WISE PLC

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Sep 23, 2022

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Wise PLC

23 September 2022

23 September 2022

Wise plc (the "Company")

Publication of AGM Results

Following its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held today, the Company announces the results of the poll vote for each of the resolutions as set out in the Notice of the AGM.

Resolutions 1 to 15 were passed as ordinary resolutions.

Resolutions 16 - 19 were passed as special resolutions.

The results of the poll for each resolution are as follows:

Resolution	Votes for	For (% of shares voted)	Votes against	Against (% of shares voted)	Total number of votes	% of ISC voted	Votes withheld**
1.   To receive the 2022 Annual Report and Accounts ("ARA")	3,381,523,130	100.00	7,505	0.00	3,381,530,635	81.76%	2,151,385
2.   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report set out on pages 90-112 of the ARA	3,381,063,797	99.93	2,226,538	0.07	3,383,290,335	81.80%	391,685
3.   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy set out on pages 94-112 of the ARA	3,379,289,636	99.88	3,967,564	0.12	3,383,257,200	81.80%	424,819
4.   To appoint PwC LLP as  auditors to the Company	3,383,180,400	100.00	126,111	0.00	3,383,306,511	81.80%	375,508
5.   To authorise the Directors to determine the Company auditors' remuneration	3,383,257,377	100.00	69,378	0.00	3,383,326,755	81.80%	355,264
6.   To elect David Bolling Wells as Director	3,377,974,839	99.89	3,807,585	0.11	3,381,782,424	81.76%	1,899,595
7.   To elect Kristo Käärmann as Director	3,375,121,350	99.84	5,267,963	0.16	3,380,389,313	81.73%	3,292,706
8.   To elect Matthew John Briers as Director	3,379,709,355	99.89	3,576,502	0.11	3,383,285,857	81.80%	396,162
9.   To elect Terri Lynn Duhon as Director	3,381,155,291	99.94	2,161,824	0.06	3,383,317,115	81.80%	364,904
10. To elect Clare Elizabeth Gilmartin as Director	3,381,153,872	99.94	2,163,341	0.06	3,383,317,213	81.80%	364,806
11. To elect Alastair Michael Rampell as Director	3,380,391,762	99.91	2,910,190	0.09	3,383,301,952	81.80%	380,067
12. To elect Hooi Ling Tan as Director	3,380,206,365	99.91	2,999,596	0.09	3,383,205,961	81.80%	476,058
13. To elect Ingo Jeroen Uytdehaage as Director	3,379,815,123	99.90	3,503,038	0.10	3,383,318,161	81.80%	363,858
14. To authorise the Company to make political donations	3,371,260,907	99.64	12,055,460	0.36	3,383,316,367	81.80%	365,652
15. To authorise the Directors to allot class A ordinary shares	3,370,751,416	99.63	12,543,130	0.37	3,383,294,546	81.80%	387,473
16. To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights*	3,380,926,795	99.93	2,319,543	0.07	3,383,246,338	81.80%	435,681
17. To disapply pre-emption rights in the event of an acquisition transaction or other capital investment*	3,380,937,568	99.93	2,343,983	0.07	3,383,281,551	81.80%	400,468
18. To authorise the Company to purchase its own class A ordinary shares*	3,383,183,780	100.00	101,764	0.00	3,383,285,544	81.80%	396,475
19. To authorise the Directors to call general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice*	3,372,453,138	99.68	10,839,514	0.32	3,383,292,652	81.80%	389,367

* Special resolution

** A "Vote withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes 'For' or 'Against' a resolution.

Notes:

●    Equiniti, the Company's Share Registrar, acted as scrutineer of the poll on all resolutions.

●    The percentage of shares voted was 81.80 %. 

●    As at the time and date of the AGM, the Company's issued share capital consisted of 1,024,677,252 class A ordinary shares ("A Shares") and 398,889,814 class B ordinary shares ("B Shares"). The total number of voting rights in the Company in aggregate across the A Shares and the B Shares was 4,136,162,970.

Jane Fahey

Group Company Secretary

For any queries related to the AGM, please contact the Company Secretariat on cosec@wise.com

About Wise

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move money around the world. With the Wise account people and businesses can hold over 50 currencies, move money between countries and spend money abroad. Large companies and banks use Wise technology too; an entirely new cross-border payments network that will one day power money without borders for everyone, everywhere. However you use the platform, Wise is on a mission to make your life easier and save you money.

Co-founded by Kristo Käärmann and Taavet Hinrikus, Wise launched in 2011 under its original name TransferWise. It is one of the world's fastest growing tech companies and is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker WISE.

Over 13 million people and businesses use Wise. Today we process on average over £8 billion in cross-border transactions every month, saving customers over £1 billion a year.

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