Swvl Holdings Corp 6-K/A, filed Jan 12, 2024
Swvl Holdings Corp (SWVL)
About this 6-K/A
Swvl Holdings Corp filed this 6-K/A on January 12, 2024.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of January 2024
Commission File Number: 001-41339
Swvl Holdings Corp
The Offices 4, One Central
Dubai World Trade Centre
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F x Form 40-F ¨
Explanatory Note
This Report on Form 6-K/A (this “Amendment”) amends the Report on Form 6-K filed by Swvl Holdings Corp (“Swvl”) on January 11, 2024 (the “Original 6-K”) solely to include an updated Notice of Meeting and Proxy Card for the 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on January 30, 2024 (the “Meeting”).
Except as described above, this Amendment speaks as of the original filing date of the Original 6-K and does not amend, update or restate any information set forth in the Original 6-K or reflect any events that occurred subsequent to the original filing date of the Original 6-K.
CONTENTS
Attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein is Swvl’s Notice of Meeting and Proxy Card for the 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on January 30, 2024. Only shareholders of record who hold Class A Ordinary Shares of Swvl at the close of business on January 15, 2024, will be entitled to vote at the Meeting and any postponement or adjournments thereof.
This Report on Form 6-K/A is incorporated by reference into Swvl’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-265464), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, to be a part thereof from the date on which this Report is submitted, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit | Description of Exhibit | |
| 99.1 | Notice of Meeting and Proxy Card for the 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on January 30, 2024. | |
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.
| SWVL HOLDINGS CORP | ||
| Date: January 12, 2024 | By: |
/s/ Mostafa Kandil |
| Name: | Mostafa Kandil | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
Exhibit 99.1
Swvl Holdings Corp
(the "Company")
Notice of Meeting of Members of the Company
Notice is hereby given that a Meeting of the members of the Company will be held at the offices of Swvl Holdings Corp located at the Offices 4, One Central, Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on the 30th day of January, 2024 at 8 a.m. Eastern Time, for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing and approving the following resolution(s):
| 1. | To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton Audit and Accounting Limited (Dubai Branch) as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. |
| 2. | To transact such other business as may properly come before the 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. |
By order of the Board
| /s/ Mostafa Kandil | |
| Mostafa Kandil | |
| Director, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman | |
| Dated: 11th day of January 2024 |
Registered Office:
c/o Maples Corporate Services (BVI) Limited
Kingston Chambers
PO Box 173
Road Town
Tortola
British Virgin Islands
*A form of proxy has been included with this Notice.
NOTES
IF YOU HAVE EXECUTED A STANDING PROXY, YOUR STANDING PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS INDICATED IN NOTE 2 BELOW, UNLESS YOU ATTEND THE MEETING IN PERSON OR SEND IN A SPECIFIC PROXY.
| 1 | A proxy need not be a member of the Company. A member entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote in his/her stead. |
| 2 | Any standing proxy previously deposited by a member with the Company will be voted in favour of the resolutions to be proposed at the Meeting unless revoked prior to the Meeting or the member attends the Meeting in person or executes a specific proxy. |
| 3 | A form of proxy for use at the Meeting is enclosed. Whether or not you propose to attend the Meeting in person, you are strongly advised to complete and sign the enclosed form of proxy in accordance with the instructions printed on it and then deposit it (together with any power of attorney or other authority under which it is signed or a notarially certified copy of that power or authority) at the offices of Swvl Holdings Corp located at the Offices 4, One Central, Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, or send copies of the foregoing by email to Abdullah.mansour@swvl.com, in each case marked for the attention of Abdullah Mansour, not later than 48 hours before the time for the holding of the Meeting or adjourned Meeting in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Company. Returning the completed form of proxy will not preclude you from attending the Meeting and voting in person if you so wish. |
| 4 | If two or more persons are jointly registered as holders of a share, the vote of the senior person who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of other joint holders. For this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand on the Company's register of members in respect of the relevant shares. |
| 5 | A member holding more than one share entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting need not cast the votes in respect of such shares in the same way on any resolution and therefore may vote a share or some or all such shares either for or against a resolution and/or abstain from voting a share or some or all of the shares and, subject to the terms of the instrument appointing any proxy, a proxy appointed under one or more instruments may vote a share or some or all of the shares in respect of which he is appointed either for or against a resolution and/or abstain from voting. |
| 6 | The quorum for the Meeting is a majority in voting power of the shares entitled to vote on the resolutions to be considered at the Meeting. |
Swvl Holdings Corp.
(the "Company")
FORM OF PROXY FOR MEMBERS
I/We _________________________________________________________________________
Please Print Name(s)
of ___________________________________________________________________________
Please Print Address(es)
being (a) member(s) of the Company with ____________ shares respectively hereby appoint
________________________________ of ___________________________________________
or failing him/her
________________________________ of ___________________________________________
or failing him/her as my/our proxy to vote for me/us and on my/our behalf at the General Meeting of the Company (the "GM") to be held on 30th day of January 2024 at 8 a.m. Eastern Time at the offices of Swvl Holdings Corp located at the Offices 4, One Central, Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates and at any adjournment of the GM. My proxy is instructed to vote on a poll or on a show of hands on the resolutions in respect of the matters specified in the Notice of the GM as indicated below:
| Resolution | For | Against | Abstain |
| To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton Audit and Accounting Limited (Dubai Branch) as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 | |||
| To transact such other business as may properly come before the 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. |
Please indicate your voting preference by ticking, or inserting the number of shares to be voted for or against or to abstain, the boxes above in respect of each resolution. If you do not complete this section, your proxy will vote or abstain at his/her discretion, as he/she will on any other business that may be raised at the GM.
You may instruct your proxy to vote some or all of the shares in respect of which the proxy is appointed either for or against any resolution and/or abstain from voting as such proxy need not cast the votes in respect of your shares in the same way on any resolution. In this case, please specify in the voting boxes above the number of shares in respect of which your proxy is to vote for or against or to abstain in respect of each resolution.
If you have appointed more than one proxy, please specify in the voting boxes above the number of shares in respect of which each proxy is entitled to exercise the related votes. If you do not complete this information, the first person listed above shall be entitled to exercise all the votes in relation to the relevant resolution. If you have appointed more than one proxy, the first person listed above shall be entitled to vote on a show of hands.
If you have appointed another proxy to vote on a show of hands in a separate form (in which case the proxy appointed in this form may not vote on a show of hands) please tick this box: ¨
| Signed: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Date: |
In the case of joint holders the
senior holder (see note 4 below) should sign.
Please provide the names of all other
joint holders: _____________________________
NOTES
IF YOU HAVE EXECUTED A STANDING PROXY, YOUR STANDING PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS INDICATED IN NOTE 2 BELOW, UNLESS YOU ATTEND THE MEETING IN PERSON OR COMPLETE AND SEND IN THIS FORM APPOINTING A SPECIFIC PROXY.
| 1 | A proxy need not be a member of the Company. A member entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote in his/her stead. Please insert the name of the person(s) of your own choice that you wish to be appointed proxy in the space provided, failing which [the Chairman] will be appointed as your proxy. |
| 2 | Any standing proxy previously deposited by a member with the Company will be voted in favour of the resolutions to be proposed at the Meeting unless revoked prior to the Meeting or the member attends the Meeting in person or completes and returns this form appointing a specific proxy. |
| 3 | Whether or not you propose to attend the relevant meeting(s) in person, you are strongly advised to complete and return this form of proxy in accordance with these instructions. To be valid, this form must be completed and deposited (together with any power of attorney or other authority under which it is signed or a notarially certified copy of that power or authority) at the offices of Swvl Holdings Corp located at the Offices 4, One Central, Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, or send copies of the foregoing by email to Abdullah.mansour@swvl.com, in each case marked for the attention of Abdullah Mansour, as soon as possible and in any event not later than 48 hours before the time for holding the relevant meeting or any adjourned meeting. Returning this completed form of proxy will not preclude you from attending the relevant meeting(s) and voting in person if you so wish. |
| 4 | If two or more persons are jointly registered as holders of a share, the vote of the senior person who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of other joint holders. For this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand on the Company's register of members in respect of the relevant shares. The senior holder should sign this form, but the names of all other joint holders should be stated on the form in the space provided. |
| 5 | If this form is returned without an indication as to how the proxy shall vote, the proxy will exercise his/her discretion as to whether he/she votes and if so how. |
| 6 | This form of proxy is for use by members only. If the appointor is a corporate entity this form of proxy must either be under its seal or under the hand of some officer or attorney duly authorised for that purpose. |
| 7 | Any alterations made to this form must be initialled by you. |
| 8 | A proxy may vote on a show of hands or on a poll. |
Swvl Holdings Corp
(the "Company")
MEETING OF MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY
agenda
| Date: | 30 January 2024 |
| Time: | 8 a.m. Eastern time |
| Place: | Swvl Holdings Corp located at the Offices 4, One Central, Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| 1 | A To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton Audit and Accounting Limited (Dubai Branch) as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. |
| 2 | Any Other Business |
| 3 | Termination of Meeting |