Last checked at 26 May 2022 13:31
26 May 2022
STAFFLINE GROUP PLC
("Staffline", the "Company" or the "Group")
Result of 2022 Annual General Meeting
The 2022 Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of Staffline, the recruitment and training group, was held today, Thursday 26 May 2022. All of the resolutions proposed at the AGM were duly passed, with the exception of Resolution 5, which was withdrawn, all other resolutions were passed by shareholders. Details of votes cast are as follows:
Voting for the resolutions | |||||
Resolution number | Detail of resolution | Holders Voting | Votes | % of Votes Cast | % of shares in issue* |
1. | Annual report and accounts 2021 | 40 | 133,115,413 | 99.84% | 80.30% |
2. | Directors' remuneration report | 35 | 117,140,064 | 87.85% | 70.67% |
3. | Re-elect director: Albert Ellis | 40 | 133,119,054 | 99.84% | 80.30% |
4. | Re-elect director: Daniel Quint | 40 | 133,119,054 | 99.84% | 80.30% |
5. | Re-elect director: Ian Lawson | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
6. | Re-elect director: Catherine Lynch | 36 | 117,226,748 | 87.92% | 70.72% |
7. | Re-elect director: Ian Starkey | 40 | 133,119,054 | 99.84% | 80.30% |
8. | Re-elect director: Tom Spain | 40 | 133,120,418 | 99.84% | 80.31% |
9. | Reappoint Grant Thornton as Auditors | 41 | 133,117,031 | 99.84% | 80.30% |
10. | Remuneration of Auditors | 41 | 133,117,039 | 99.84% | 80.30% |
11. | General authority to allot shares | 34 | 81,094,749 | 60.80% | 48.92% |
12. | Purchase of own shares in the market ** | 39 | 132,601,515 | 99.72% | 79.99% |
13. | General Meetings ** | 39 | 133,040,442 | 99.78% | 80.26% |
* 165,767,728 ordinary 10p shares currently in issue.
** Special resolutions
The Company notes there was a sizable vote against Resolution 11, representing 39.20% of votes cast on the resolution. Feedback received from certain shareholders indicated that some were concerned by the potential dilution caused by an allotment of shares.
For further information, please contact:
Staffline Group plc www.stafflinegroupplc.co.uk Albert Ellis, Chief Executive Officer Daniel Quint, Chief Financial Officer | via Vigo Consulting |
Liberum (Nominated Adviser and Broker) www.liberum.com Richard Lindley / William Hall | 020 3100 2222 |
Vigo Consulting (Financial PR) www.vigoconsulting.com Jeremy Garcia / Kate Kilgallen | 020 7390 0230 Staffline@vigoconsulting.com
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About Staffline
Providing workforce solutions
Staffline is the UK's market leading Recruitment and Training group. It has three divisions:
Recruitment GB
Staffline is a leading provider of flexible blue-collar workers, supplying c.33,000 staff per day on average from around 420 client sites, across a wide range of industries including agriculture, supermarkets, drinks, driving, food processing, logistics and manufacturing.
Recruitment Ireland
The Recruitment Ireland business is a leading end to end solutions provider operating across twenty industries, ten branch locations and ten onsite customer locations, supplying c.4,500 staff per day on average, and offering RPO, MSP, temporary and permanent solutions across the island of Ireland
PeoplePlus Division
PeoplePlus is leading skills and employability business with a clear purpose to help people transform their lives, get jobs and keep jobs, and develop their careers. The division works with employers to develop workforces of the future, and with central, local and devolved governments to support their economic and social policy agendas
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