| For immediate release | 17 May 2022 |
Equals Group plc
('Equals' or the 'Company')
Result of Annual General Meeting
Equals (AIM:EQLS), a leading fintech 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 |
| ||
| | No. of votes | % | No. of votes
| % |
| |
| Resolution 1 (Ordinary) THAT the Annual Report and Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2021 be adopted by the Shareholders of the Company.
| 82,842,161 | 99.98 | 14,818 | 0.02 | 6,004 | |
| Resolution 2 (Ordinary) THAT PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP be reappointed as auditor to the Company and the Directors be authorised to set the auditor's remuneration.
| 82,817,216 | 99.95 | 39,763 | 0.05 | 6,004 | |
| Resolution 3 (Ordinary) THAT the Directors be authorised to allot relevant securities.
| 82,845,126 | 99.99 | 11,853 | 0.01 | 6,004 | |
| Resolution 4 (Special) THAT the Directors be empowered to allot or make offers or agreements to allot for equity securities for cash. | 80,976,422 | 97.73 | 1,880,557 | 2.27 | 6,004 | |
Notes:
All resolutions put to the meeting were carried.
As at the time of the Meeting, there were 180,045,807 ordinary shares in issue. Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share. Votes withheld are not votes in law and so have not been included in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against a resolution.
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For more information, please contact:
| Equals Group plc |
|
| Ian Strafford-Taylor, CEO Richard Cooper, CFO | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7778 9308
|
| Canaccord Genuity (Nominated Advisor / Broker) |
|
| Max Hartley / Georgina McCooke Alex Aylen (Sales) | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7523 8150
|
| Buchanan (Financial Communications) |
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| Henry Harrison-Topham / Steph Whitmore / Toto Berger | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000
|
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 265 staff across sites in London and Chester. For more information, please visit www.equalsplc.com.
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