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.
|
104,073,003
|
99.997%
|
3,111
|
0.003%
|
104,076,114
|
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 2023, other than
the part containing the directors' remuneration policy.
|
104,609,500
|
98.412%
|
1,687,691
|
1.588%
|
106,297,191
|
78.81%
|
17,487
|
|
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 remuneration.
|
106,290,820
|
99.996%
|
4,055
|
0.004%
|
106,294,875
|
78.81%
|
19,803
|
|
12
|
To authorise the Company and its
subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political
expenditure.
|
104,928,190
|
98.849%
|
1,221,984
|
1.151%
|
106,150,174
|
78.70%
|
164,504
|
|
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 days' notice.
|
105,007,961
|
98.812%
|
1,262,962
|
1.188%
|
106,270,923
|
78.79%
|
43,755
|
|
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
Enquiries:
|
SThree plc
|
020 7268
6000
|
|
Timo Lehne, Chief Executive
Officer
Andrew Beach, Chief Financial
Officer
Kate Danson, Company
Secretary
|
|
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