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SYKES ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED
Supplement to Proxy Statement, dated April 14, 2011, Relating to the
Annual Meeting of Shareholders To Be Held on May 19, 2011
     On May 6, 2011, the Company learned that Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) had made a recommendation to vote against the approval of Proposals 4 and 5 to be presented and the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, relating to the approval of the Company’s 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2011 Plan”), which was adopted by the Board of Directors on March 23, 2011, subject to shareholder approval at the Annual Meeting (Proposal 4), and the approval of the performance criteria under the 2011 Plan (Proposal 5). The reason for the negative recommendation was the number of shares subject to the Plan, which is 5,732,978. This number constitutes the number of shares that were available under the 2001 Equity Incentive Plan at the time of its expiration in March 2011. The Company believes that a reduction in the number of shares available for issuance under the 2011 Plan to 4,000,000 would result in sufficient shares remaining available to achieve the Company’s compensation objectives while bringing the shareholder value transfer under the Plan more in line with industry standards.
     Considering the above, the Board of Directors adopted a resolution reducing the number of shares available for issuance under the 2011 Plan to 4,000,000 by amending paragraph (a) of Section 3 of the 2011 Plan (which is attached to the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting as Appendix A) to read as follows:
(a) Stock Subject to Plan. The Stock to be subject to or related to Plan Awards may be either authorized and unissued shares or shares held in the treasury of the Company. The maximum number of shares of Stock with respect to which Plan Awards may be granted under the Plan, subject to adjustment in accordance with the provisions of Section 10, shall be 4,000,000.
     Therefore, all references in the number of shares available for issuance under the 2011 Plan in the proxy statement are hereby revised to read “4,000,000” rather than “5,732,978.”
     The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR Proposal 4 and FOR Proposal 5.
         
  By Order of the Board of Directors,
 
 
  (-SIGNATURE-)    
  James T. Holder   
  Secretary   
 
May 11, 2011
     This information is being provided to all shareholders in addition to Sykes Enterprise’s proxy statement dated April 14, 2011, which you already received. Please read the complete proxy statement and accompanying materials carefully before you make a voting decision. Even if voting instructions for your proxy have already been given, you can change your vote at any time before the Annual Meeting by giving new voting instructions as described in more detail in the proxy statement.