Press Release 13 August 2021
System1 Group PLC (AIM: SYS1)
("System1", or "the Company", or "the Group")
Annual General Meeting
System1 Group PLC (AIM: SYS1), the international online market research agency, announces that the Company's AGM was held on Friday 13th August 2021. A poll was held on each of the resolutions proposed and the results of the poll are set out below. All of the resolutions proposed were duly passed.
| Resolutions | Number of votes "For" | % of votes "For" | Number of votes "Against" | % of votes "Against" | Number of votes "Withheld" | |
| 1 | To receive and adopt the Company's report and accounts for the financial year 2020/2021 | 5,677,555 | 97.06 | 172,165
| 2.96 | 0 |
| 2 | Receive, adopt and approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 4,472,173 | 76.45 | 1,377,547 | 23.66 | 0 |
| 3 | To re-elect Mr Graham Blashill as director | 5,290,641 | 90.44 | 558,479 | 9.59 | 600 |
| 4 | To re-elect Mr John Kearon as director | 5,848,653 | 99.98 | 0 | 0 | 1,067 |
| 5 | To re-elect Ms Sophie Tomkins as director | 5,848,613 | 99.98 | 507 | 0.01 | 600 |
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| 6 | To re-elect Ms Jane Wakely as director | 5,848,613 | 99.98 | 507 | 0.01 | 600 |
| 7 | To re-elect Chris Willford as director | 5,848,653 | 99.98 | 0 | 0 | 1,067 |
| 8 | To re-elect Stefan Barden as director | 5,848,653 | 99.98 | 0 | 0 | 1,067 |
| 9 | To elect Rupert Howell as director | 5,848,653 | 99.98 | 467 | 0.01 | 600 |
| 10 | To reappoint RSM Audit UK LLP as auditors and authorise the directors to fix their remuneration | 5,848,653 | 99.98 | 467 | 0.01 | 600 |
| 11 | To authorise the Company to amend the terms of outstanding awards granted under the System1 Group PLC Long Term Incentive Plan (originally approved by shareholders on 22 March 2017) as set out in the Explanatory Notes of the notice of annual general meeting. | 4,248,911 | 72.63 | 1,600,809 | 27.49 | 0 |
| 12 | To approve the amended System1 Group PLC Long Term Incentive Plan (originally approved by shareholders on 22 March 2017), the principal amendments to which are set out in the Explanatory Notes to the notice of annual general meeting and the amended rules of which are produced at the annual general meeting and for the purposes of identification initialed by the Chairman. | 5,203,120 | 88.95 | 646,600 | 11.10 | 0 |
| 13 | To authorise the Company to amend the terms of the outstanding award granted under the System1 Group PLC Non-Employee Plan (originally approved by shareholders on 31 July 2019) as set out in the Explanatory Notes to this notice of annual general meeting. | 3,840,966 | 65.66 | 2,008,754 | 34.50 | 0 |
| 14 | To approve the amended System1 Group PLC Non-Employee Plan (originally approved by shareholders on 31 July 2019), the principal amendments to which are set out in the Explanatory Notes to the notice of annual general meeting and the rules of which are produced at the annual general meeting and for the purposes of identification initialed by the Chairman. | 5,201,353 | 88.92 | 648,367 | 11.14 | 0 |
| 15 | To authorise the directors to allot shares (section 551 Companies Act 2006) | 5,848,613 | 99.98 | 1,107 | 0.02 | 0 |
| 16 | Disapplication of pre-emption rights (section 570 Companies Act 2006) | 5,203,613 | 88.95 | 646,107 | 11.10 | 0 |
| 17 | To approve the purchase of the Company's own shares | 5,849,720 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The Company can be found at www.system1group.com.
For further information, please contact:
System1 Group PLC Tel: +44 (0)20 7043
1000
John Kearon, Founder and Executive President
Chris Willford, Chief Financial Officer
Canaccord Genuity Limited
Simon Bridges / Andrew Potts
Tel: +44 (0)20 7523
8000
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