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SThree: Result of Annual General Meeting

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20 April 2022

                                       SThree plc

                               ("SThree" or the "Company")

 

                            Results of Annual General Meeting

 

 

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 7 and resolutions 9 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:

 

                                                                          % of    Votes
   Resolution              Votes For    %      Votes      %   Total votes  ISC  Withheld
                                              Against                     Voted    (2)
                                                                           (1)
   To receive the Annual
1  Report and Accounts    103,713,776 100.00 792        0.00  103,714,568 77.59 952,976
   for the year ended 30
   November 2021.
   To declare a final
2  dividend of 8.0 pence  104,649,982 99.98  16,716     0.02  104,666,698 78.30 846
   per ordinary share.
   To approve the
   Directors'
   Remuneration Report
   for the year ended 30
3  November 2021, other   55,874,397  54.42  46,806,243 45.58 102,680,640 76.81 1,986,904
   than the part
   containing the
   directors'
   remuneration policy.
   To elect Timo Lehne as
4  a Director of the      102,508,343 97.94  2,158,602  2.06  104,666,945 78.30 599
   Company.
   To elect Andrew Beach
5  as a Director of the   102,325,358 97.76  2,340,772  2.24  104,666,130 78.30 1,414
   Company.
   To re-elect James
6  Bilefield as a         85,635,237  81.82  19,032,307 18.18 104,667,544 78.30 0
   Director of the
   Company.
   To re-elect Denise
7  Collis as a Director   93,015,636  88.87  11,651,605 11.13 104,667,241 78.30 303
   of the Company.
   To re-elect Anne Fahy
8  as a Director of the                        Resolution withdrawn
   Company.
   To re-elect Barrie
9  Brien as a Director of 103,244,710 98.64  1,422,531  1.36  104,667,241 78.30 303
   the Company.
   To re-appoint
10 PricewaterhouseCoopers 77,356,963  78.00  21,821,424 22.00 99,178,387  74.19 5,489,157
   LLP as Auditors of the
   Company.
   To authorise the Audit
11 Committee to determine 104,440,930 99.78  225,518    0.22  104,666,448 78.30 1,096
   the Auditor's
   remuneration.
   To authorise the
   Company and its
12 subsidiaries to make   104,290,792 99.65  361,615    0.35  104,652,407 78.29 15,137
   political donations
   and incur political
   expenditure.
   To authorise the
13 Directors to allot     94,629,001  90.41  10,037,448 9.59  104,666,449 78.30 1,095
   shares.
   To authorise the
   Company to call
14 general meetings on    101,958,078 97.41% 2,708,371  2.59  104,666,449 78.30 1,095
   not less than 14 clear
   days' notice.
15 To disapply statutory  104,652,194 99.99% 14,255     0.01  104,666,449 78.30 1,095
   pre-emption rights.
   To authorise the
16 Company to purchase    102,488,117 98.31% 1,759,254  1.69  104,247,371 77.98 420,173
   its own Shares.

 

Notes

 

 1.           Based on total issued share  capital of 133,667,879 ordinary shares (as  at
    18 April 2022).
 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 18 April 2022 were 133,667,879.
 4.           The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion.

 

Resolutions 3 and 10

In respect of  those resolutions where  there was  over circa 20%  voted against,  namely
Resolution 3 (the approval of the Directors' Remuneration Report) and Resolution 10  (the
re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers  LLP as  Auditors), the Board  confirms that  it
will consult and  engage with  the relevant shareholders  to understand  their views.  An
update of this engagement will be published within six months, as well as a final summary
in the Company's Annual Report for the 2022 Financial Year.

 

The resolution  to  reappoint  Anne Fahy  as  a  Non-Executive Director  of  the  Company
(Resolution 8) was withdrawn following her resignation from the Company with effect  from
19 April 2022, as announced by the Company on that day.

 

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  1 https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

 

Enquiries:

 

SThree plc                                             Via Alma
Timo Lehne, Interim Chief Executive Officer

Andrew Beach, Chief Financial Officer
                                                               
Kate Danson, Company Secretary

 
Alma PR                                        +44 20 3405 0205
Rebecca Sanders-Hewett
                                            SThree@almapr.co.uk
Susie Hudson

 

 

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   ISIN:          GB00B0KM9T71
   Category Code: MSCL
   TIDM:          STEM
   LEI Code:      2138003NEBX5VRP3EX50
   Sequence No.:  156550
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