Result of AGM

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St. James's Place PLC
14 May 2021
 

St. James's Place plc ("SJP plc")

Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

SJP plc's AGM was held at 11:00am on Friday, 14 May 2021 at 30 Lombard Street, London EC3V 9BQ.

The results of the polls on all resolutions put to the meeting are set out below.

 

Resolution

Total votes validly cast

Percentage of relevant shares in issue (%)

For

For (% of shares voted)

Against

Against (% of shares voted)

Votes withheld

1

To receive the Company's annual accounts and reports of the Directors and auditors thereon for the year ended 31 December 2020.

 

455,951,810

 

84.59%

 

455,371,679

 

99.87%

 

580,131

 

0.13%

 

264,208

 

2

To declare a final dividend of 38.49 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 31 December 2020.

 

456,196,761

 

84.64%

 

455,187,007

 

99.78%

 

1,009,754

 

0.22%

 

19,257

 

3

To re-elect Andrew Croft as a Director.

456,177,014

 

84.63%

 

454,684,227

 

99.67%

 

1,492,787

 

0.33%

 

39,004

 

4

To re-elect Ian Gascoigne as a Director.

456,187,363

 

84.63%

 

454,507,105

 

99.63%

 

1,680,258

 

0.37%

 

28,655

 

5

To re-elect Craig Gentle as a Director.

456,186,443

 

84.63%

 

455,064,822

 

99.75%

 

1,121,621

 

0.25%

 

29,575

 

6

To re-elect Emma Griffin as a Director.

456,181,858

 

84.63%

 

456,161,373

 

100.00%

 

20,485

 

0.00%

 

34,160

 

7

To re-elect Rosemary Hilary as a Director.

 

456,180,893

 

84.63%

 

453,996,175

 

99.52%

 

2,184,718

 

0.48%

 

35,125

 

8

To re-elect Simon Jeffreys as a Director.

456,179,950

 

84.63%

 

450,665,561

 

98.79%

 

5,514,389

 

1.21%

 

36,068

 

9

To re-elect Roger Yates as a Director.

444,070,930

 

82.39%

 

441,220,826

 

99.36%

 

2,850,104

 

0.64%

 

12,145,088

 

10

To elect Lesley-Ann Nash as a Director.

 

456,179,918

 

84.63%

 

456,163,355

 

100.00%

 

16,563

 

0.00%

 

36,100

 

11

To elect Paul Manduca as a Director.

 

456,181,582

 

84.63%

 

455,416,533

 

99.83%

 

765,049

 

0.17%

 

34,436

 

12

To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2020.

 

456,179,618

 

84.63%

 

454,434,677

 

99.62%

 

1,744,941

 

0.38%

 

36,400

 

13

To re-appoint PwC as the auditors of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next General Meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company.

 

456,187,143

 

84.63%

 

437,568,691

 

95.92%

 

18,618,452

 

4.08%

 

28,875

 

14

To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors of the Company.

 

456,190,736

 

84.63%

 

444,166,961

 

97.36%

 

12,023,775

 

2.64%

 

25,282

 

15

To authorise the Directors to allot shares.

456,169,675

 

84.63%

 

451,230,433

 

98.92%

 

4,939,242

 

1.08%

 

46,343

 

16

To disapply pre-emption rights on shares.

 

456,181,205

 

84.63%

 

455,167,695

 

99.78%

 

1,013,510

 

0.22%

 

34,813

 

17

To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares.

 

455,599,853

 

84.53%

 

449,631,379

 

98.69%

 

5,968,474

 

1.31%

 

616,165

 

18

To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than Annual General Meetings) on 14 clear days' notice.

 

456,184,772

 

84.63%

 

441,687,823

 

96.82%

 

14,496,949

 

3.18%

 

31,246

 

 

The number of Ordinary Shares in issue as at 6.00pm on 12 May 2021 was 539,079,199.  Shareholders are entitled to one vote per share.  A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes validly cast.

Resolution 1 to 15 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and Resolutions 16 to 18 were passed as Special Resolutions.

The full text of the resolutions can be found in the Notice of Meeting, which is available on the Company's website at www.sjp.co.uk/shareholders/shareholder-meetings .

Following the Annual General Meeting, Iain Cornish, Baroness Wheatcroft and Baroness Morrissey DBE stepped down as Directors of the Company.  The Board confirms that, following the receipt of the necessary regulatory approvals, Paul Manduca was appointed Chair of the Board on 14 May 2021.

The Board would like to place on record its appreciation and gratitude for the contributions of Iain Cornish, Baroness Wheatcroft and Baroness Morrissey DBE during their time on the Board. The Board and the SJP community wish them well in their future endeavors.

In accordance with paragraph 9.6.2R of the Listing Rules, SJP plc has submitted copies of the Resolutions passed at the meeting (other than Resolutions concerning ordinary business) to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism.

This document will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

Jonathan Dale

Deputy Company Secretary
Tel: +44 (0)1285 717237
14 May 2021

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