SThree: AGM-AGM Statement (1612057)

SThree (STEM) SThree: AGM-AGM Statement 19-Apr-2023 / 15:40 GMT/BST

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19 April 2023

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 16 were each passed as an Ordinary Resolutions (requiring a simple majority for them to be passed) and resolutions 17 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:

                                                                                                        % of  Votes 
              Resolution                                   Votes For  %     Votes      %     Total      ISC   Withheld 
                                                                            Against          votes      Voted (2) 
                                                                                                        (1) 
1             To receive the Annual Report and Accounts    92,307,330 99.99 129        0.01  92,307,459 68.63 2,702,931 
              for the year ended 30 November 2022. 
2             To declare a final dividend of 11 pence per  95,004,604 99.99 1,140      0.01  95,005,744 70.64 4,646 
              ordinary share. 
              To approve the Directors' Remuneration 
3             Report for the year ended 30 November 2022,  92,029,557 96.88 2,960,719  3.12  94,990,276 70.62 4,646 
              other than the part containing the 
              directors' remuneration policy. 
4             To approve the Directors' Remuneration       91,519,780 96.35 3,469,671  3.65  94,989,451 70.62 20,939 
              Policy 
5             To re-elect James Bilefield as a Director of 91,004,721 95.80 3,993,323  4.20  94,998,044 70.63 12,346 
              the Company. 
6             To re-elect Timo Lehne as a Director of the  94,733,262 99.71 272,592    0.29  95,005,854 70.64 4,536 
              Company. 
7             To re-elect Andrew Beach as a Director of    94,595,009 99.57 406,533    0.43  95,001,542 70.63 8,848 
              the Company. 
8             To re-elect Denise Collis as a Director of   92,221,617 99.00 932,248    1.00  93,153,865 69.26 1,856,525 
              the Company. 
9             To elect Elaine O'Donnell as a Director of   93,551,749 98.48 1,444,966  1.52  94,996,715 70.63 13,675 
              the Company. 
10            To re-elect Barrie Brien as a Director of    94,063,292 99.02 932,637    0.98  94,995,929 70.63 14,461 
              the Company. 
11            To elect Imogen Joss as a Director of the    94,989,081 99.99 7,635      0.01  94,996,716 70.63 13,674 
              Company 
12            To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as  90,119,351 94.86 4,878,609  5.14  94,997,960 70.63 12,430 
              Auditors of the Company. 
13            To authorise the Audit & Risk Committee to   94,568,859 99.55 429,562    0.45  94,998,421 70.63 11,969 
              determine the Auditor's remuneration. 
              To authorise the Company and its 
14            subsidiaries to make political donations and 92,980,057 97.88 2,017,335  2.12  94,997,392 70.63 12,998 
              incur political expenditure. 
15            To authorise the Directors to allot shares.  82,162,645 86.49 12,831,374 13.51 94,994,019 70.63 16,401 
16            To approve the SThree plc Global All         94,999,238 99.99 5,107      0.01  95,004,345 70.63 6,045 
              Employee Share Plan 
              To authorise the Company to call general 
17            meetings on not less than 14 clear days'     93,967,330 98.91 1,031,125  1.09  94,998,455 70.63 11,935 
              notice. 
18            To disapply statutory pre-emption rights.    94,981,669 99.99 9,707      0.01  94,991,376 70.63 19,014 
19            To authorise the Company to purchase its own 92,925,613 98.04 1,858,396  1.96  94,784,009 70.47 226,381 
              Shares. 

Notes: 1. Based on total issued share capital of 134,500,607 ordinary shares (as at 19 April 2023). 2. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted towards votes cast "For" or "Against" aresolution. 3. The total voting rights of the Company on 19 April 2023 were 134,464,840. 4. The 'For' vote includes those giving the Chairman discretion.

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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