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RNS Number : 4666L S4 Capital PLC 04 June 2025
S(4)Capital plc
("S(4)Capital" or "the Company")
Results of 2025 Annual General Meeting
S(4)Capital plc (SFOR.L), announces that following its Annual General Meeting
("AGM") held at 15 Bonhill Street, London EC2A 4DN and virtually on 4 June
2025 at midday, all the proposed resolutions were duly passed by shareowners
by way of a poll. Resolutions 1 to 17 were passed as ordinary resolutions.
Resolutions 18 to 22 were passed as special resolutions.
The total number of votes cast on the poll for each resolution (the full text
of the resolutions is detailed in the Notice of AGM dated 8 May 2025) is set
out below.
Resolution Votes For % of votes cast Votes Against % of votes cast Total Cast Withheld
1. To receive the 2024 annual report and accounts 277,887,831 99.97% 80,857 0.03% 277,968,688 74,572
2. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report 268,735,303 96.69% 9,203,870 3.31% 277,939,173 103,345
3. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy 253,476,103 91.20% 24,446,786 8.80% 277,922,889 119,629
4. To declare a final dividend of 1 pence per share 277,067,227 99.66% 956,557 0.34% 278,023,784 19,476
5. To re-elect Sir Martin Sorrell as a Director 266,176,600 98.23% 4,804,756 1.77% 270,981,356 7,046,904
6. To re-elect Elizabeth Buchanan as a Director 234,037,345 84.24% 43,780,157 15.76% 277,817,502 225,758
7. To re-elect Margaret Ma Connolly as a Director 272,148,651 97.96% 5,668,851 2.04% 277,817,502 225,758
8. To re-elect Colin Day as a Director 274,760,534 98.90% 3,056,968 1.10% 277,817,502 225,758
9. To re-elect Daniel Pinto as a Director 246,025,191 88.56% 31,782,311 11.44% 277,807,502 235,758
10. To re-elect Susan Prevezer as a Director 272,950,755 98.25% 4,856,747 1.75% 277,807,502 235,758
11. To elect Radhika Radhakrishnan as a Director 275,830,719 99.22% 2,163,717 0.78% 277,994,436 48,824
12. To elect Nirvik Singh as a Director 275,284,038 99.18% 2,278,639 0.82% 277,562,677 230,583
13. To re-elect Rupert Faure Walker as a Director 274,362,540 98.89% 3,093,335 1.11% 277,455,875 337,385
14. To re-elect Peter Miles Young as a Director 271,865,498 97.97% 5,639,778 2.03% 277,505,276 287,984
15. To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors 276,773,032 99.83% 465,515 0.17% 277,238,547 554,713
16.To authorise the Directors to fix the remuneration of the auditors 277,403,150 99.87% 363,171 0.13% 277,766,321 26,197
17. To authorise the Directors generally to allot ordinary shares 272,910,099 98.26% 4,819,437 1.74% 277,729,536 62,982
18.To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights generally 275,438,748 99.29% 1,968,577 0.71% 277,407,325 385,193
19. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights in connection with a 273,128,190 98.35% 4,585,463 1.65% 277,713,653 78,865
specified acquisition or capital investment
20. To authorise the disapplication of pre-emption rights to facilitate 274,321,088 98.78% 3,396,726 1.22% 277,717,814 74,704
pro-rata offers to overseas shareowners
21. To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares 276,108,853 99.40% 1,662,537 0.60% 277,771,390 21,128
22. To enable the Company to call general meetings, other than an Annual 272,966,622 98.31% 4,704,058 1.69% 277,670,680 122,580
General Meeting, on reduced notice
Notes:
(1) The "for" votes include those giving the Chairman discretion.
(2) Total votes "for" and "against" are expressed as a percentage of the
total votes cast.
(3) A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the
calculation of the proportion of votes "for" or "against" a resolution.
(4) Total Voting Rights: 613,636,656 ordinary shares.
The above poll results will shortly be available on the website. In accordance
with UK Listing Rule 22.2.6 a copy of the resolutions, other than those
concerning ordinary business of the Company, will be submitted to the FCA and
will in due course be available for inspection
at: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
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Enquiries
S(4)Capital plc
Tel: +44 (0)20 3793 0003
Sir Martin Sorrell, Executive Chairman
Sodali & Co (PR Advisor)
Tel: +44 (0)7970 246 725
Elly Williamson/ Pete Lambie
About S(4)Capital
Our strategy is to build a purely digital advertising and marketing services
business for global, multinational, regional, and local clients, and
millennial-driven influencer brands. This will be achieved by integrating
leading businesses in two synchronised Practices: Marketing Services and
Technology Services, along with an emphasis on 'faster, better, cheaper, more'
execution in an always-on consumer-led environment, with a unitary structure.
The Company now has approximately 7,000 people in 33 countries with
approximately 80% of net revenue across the Americas, 15% across Europe, the
Middle East and Africa and 5% across Asia-Pacific. The longer-term objective
is a geographic split of 60%:20%:20%. Marketing Services accounted for
approximately 90% of net revenue, and Technology Services 10%. The longer term
objective is a practice split of 75%:25%.
Sir Martin was CEO of WPP for 33 years, building it from a £1 million 'shell'
company in 1985 into the world's largest advertising and marketing services
company, with a market capitalisation of over £16 billion on the day he left.
Prior to that Sir Martin was Group Financial Director of Saatchi & Saatchi
Company Plc for nine years.
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