REG - SThree plc - Result of AGM

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25/04/2024 11:45

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RNS Number : 0650M  SThree plc  25 April 2024

25 April 2024

SThree plc

("SThree" or the "Company")

 

Results of Annual General Meeting and confirmation of Director changes

 

 

The Company announces the voting results of its Annual General Meeting held
earlier today.

 

All resolutions put to the meeting were passed with the requisite majority by
means of a poll. Resolutions 1 to 13 were each passed as Ordinary Resolutions
(requiring a simple majority for them to be passed) and resolutions 14 to 16
were each passed as a Special Resolution (requiring at least a 75% majority
for them to be passed).

 

The polling results for each resolution are set out below:

 

     Resolution                                                                      Votes For               %         Votes Against  %        Total votes      % of ISC Voted (1)  Votes Withheld (2)
 1   To receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 November 2023.

                                                                                                                                                 104,076,114

                                                                                     104,073,003             99.997%   3,111          0.003%                    77.17%                 2,238,564

 2   To declare a final dividend of 11.6 pence per ordinary share.                         106,303,699       99.995%   5,701          0.005%   106,309,400      78.82%              5,278

 3   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 November    104,609,500             98.412%   1,687,691      1.588%   106,297,191      78.81%              17,487
     2023, other than the part containing the directors' remuneration policy.
 4   To re-elect James Bilefield as a Director of the Company.                       101,713,841             97.173%   2,959,621      2.827%   104,673,462      77.61%              1,641,216
 5   To re-elect Timo Lehne as a Director of the Company.                            105,506,541             99.250%   797,198        0.750%   106,303,739      78.82%              10,939
 6   To re-elect Andrew Beach as a Director of the Company.                          105,459,706             99.210%   840,212        0.790%   106,299,918      78.82%              14,760
 7   To re-elect Denise Collis as a Director of the Company.                         105,035,886             98.819%   1,255,584      1.181%   106,291,470      78.81%              23,208
 8   To re-elect Elaine O'Donnell as a Director of the Company.                      103,418,169             97.301%   2,868,744      2.699%   106,286,913      78.81%              27,765
 9   To re-elect Imogen Joss as a Director of the Company                            105,003,959             98.794%   1,282,248      1.206%   106,286,207      78.80%              28,471
 10  To appoint Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors of the Company.                        104,671,397             98.480%   1,615,793      1.520%   106,287,190      78.81%              27,488
 11  To authorise the Audit & Risk Committee to determine the Auditor's              106,290,820             99.996%   4,055          0.004%   106,294,875      78.81%              19,803
     remuneration.
 12  To authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and   104,928,190             98.849%   1,221,984      1.151%   106,150,174      78.70%              164,504
     incur political expenditure.
 13  To authorise the Directors to allot shares.                                     89,879,804              85.812%   14,860,583     14.188%  104,740,387      77.66%              1,574,291
 14  To authorise the Company to call general meetings on not less than 14 clear     105,007,961             98.812%   1,262,962      1.188%   106,270,923      78.79%              43,755
     days' notice.
 15  To disapply statutory pre-emption rights.                                       106,229,784             99.997%   3,105          0.003%   106,232,889      78.77%              81,789
 16  To authorise the Company to purchase its own Shares.                            104,618,521             98.562%   1,525,879      1.438%   106,144,400      78.70%              170,278

 

Notes:

 

1.       Based on total issued share capital of ordinary shares (as at
25 April 2024).

2.       A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards
votes cast "For" or "Against" a resolution.

3.       The total voting rights of the Company on 25 April 2024 were
134,872,529.

4.       The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion.

 

 

Further to our announcements on 8 December 2023 and 2 April 2024,  SThree
confirms that Sanjeevan Bala has been appointed as a non-executive director of
the Company, Barrie Brien has stood down as a non-executive director with
effect from the conclusion of the AGM.

 

National Storage Mechanism

 

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.2, a copy of the resolutions passed as
special business will shortly be submitted to the FCA's National Storage
Mechanism and will be available to view at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)

 

Enquiries:

 

 SThree plc                              020 7268 6000
 Timo Lehne, Chief Executive Officer

 Andrew Beach, Chief Financial Officer

 Kate Danson, Company Secretary

 

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