QIWI Announces Results of 2022 Annual General Meeting
09/21/2022 - 02:45 PM
NICOSIA, Cyprus, Sept. 21, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- QIWI plc (NASDAQ and MOEX: QIWI) (“QIWI” or the “Company”), a leading provider of cutting-edge payment and financial services in Russia and the CIS, today announced that all resolutions proposed at the 2022 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “AGM”) held on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, have been approved.
The matters to be voted upon were notified to the shareholders on record and, through the Depositary, to all registered holders of American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) who were holding the ADSs on a record date determined by the Depositary. The total number of Class A shares eligible to vote at the AGM was 10,413,522 with a total of 104,135,220 voting rights; the total number of Class B shares was 52,299,453 with a total of 52,299,453 voting rights. Each Class A share carries ten votes and each Class B share carries one vote.
The final voting results of matters put to vote at the AGM of the Company were as follows:
Adoption of the Company’s audited financial statements for the 2021 financial year Brief description of the matter put to vote Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained To adopt the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the 2021 financial year 107,436,528 249,375 10,060 To adopt the audited standalone financial statements of the Company for the 2021 financial year 107,436,528 249,375 10,060
Appointment of KPMG as the Company’s Auditor and authorization of the Board of Directors of the Company to fix the Auditors’ remuneration at its discretion Brief description of the matter put to vote Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained To appoint KPMG as the Company’s Auditor 107,690,869 824 3,737 To authorize the Board of Directors of the Company to fix the Auditors’ remuneration at its discretion 107,690,831 1,444 3,689
Election of Directors to the Board of Directors of the Company The Company announced three re-appointments and four new appointments to its Board of Directors:
Mr. Alexey Blagirev, Mr. Alexey Ivanov, Mr. Alexey Solovyev were elected and appointed to the office of Independent Directors of the Company. Mr. Andrey Protopopov, Ms. Oxana Sirotinina, Mr. Sergey Solonin, and Ms. Tatiana Zharkova were elected and appointed to the office of Elected Directors of the Company. Brief description of the matter put to vote Alexey Blagirev Alexey Ivanov Alexey Solovyev Andrey Protopopov Oxana Sirotinina Sergey Solonin Tatiana Zharkova To elect Independent Directors 107,675,457 107,667,885 107,724,732 To elect Elected Directors 108,262,862 107,056,761 105,201,973 106,970,039
Approval of the Directors’ remuneration Brief description of the matter put to vote Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained To approve the remuneration of the non-executive Directors of the Company 107,687,437 5,604 2,389 To approve no remuneration shall be fixed for executive Directors of the Company and the Directors, being direct representatives of the shareholder(-s), having a significant interest in the Company 107,688,437 4,304 2,689
Approval of amended and restated Article of Association of the Company. Brief description of the matter put to vote Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained To approve the amended and restated Article of Associations of the Company 104,775,268 2,917,173 2,989
Copies of certain materials related to the AGM, including Notice for the convocation of the AGM, a marked-up version of the Articles of Association, Final slate of nominations for the position of Directors of the Company , biographies of new Board Members and AGM voting results are also available on our website at https://investor.qiwi.com/governance/general-meetings/ .
About QIWI plc.
QIWI is a leading provider of cutting-edge payment and financial services in Russia and the CIS. We stand at the forefront of fintech innovations to facilitate and secure the digitalization of payments. Our mission is to connect our clients providing unique financial and technological solutions to make the impossible accessible and simple. We offer a wide range of products under several directions: QIWI payment and financial services ecosystem for merchants and B2C clients across digital use-cases, ROWI digital structured financial products for SME, and several other startups.
For the FY 2021 QIWI had revenue of RUB 41.1 billion and an Adjusted EBITDA of RUB 13.2 billion. QIWI's American depositary shares are traded on the NASDAQ and Moscow Exchange (ticker: QIWI).
For more information, visit investor.qiwi.com
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Industry
Other Business Service Centers (including Copy Shops)
Sector
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
Tags
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services, Data Processing Services, Other Business Service Centers (including Copy Shops) , Technology Services
Country
Cyprus
City
Kennedy Business Centre Office 203
About QIWI
qiwi is a leading provider of next generation payment services in russia and the cis. it has an integrated proprietary network that enables payment services across physical, online and mobile channels. it has deployed over 17.3 million virtual wallets, over 177,000 kiosks and terminals, and enabled merchants to accept over rub 50 billion cash and electronic payments monthly from over 70 million consumers using its network at least once a month. qiwi’s consumers can use cash, stored value and other electronic payment methods to order and pay for goods and services across physical or online environments interchangeably. qiwi – ведущий платежный сервис нового поколения в россии и странах снг, которому принадлежит интегрированная платежная сеть, позволяющая производить платежи по физическим, интернет и мобильным каналам связи. она включает свыше 17,3 млн виртуальных кошельков и более 177 000 терминалов и точек приема платежей. с помощью qiwi торговые компании принимают платежи (в денежной
