RNS Number : 6663D
Plus500 Limited
20 February 2020
 

20 February 2020

Plus500 Ltd.

("Plus500" or "the Company") 

 

Result of EGM

 

Plus500, a leading online service provider for trading Contracts for Difference ("CFDs") internationally, is pleased to announce that at the Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM") of the Company held today 20 February 2020, all resolutions were duly passed.

 

For information, the votes cast were as follows:

Resolutions

For

% Votes cast

Against

% Votes cast

Total Votes Cast (excl. Votes Withheld)

Vote Withheld

1.  Remuneration terms for Asaf Elimelech

50,106,651

64.57

27,495,009

35.43

77,601,660

-

2. Remuneration terms for Elad Even-Chen   

50,157,827

64.59

27,495,009

35.41

77,652,836

-

 

Votes withheld are not a vote in law and have not been counted in the calculation of the votes for and against the resolution, the total votes validly cast or the calculation of the proportion of issued share capital voted.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of all the resolutions passed will shortly be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.   A summary of the poll results in respect of each resolution is set out above.

 

The Board of Plus500 notes that there have been a number of votes (more than 20%) cast against Resolutions 1 and 2, as above.  The Board engaged with shareholder bodies and selected shareholders throughout the process and took into account their feedback and amended the terms of remuneration arrangements accordingly. The Board, with the support of the Remuneration Committee, takes these votes seriously, and will continue to consider shareholder feedback to ensure it is better understood and implemented as appropriate. The Board also reiterates its commitment to achieving the highest governance standards.

 

The total number of shares in issue at 6.00pm on 19 February 2020 was 114,888,377 ordinary shares of NIS 0.01 each of which the Company holds 6,852,689 ordinary shares in treasury. Therefore, the total voting rights in Plus500 are 108,035,688.

 

 

The Notice of EGM and the voting results are also available on the Plus500 Ltd. website at https://www.plus500.co.uk/Investors/CompanyAnnouncements 

 

Enquiries

 

 

For further details:

 

Plus500 Ltd

Elad Even-Chen, Chief Financial Officer

ir@Plus500.com

 

Tel: +972-4 8189503

MHP Communications

Reg Hoare, Rachel Mann, Pete Lambie

plus500@mhpc.com

 

 Tel: 020 3128 8570

 

About Plus500

 

Plus500 operates an online trading platform for individual customers to trade CFDs internationally. The Group offers more than 2,800 different underlying global financial instruments, comprising equities, indices, commodities, options, ETFs, foreign exchange and cryptocurrencies. Individual customers of Plus500 can trade CFDs in more than 50 countries and in 32 languages. The trading platform is accessible from multiple operating systems (Windows, smartphones (iOS, Android and Windows Phone), tablets (iOS, Android and Surface) and web browsers). Plus500 retains operating licences and is regulated in the United KingdomAustraliaCyprusIsraelNew ZealandSouth AfricaSingapore and the Seychelles. Customer care is integral to Plus500: customers cannot be subject to negative balances. Plus500 does not utilise cold calling techniques and does not offer binary options. A free demo account is available on an unlimited basis for platform users, and sophisticated risk management tools are provided free of charge to manage leveraged exposure, and stop losses to help customers protect profits and limit capital losses. Plus500 is listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange, under the symbol PLUS.www.plus500.com 

 

 


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