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Form 6-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form 6-K

 

 

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of September 2022

Commission File Number 001—32945

 

 

WNS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

 

 

Gate 4, Godrej & Boyce Complex

Pirojshanagar, Vikroli (W)

Mumbai 400 079, India

+91-22-6826-2100

(Address of principal executive office)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F  ☑                 Form 40-F  ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):  ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):  ☐

 

 

 

 

WNS (Holdings) Limited (the “Company”) is incorporating by reference the information set forth in this Form 6-K into its registration statements on Form S-8 filed on July 31, 2006 (File No. 333-136168), Form S-8 filed on February 17, 2009 (File No. 333-157356), Form S-8 filed on September 15, 2011 (File No. 333-176849), Form S-8 filed on September 27, 2013 (File No. 333-191416), Form S-8 filed on October 11, 2016 (File No. 333-214042) and Form S-8 filed on October 31, 2018 (File No. 333-228070) and Form S-8 filed on October 21, 2020 (File No. 333- 249577).

Other Events

At the annual general meeting of shareholders (“AGM”) held on September 22, 2022:

A. The following resolutions, which were set forth in the notice of AGM dated August 18, 2022, were duly approved and passed by the shareholders of the Company:

 

  1.

Adoption of the annual audited accounts of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2022, together with the auditors’ report;

 

  2.

Re-appointment of Grant Thornton Bharat LLP as the independent auditors of the Company until the next annual general meeting of the Company to be held in respect of the financial year ending March 31, 2023;

 

  3.

Approval of auditors’ remuneration for the audit services to be rendered in respect of the financial year ending March 31, 2023;

 

  4.

Re-election of Mr. Timothy L Main as Class I Director of the Company;

 

  5.

Re-election of Ms. Thi Nhuoc Lan Tu as Class I Director of the Company;

 

  6.

Re-election of Mr. Mario P. Vitale as Class I Director of the Company;

 

  7.

Re-election of Mr. Gareth Williams as Class I Director of the Company to serve until the end of his term on December 31, 2022; and

 

  8.

Approval of Directors’ remuneration and other benefits for the period from the AGM until the next annual general meeting of the Company to be held in respect of the financial year ending March 31, 2023.

B. The following resolution was not approved by the shareholders

 

  9.

Increase in the ordinary shares/American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) to be available or reserved for grant under the Company’s 2016 Incentive Award Plan (as may be amended and restated pursuant to and in accordance with the terms thereof, the “2016 Incentive Award Plan” or the “Plan”) by 2.2 million ordinary shares/ADSs (representing 4.57% of the total outstanding share capital as on June 30, 2022 excluding treasury shares) and adoption of the Company’s Fourth Amended and Restated 2016 Incentive Award Plan to reflect such increase be and hereby approved and adopted substantially in the form set out in Appendix B to the Proxy Statement.

Please refer to Annexure I below for details of the voting results.

Annexure I:

Annual General Meeting, Thursday, September 22, 2022

Voting results per resolution

Total number of outstanding ordinary shares (excluding treasury shares) as of the record date, August 19, 2022: 48,093,865

Total number of votes cast: 37,463,171, representing 77.8959% of total number of outstanding ordinary shares (excluding treasuring shares)

 

                                                                                                                                                                              
          For      Against      Abstain  

Resolution Number

   Adopted/
Rejected		    Number of
votes 		     Percentage
of total
votes cast
(%)		      Number of
votes 		     Percentage
of total
votes cast
(%)		      Number
of votes 		     Percentage
of total
votes cast
(%)		  

1

    Adopted      37,347,263        99.6906        315        0.0008        115,593        0.3086  

2

    Adopted      37,172,408        99.2239        2,88,033        0.7688        2,730        0.0073  

3

    Adopted      37,458,943        99.9887        1,104        0.0029        3,124        0.0083  

4

    Adopted      36,818,238        98.2785        635,915        1.6974        9,018        0.0241  

5

    Adopted      37,270,301        99.4852        187,277        0.4999        5,593        0.0149  

6

    Adopted      37,368,997        99.7486        76,528        0.2043        17,646        0.0471  

7

    Adopted      36,325,155        96.9623        1,109,761        2.9623        28,255        0.0754  

8

    Adopted      37,299,305        99.5626        10,731        0.0286        153,135        0.4088  

9

    Rejected      18,559,282        49.5401        18,648,018        49.7769        255,871        0.6830  

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: September 23, 2022

 

WNS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
By:  

/s/ Gopi Krishnan

Name:   Gopi Krishnan
Title:   General Counsel