29 April 2025
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 14 were each passed as Ordinary Resolutions (requiring a simple majority for them to be passed) and resolutions 15 to 19 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:
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| Resolution | Votes For | % | Votes Against | % | Total votes | % of ISC Voted (1) | Votes Withheld (2) |
| 1 | Receive the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 November 2024 | 101,248,827 | 99.99% | 12,533 | 0.01% | 101,261,360 | 78.50% | 516,530 |
| 2 | Declaration of final dividend of 9.2 pence per ordinary share | 101,771,024 | 100.00% | 440 | 0.00% | 101,771,464 | 78.89% | 6,426 |
| 3 | Approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 30 November 2024 | 93,558,964 | 92.23% | 7,886,269 | 7.77% | 101,445,233 | 78.64% | 332,657 |
| 4 | Re-elect James Bilefield as a Director of the Company | 100,535,037 | 99.09% | 923,648 | 0.91% | 101,458,685 | 78.65% | 319,205 |
| 5 | Re-elect Timo Lehne as a Director of the Company | 101,489,456 | 99.73% | 273,207 | 0.27% | 101,762,663 | 78.89% | 15,227 |
| 6 | Re-elect Andrew Beach as a Director of the Company | 101,449,570 | 99.70% | 307,501 | 0.30% | 101,757,071 | 78.88% | 20,819 |
| 7 | Re-elect Denise Collis as a Director of the Company | 100,892,187 | 99.16% | 857,197 | 0.84% | 101,749,384 | 78.88% | 28,506 |
| 8 | Re-elect Elaine O'Donnell as a Director of the Company | 100,903,939 | 99.20% | 813,163 | 0.80% | 101,717,102 | 78.85% | 60,788 |
| 9 | Re-elect Imogen Joss as a Director of the Company | 100,900,347 | 99.18% | 833,565 | 0.82% | 101,733,912 | 78.87% | 43,978 |
| 10 | Elect Sanjeevan Bala as a Director of the Company | 100,966,916 | 99.25% | 765,327 | 0.75% | 101,732,243 | 78.86% | 45,647 |
| 11 | Re-elect Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next General Meeting | 101,712,221 | 99.95% | 46,633 | 0.05% | 101,758,854 | 78.89% | 19,036 |
| 12 | Authorise the Audit & Risk Committee to determine the Auditor's remuneration | 101,701,667 | 99.94% | 56,120 | 0.06% | 101,757,787 | 78.88% | 20,103 |
| 13 | Authorise the Company and its subsidiaries to make political donations and incur political expenditure | 100,869,896 | 99.15% | 860,731 | 0.85% | 101,730,627 | 78.86% | 47,263 |
| 14 | Authorise the Directors to allot shares | 87,310,600 | 85.79% | 14,456,376 | 14.21% | 101,766,976 | 78.89% | 10,914 |
| 15 | Adopt New Articles of Association | 101,262,926 | 99.64% | 361,412 | 0.36% | 101,624,338 | 78.78% | 153,552 |
| 16 | Authorise the Company to call general meetings on not less than 14 clear days' notice | 100,498,905 | 98.78% | 1,241,863 | 1.22% | 101,740,768 | 78.87% | 37,122 |
| 17 | Disapplication of statutory pre-emption rights | 101,401,268 | 99.79% | 210,525 | 0.21% | 101,611,793 | 78.77% | 166,097 |
| 18 | Additional disapplication of pre-emption rights | 89,321,349 | 87.92% | 12,272,485 | 12.08% | 101,593,834 | 78.76% | 184,056 |
| 19 | Authorise the Company to purchase its own Shares | 101,747,918 | 99.98% | 16,302 | 0.02% | 101,764,220 | 78.89% | 13,670 |
Notes:
1. Based on total issued share capital of ordinary shares as at 25 April 2025.
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 2025 were 128,996,112.
4. The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion.
National Storage Mechanism
In accordance with UK Listing Rules 6.4.2, a copy of the resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary 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:
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| SThree plc | |
| Timo Lehne, CEO Andrew Beach, CFO Keren Oser, Investor Relations Director Charlie Hildesley, Investor Relations Manager
| via Alma |
| Alma Strategic Communications | +44 20 3405 0205
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| Rebecca Sanders-Hewett Hilary Buchanan Sam Modlin Will Ellis Hancock | SThree@almastrategic.com |
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