Result of AGM

RNS Number : 7189Y

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: [phone]
14 May 2021

Neither the contents of the Company's website nor the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on this announcement (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.

 

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