutions. This included the declaration of a special dividend of 3.00p per ordinary share, the re-election of all directors, and the re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor, with overall shareholder participation for most resolutions at 83.08% of total voting rights.
| Date | 22 May 2025 |
| Time | 17:10:19 |
| Category | AGMs and other meetings |
| ID | 8631J |
W.A.G payment solutions plc - AGM 2025 poll results
Shareholders are informed that the results of the poll on the resolutions put before the annual general meeting of W.A.G. payment solutions plc on 22 May 2025 are:
|
Resolutions |
Votes for |
% |
Votes against |
% |
Total shares for and against |
% of total voting rights |
Votes withheld |
|
|
1 |
To receive the Company's annual report and audited financial statements. |
573,626,569 |
100.00 |
0 |
0.00 |
573,626,569 |
83.08 |
7,967 |
|
2 |
To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report. |
570,575,389 |
99.47 |
3,051,180 |
1.25 |
573,626,569 |
83.08 |
7,967 |
|
3 |
To declare a special dividend of 3.00p per ordinary share. |
573,626,599 |
100.00 |
0 |
0.00 |
573,626,599 |
83.08 |
7,937 |
|
4 |
To re-elect Mirjana Blume. |
570,022,032 |
99.37 |
3,604,567 |
1.47 |
573,626,599 |
83.08 |
7,937 |
|
5 |
To re-elect Steve Dryden. |
571,883,392 |
99.70 |
1,743,207 |
0.71 |
573,626,599 |
83.08 |
7,937 |
|
6 |
To re-elect Sophie Krishnan. |
570,084,245 |
99.38 |
3,542,354 |
1.45 |
573,626,599 |
83.08 |
7,937 |
|
7 |
To re-elect Kevin Li Ying. |
571,883,392 |
99.70 |
1,743,207 |
0.71 |
573,626,599 |
83.08 |
7,937 |
|
8 |
To re-elect Morgan Seigler. |
573,389,855 |
99.96 |
236,744 |
0.10 |
573,626,599 |
83.08 |
7,937 |
|
9 |
To re-elect Martin Vohánka. |
573,389,855 |
99.96 |
236,744 |
0.10 |
573,626,599 |
83.08 |
7,937 |
|
10 |
To re-elect Oskar Zahn. |
573,389,855 |
99.96 |
236,744 |
0.10 |
573,626,599 |
83.08 |
7,937 |
|
11 |
To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor, |
573,626,599 |
100.00 |
0 |
0.00 |
573,626,599 |
83.08 |
7,937 |
|
12 |
To authorise the Audit & Risk Committee to determine the auditor's remuneration. |
573,626,599 |
100.00 |
0 |
0.00 |
573,626,599 |
83.08 |
7,937 |
|
13 |
To authorise political donations. |
544,817,330 |
99.92 |
430,906 |
0.20 |
545,248,236 |
78.97 |
28,386,300 |
|
14 |
To approve the Rule 9 waiver. |
229,877,938 |
94.05 |
14,553,363 |
5.95 |
244,431,301 |
35.40 |
8,214 |
|
15 |
To authorise the allotment of shares |
573,165,430 |
99.92 |
461,169 |
0.19 |
573,626,599 |
83.08 |
7,937 |
|
Special Resolutions |
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|
16 |
To authorise the disapplication of pre-emptions rights in accordance with S561 of the Companies Act 2006. |
573,402,144 |
99.96 |
224,455 |
0.09 |
573,626,599 |
83.08 |
7,937 |
|
17 |
To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights up to a further 5% for the purposes of acquisitions or capital investments. |
573,402,144 |
99.96 |
224,455 |
0.09 |
573,626,599 |
83.08 |
7,937 |
|
18 |
To authorise the Company to purchase it own shares. |
571,827,422 |
99.69 |
1,799,177 |
0.74 |
573,626,599 |
83.08 |
7,937 |
|
19 |
To authorise the calling of a general meeting (not being an Annual General Meeting) by notice of at least 14 clear days. |
573,404,759 |
99.96 |
221,840 |
0.09 |
573,626,599 |
83.08 |
7,937 |
Resolutions 4,5,6 and 7 excluding controlling shareholders
Under the UK Listing Rules, Martin Vohánka is classed as a "controlling shareholder" of the Company. The Company's Independent Non-Executive Directors seeking election at the AGM are therefore subject to rule 9.2.2E of the UK Listing Rules requiring that such election be approved by a majority vote of both the independent shareholders and the shareholders as a whole.
|
Resolution |
Votes for |
% |
Votes against |
% |
Total shares for and against |
% of total voting rights |
Votes withheld |
|
|
4 |
To re-elect Mirjana Blume |
240,827,011 |
98.53 |
3,604,567 |
1.47 |
244,431,578 |
35.40 |
7,937 |
|
5 |
To re-elect Steve Dryden |
242,688,371 |
99.29 |
1,743,207 |
0.71 |
244,431,578 |
35.40 |
7,937 |
|
6 |
To re-elect Sophie Krishnan |
240,889,224 |
98.55 |
3,542,354 |
1.45 |
244,431,578 |
35.40 |
7,937 |
|
7 |
To re-elect Kevin Li Ying |
242,688,371 |
99.29 |
1,743,207 |
0.71 |
244,431,578 |
35.40 |
7,937 |
Notes:
1. Full details of the resolutions are set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting dated 9 April 2025 which is available at Eurowag_Notice_of_Meeting_2025.pdf
2. Resolutions 1 - 15 are ordinary resolutions, requiring more that 50% of votes cast by shareholders to be in favour of each resolution. Resolutions 16 - 19 are special resolutions, requiring at least 75% of the votes cast by shareholders to be in favour of each resolution.
3. Votes "For" include those proxy instructions giving the Chairman discretion.
4. There are 690,483,531 ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares) in issue, all of which had the right to vote. There are no ordinary shares held in treasury.
5. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes for or against are resolution.
6. The results for resolution 14 above exclude the members of the Concert Party in the total votes.
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Eurowag was founded in 1995 and is a leading technology company and an important partner to Europe's CRT industry, with a purpose to make it clean, fair and efficient. Eurowag enables trucking companies to successfully transition to a low carbon, digital future by harnessing all mission critical data, insights and payment and financing transactions into a single ecosystem and connects their operations seamless before a journey, on the road and post-delivery. http://www.eurowag.com