Result of AGM

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.	104,073,003	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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