Result of AGM
St. James's Place
St. James’s Place plc (“SJP plcâ€)
Result of Annual General Meeting (“AGMâ€)
At SJP plc’s Annual General Meeting, held on 14 May 2014, all the Resolutions were duly passed on a show of hands. In accordance with paragraph 9.6.2R of the Listing Rules, SJP plc has submitted a copy of the Resolutions passed at the meeting (other than Resolutions concerning ordinary business) to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism. These documents will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
Details of the proxy voting instructions lodged prior to the meeting are set out below:
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 |  |  | For and Discretionary |  | % of votes cast |  | Against |  | % of votes cast |  | Total votes cast (excl. votes withheld) |  | Votes Withheld | |
1 | Report and Accounts | 340,039,225 | 99.64 | 1,214,879 | 0.36 | 341,254,104 | 127,514 | ||||||||
2 | Final Dividend | 341,275,343 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 341,275,343 | 106,275 | ||||||||
3 | Re-elect Sarah Bates | 323,090,548 | 94.80 | 17,710,899 | 5.20 | 340,801,447 | 580,171 | ||||||||
4 | Re-elect Vivian Bazalgette | 340,597,965 | 99.80 | 668,344 | 0.20 | 341,266,309 | 115,309 | ||||||||
5 | Re-elect David Bellamy | 340,228,542 | 99.70 | 1,038,415 | 0.30 | 341,266,957 | 114,661 | ||||||||
6 | Re-elect Iain Cornish | 339,335,763 | 99.43 | 1,931,194 | 0.57 | 341,266,957 | 114,661 | ||||||||
7 | Re-elect Andrew Croft | 340,229,042 | 99.70 | 1,037,915 | 0.30 | 341,266,957 | 114,661 | ||||||||
8 | Re-elect Ian Gascoigne | 340,209,755 | 99.69 | 1,043,702 | 0.31 | 341,253,457 | 128,161 | ||||||||
9 | Re-elect David Lamb | 340,228,542 | 99.70 | 1,038,415 | 0.30 | 341,266,957 | 114,661 | ||||||||
10 | Re-elect Baroness Patience Wheatcroft | 340,413,744 | 99.75 | 852,213 | 0.25 | 341,265,957 | 115,661 | ||||||||
11 | Elect Simon Jeffreys | 341,233,895 | 100.00 | 6,224 | 0.00 | 341,240,119 | 141,499 | ||||||||
12 | Elect Roger Yates | 340,972,039 | 99.92 | 272,432 | 0.08 | 341,244,471 | 137,147 | ||||||||
13 | Remuneration Report | 340,809,682 | 99.95 | 187,505 | 0.05 | 340,997,187 | 384,431 | ||||||||
14 | Remuneration Policy | 333,159,283 | 99.85 | 499,327 | 0.15 | 333,658,610 | 7,723,008 | ||||||||
15 | Re-appoint Auditors | 341,263,611 | 100.00 | 6,158 | 0.00 | 341,269,769 | 111,849 | ||||||||
16 | Determine Auditors' Remuneration | 341,263,344 | 100.00 | 6,260 | 0.00 | 341,269,604 | 112,014 | ||||||||
17 |
Authority to Allot Shares | 339,083,835 | 99.37 | 2,162,038 | 0.63 | 341,245,873 | 135,745 | ||||||||
18 | Disapplication of Pre-emption Rights | 337,542,860 | 98.92 | 3,695,704 | 1.08 | 341,238,564 | 143,054 | ||||||||
19 | Authority to Purchase Own Shares | 339,904,888 | 99.61 | 1,345,679 | 0.39 | 341,250,567 | 131,051 | ||||||||
20 | Political Donations | 334,176,234 | 99.14 | 2,896,895 | 0.86 | 337,073,129 | 4,306,275 | ||||||||
21 | Notice of Meeting | 305,635,789 | 89.56 | 35,615,954 | 10.44 | 341,251,743 | 129,875 | ||||||||
22 | SJP 2014 Performance Share Plan | 335,232,787 | 98.24 | 6,004,104 | 1.76 | 341,236,891 | 144,727 |
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
Kay Fraser
Deputy Company Secretary
Tel: +44 (0)1285 878762
14 May 2014
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