Worldpay Group PLC Result of AGM (7963E)

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RNS Number : 7963E

Worldpay Group PLC

10 May 2017

The headline for the Worldpay Group plc announcement released on 10/05/2017 at 12.05 under RNS No 7457E should read Result of AGM.

The announcement text is unchanged and is reproduced in full below.

Worldpay Group plc (the 'Company')

Results of the Annual General Meeting ('AGM')

At the Company's AGM held today at 11.00am, all resolutions set out in the Notice of Meeting were voted on a poll and were passed by the requisite majorities. The poll results of each resolution are set out in the table below.

 
           RESOLUTION                   FOR         % OF      AGAINST      % OF        VOTES       VOTES      VOTES 
                                                    VOTES                  VOTES       TOTAL        CAST     WITHHELD 
                                                    CAST                   CAST                      AS 
                                                                                                    % OF 
                                                                                                     ISC 
--------------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  -------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To receive 
        the Annual 
        Report and 
 1.     Accounts 2016              1,475,278,208    99.93       978,509     0.07   1,476,256,717   73.81%   10,892,341 
----  --------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  -------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To approve 
        the Directors' 
        Remuneration 
 2.     Report                     1,455,190,635    98.59    20,871,198     1.41   1,476,061,833   73.80%   11,087,225 
----  --------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  -------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To approve 
        the Company's 
        US Employee 
        Stock Purchase 
 3.     Plan                       1,485,180,442    99.88     1,731,897     0.12   1,486,912,339   74.35%      236,719 
----  --------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  -------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To re-appoint 
 4.     KPMG as Auditor            1,445,610,242    97.38    38,883,279     2.62   1,484,493,521   74.22%    2,655,537 
----  --------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  -------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To authorise 
        the Audit Committee 
        to determine 
        the Auditor's 
 5.     remuneration               1,445,694,724    97.22    41,370,020     2.78   1,487,064,744   74.35%       84,314 
----  --------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  -------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To declare 
        a final dividend 
        for the year 
        ended 31 December 
        2016 of 1.35p 
        per ordinary 
 6.     share                      1,487,064,546   100.00           150     0.00   1,487,064,696   74.35%       84,362 
----  --------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  -------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To re-elect 
        John Allan 
 7.     as a Director              1,468,558,442    98.80    17,869,079     1.20   1,486,427,521   74.32%      721,537 
----  --------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  -------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To re-elect 
        Philip Jansen 
 8.     as a Director              1,465,655,808    98.56    21,408,936     1.44   1,487,064,744   74.35%       84,314 
----  --------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  -------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To re-elect 
        Ron Kalifa 
 9.     as a Director              1,460,252,814    98.20    26,811,930     1.80   1,487,064,744   74.35%       84,314 
----  --------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  -------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To re-elect 
        Rick Medlock 
 10.    as a Director              1,457,688,333    98.02    29,376,411     1.98   1,487,064,744   74.35%       84,314 
----  --------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  -------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To re-elect 
        Deanna Oppenheimer 
 11.    as a Director              1,482,303,494    99.68     4,761,250     0.32   1,487,064,744   74.35%       84,314 
----  --------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  -------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To re-elect 
        Sir Michael 
 12.    Rake as a Director         1,450,259,815    98.10    28,154,341     1.90   1,478,414,156   73.92%    8,734,902 
----  --------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  -------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To elect Karen 
        Richardson 
 13.    as a Director              1,486,311,415    99.95       753,329     0.05   1,487,064,744   74.35%       84,314 
----  --------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  -------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To re-elect 
        Martin Scicluna 
 14.    as a Director              1,472,648,978    99.03    14,415,483     0.97   1,487,064,461   74.35%       84,597 
----  --------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  -------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To give authority 
        to make political 
 15.    donations                  1,467,527,082    99.14    12,661,241     0.86   1,480,188,323   74.01%    6,960,735 
----  --------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  -------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To give authority 
        to allot ordinary 
        shares in the 
 16.    Company                    1,365,447,192    92.31   113,797,290     7.69   1,479,244,482   73.96%    7,904,576 
----  --------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  -------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To give general 
        authority to 
        disapply pre-emption 
 17.    rights                     1,453,098,933    98.10    28,130,447     1.90   1,481,229,380   74.06%    5,919,678 
----  --------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  -------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To give additional 
       authority to 
       disapply pre-emption 
       rights 
       (acquisitions/capital 
 18.   investments)                1,392,054,937    93.98    89,175,179     6.02   1,481,230,116   74.06%    5,918,942 
----  --------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  -------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To give authority 
        to make market 
        purchases of 
        own ordinary 
 19.    shares                     1,471,728,477    99.18    12,138,125     0.82   1,483,866,602   74.19%    3,282,456 
----  --------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  -------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
       To give authority 
        for a 14 day 
        notice period 
        for general 
 20.    meetings                   1,366,069,872    92.29   114,119,654     7.71   1,480,189,526   74.01%    6,959,532 
----  --------------------------  --------------  -------  ------------  -------  --------------  -------  ----------- 
 

Notes:

1. A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes 'for' and 'against' a resolution.

   2.     Resolutions 1-16 were ordinary resolutions and resolutions 17-20 were special resolutions. 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.3R, a copy of the resolutions passed as Special Business at the AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available in due course for viewing at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

 
  Investor relations: 
   Charles King, Investor 
   Relations Director 
   Media:                        Tel: +44 (0) 
   Claire Hardy, Head of         203 664 6171 
   External Communications       Tel: +44 (0) 
   James Murgatroyd / Andrew     203 664 4902 
   Hughes, Finsbury              Tel: +44 (0) 
                                 207 251 3801 
 

Group Company Secretary:

   Derek Woodward, Group Company Secretary              Tel: [phone] 

About Worldpay Group plc

Worldpay (LSE: WPG; LEI 213800CJ5Z6YSGIIZA22) is a leader in global payments. We provide an extensive range of technology-led payment products and services to over 400,000 customers, enabling their businesses to grow and prosper. We manage the increasing complexity of the payments landscape for our customers, allowing them to accept the widest range of payment types around the world. Using our network and technology, we are able to process payments from geographies covering 99% of global GDP, across 146 countries and 126 currencies. We help our customers to accept more than 300 different payment types. http://investors.worldpay.com/

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