| For immediate release | 10 June 2021 |
Equals Group plc
('Equals' or the 'Company')
Result of Annual General Meeting
Equals (AIM:EQLS), the technology-led international payments group focused on the SME marketplace, announces that at the Company's Annual General Meeting held earlier today, all resolutions put to shareholders were duly passed. The results of the proxy voting position received in advance of the meeting are reported below:
| Resolution | For | Against | Withheld | Total votes cast |
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| No. of votes | % | No. of votes | % |
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| 1. Ordinary Resolution - to receive and adopt the Annual Report and Accounts
| 100,246,609 | 86.53 | 15,603,376 | 13.47 | 0 | 115,849,985 | |
| 2. Ordinary Resolution - to re-appoint PwC LLP as auditors
| 115,820,735 | 99.99 | 13,019 | 0.01 | 16,231 | 115,833,754 | |
| 3. Ordinary Resolution - to re-elect Ian Strafford-Taylor as a Director
| 115,810,328 | 99.99 | 7,455 | 0.01 | 32,202 | 115,817,873 | |
| 4. Ordinary Resolution - to re-elect Sian Herbert as a Director
| 115,804,794 | 99.99 | 12,989 | 0.01 | 32,202 | 115,817,873 | |
| 5. Ordinary Resolution - to re-elect Christopher Bones as a Director
| 115,804,794 | 99.99 | 12,989 | 0.01 | 32,202 | 115,817,873 | |
| 6. Ordinary Resolution - to authorise the Directors to allot shares
| 115,787,055 | 99.96 | 45,875 | 0.04 | 17,055 | 115,832,930 | |
| 7. Special Resolution - to disapply pre-emption rights
| 115,707,994 | 99.88 | 136,936 | 0.12 | 5,055 | 115,844,930 | |
Notes:
A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the percentage of the votes validly cast for or against a resolution.
All resolutions put to the meeting were carried.
As at the time of the meeting, the Company had 178,741,807 ordinary shares of 1 pence each in issue and as such this has been used to calculate the percentage of votes in favour or against each resolution. Each of these shares carry one vote. The Company held no shares in treasury.
The Company will be issuing a Pre-Interim Trading Update in the week commencing 5 July 2021.
- Ends -
For more information, please contact:
| Equals Group plc |
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| Ian Strafford-Taylor, CEO Richard Cooper, CFO | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7778 9308
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| Canaccord Genuity (Nominated Advisor / Broker) |
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| Emma Gabriel / Bobbie Hilliam / Georgina McCooke Alex Aylen (Sales) | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7523 8150
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| Buchanan (Financial Communications) |
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| Henry Harrison-Topham / Steph Watson / Toto Berger | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000
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Notes to Editors:
Equals Group is a technology-led international payments group augmented by highly personalised service for the payment needs of SME's whether these be FX, card payments or via Faster Payments. Founded in 2007, the Group listed on AIM in 2014 and currently employs around 250 staff across sites in London and Chester. For more information, please visit www.equalsplc.com.
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