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St. James's Place PLC
15 May 2024
 

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

Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

SJP plc's AGM was held on Wednesday, 15 May 2024 at 11.00am at Woburn House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9HQ.

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


Resolution

Votes For

%

Votes Against

%

Total votes validly cast

% of relevant shares in issue

Votes Withheld

1

To receive the Company's annual accounts and reports

of the Directors and auditors

436,680,697

99.92%

329,624

0.08%

437,010,321

79.66%

811,986

2

To declare a final dividend

437,023,419

99.84%

679,838

0.16%

437,703,257

79.78%

119,050

3

To receive and approve the Directors' Remuneration Report

 

409,172,609

93.58%

28,082,529

6.42%

437,255,138

79.70%

567,169

4

To re-elect Craig Gentle as a Director 

428,387,842

97.80%

9,647,628

2.20%

438,035,470

79.85%

48,208

5

To re-elect Emma Griffin as a Director

424,786,828

97.02%

13,027,469

2.98%

437,814,297

79.81%

269,381

6

To re-elect Rosemary Hilary as a Director

425,019,142

97.08%

12,795,155

2.92%

437,814,297

79.81%

269,381

7

To re-elect John Hitchins as a Director

425,015,935

97.08%

12,795,675

2.92%

437,811,610

79.80%

272,068

8

To re-elect Lesley-Ann Nash as a Director

 

429,568,186

98.12%

8,246,114

1.88%

437,814,300

79.81%

269,378

9

To re-elect Paul Manduca as a Director

405,784,228

93.50%

28,212,839

6.50%

433,997,067

79.11%

4,086,611

10

To elect Mark FitzPatrick as a Director

436,106,526

99.57%

1,865,248

0.43%

437,971,774

79.83%

111,904

11

To elect Simon Fraser as a Director

436,872,443

99.78%

952,276

0.22%

437,824,719

79.81%

258,959

12

To re-appoint PwC as the Auditors of the Company

427,046,867

97.81%

9,579,495

2.19%

436,626,362

79.59%

1,195,945

13

To authorise the Group Audit Committee to determine the Auditors' remuneration

 

430,899,188

98.57%

6,259,671

1.43%

437,158,859

79.69%

662,295

14

To authorise the Directors to allot shares

420,726,569

96.11%

17,038,502

3.89%

437,765,071

79.80%

30,466

15

To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights

 

404,655,674

92.55%

32,569,247

7.45%

437,224,921

79.70%

597,386

16

To authorise the Directors additional authority to disapply pre-emption rights

 

384,698,531

87.99%

52,524,341

12.01%

437,222,872

79.70%

599,435

17

To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares

 

434,372,066

99.35%

2,860,565

0.65%

437,232,631

79.70%

589,676

18

To authorise the calling of general meetings on 14 clear days' notice

 

408,562,743

93.44%

28,686,713

6.56%

437,249,456

79.70%

572,851

 

 

The number of Ordinary Shares in issue as at 6.00pm on 13 May 2024 was 548,604,794. 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.

 

Resolutions 1 to 14 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and Resolutions 15 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.

 

In accordance with paragraph 9.6.2R of the Listing Rules, SJP plc will submit copies of the Resolutions passed at the meeting (other than Resolutions concerning ordinary business) to the FCA National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism

 

Jonathan Dale

Company Secretary
Tel: +44 (0)1285 717237

15 May 2024

 

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