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 4 May 2016, 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:
 |  |  |  | For and Discretionary |  | % of votes cast |  | Against |  | % of votes cast |  | Total votes cast (excl. votes withheld) |  | Votes Withheld |
1 | Â | Report and Accounts | Â | 413,389,130 | Â | 99.59 | Â | 1,546,819 | Â | 0.37 | Â | 414,935,949 | Â | 139,289 |
2 | Â | Final Dividend | Â | 414,959,415 | Â | 99.97 | Â | 1 | Â | 0.00 | Â | 414,959,416 | Â | 115,822 |
3 | Â | Re-elect Sarah Bates | Â | 395,523,289 | Â | 95.29 | Â | 11,997,617 | Â | 2.89 | Â | 407,520,906 | Â | 7,553,335 |
4 | Â | Re-elect David Bellamy | Â |
413,010,265 |
 |
99.50 |
 |
1,942,827 |
 |
0.47 |
 |
414,953,092 |
 |
122,146 |
5 | Â | Re-elect Iain Cornish | Â | 414,359,779 | Â | 99.83 | Â | 589,278 | Â | 0.14 | Â | 414,949,057 | Â | 126,181 |
6 | Â | Re-elect Andrew Croft | Â |
412,788,496 |
 |
99.45 |
 |
2,165,591 |
 |
0.52 |
 |
414,954,087 |
 |
121,151 |
7 | Â | Re-elect Ian Gascoigne | Â |
410,468,379 |
 |
98.89 |
 |
4,478,911 |
 |
1.08 |
 |
414,947,290 |
 |
127,948 |
8 | Â | Re-elect Simon Jeffreys | Â |
404,956,401 |
 |
97.56 |
 |
442,797 |
 |
0.11 |
 |
405,399,198 |
 |
9,676,040 |
9 | Â | Re-elect David Lamb | Â | 410,485,954 | Â | 98.89 | Â | 4,467,881 | Â | 1.08 | Â | 414,953,835 | Â | 121,403 |
10 | Â | Re-elect Patience Wheatcroft | Â |
414,533,272 |
 |
99,87 |
 |
421,647 |
 |
0.10 |
 |
414,954,919 |
 |
120,319 |
11 | Â | Re-elect Roger Yates | Â | 414,502,423 | Â | 99.86 | Â | 451,664 | Â | 0.11 | Â | 414,954,087 | Â | 121,151 |
12 | Â | Remuneration Report | Â | 408,263,584 | Â | 98.36 | Â | 1,610,875 | Â | 0.39 | Â | 409,874,459 | Â | 5,199,778 |
13 | Â | Re-appoint Auditors | Â | 409,404,412 | Â | 98.63 | Â | 319,663 | Â | 0.08 | Â | 409,724,075 | Â | 5,351,162 |
14 | Â | Determine Auditors' Remuneration | Â |
414,810,446 |
 |
99.94 |
 |
144,698 |
 |
0.03 |
 |
414,955,144 |
 |
120,094 |
15 | Â | Authority to Allot Shares | Â |
413,009,361 |
 |
99.50 |
 |
2,000,571 |
 |
0.48 |
 |
415,009,932 |
 |
65,306 |
16 | Â | Disapplication of Pre-emption Rights | Â |
411,527,828 |
 |
99.15 |
 |
3,494,095 |
 |
0.84 |
 |
415,021,923 |
 |
53,315 |
17 | Â | Authority to Purchase Own Shares | Â |
408,212,499 |
 |
98.35 |
 |
6,836,843 |
 |
1.65 |
 |
415,049,342 |
 |
25,895 |
18 | Â | Political Donations | Â | 411,747,350 | Â | 99.20 | Â | 830,541 | Â | 0.20 | Â | 412,577,891 | Â | 2,491,965 |
19 | Â | Notice of Meeting | Â | 368,281,359 | Â | 88.73 | Â | 44,367,418 | Â | 10.69 | Â | 412,648,777 | Â | 2,426,460 |
20 | Â | SJP Articles of Association | Â |
412,577,316 |
 |
99.40 |
 |
17,247 |
 |
0.00 |
 |
412,594,563 |
 |
2,480,675 |
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
4 May 2016
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