Result of AGM

Result of AGM

St. James's Place

St. James’s Place plc (“SJP plc”)

Result of Annual General Meeting (“AGM”)

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   Report and Accounts   413,389,130   99.59   1,546,819   0.37   414,935,949   139,289
2   Final Dividend   414,959,415   99.97   1   0.00   414,959,416   115,822
3   Re-elect Sarah Bates   395,523,289   95.29   11,997,617   2.89   407,520,906   7,553,335
4   Re-elect David Bellamy  

413,010,265

 

99.50

 

1,942,827

 

0.47

 

414,953,092

 

122,146

5   Re-elect Iain Cornish   414,359,779   99.83   589,278   0.14   414,949,057   126,181
6   Re-elect Andrew Croft  

412,788,496

 

99.45

 

2,165,591

 

0.52

 

414,954,087

 

121,151

7   Re-elect Ian Gascoigne  

410,468,379

 

98.89

 

4,478,911

 

1.08

 

414,947,290

 

127,948

8   Re-elect Simon Jeffreys  

404,956,401

 

97.56

 

442,797

 

0.11

 

405,399,198

 

9,676,040

9   Re-elect David Lamb   410,485,954   98.89   4,467,881   1.08   414,953,835   121,403
10   Re-elect Patience Wheatcroft  

414,533,272

 

99,87

 

421,647

 

0.10

 

414,954,919

 

120,319

11   Re-elect Roger Yates   414,502,423   99.86   451,664   0.11   414,954,087   121,151
12   Remuneration Report   408,263,584   98.36   1,610,875   0.39   409,874,459   5,199,778
13   Re-appoint Auditors   409,404,412   98.63   319,663   0.08   409,724,075   5,351,162
14   Determine Auditors' Remuneration  

414,810,446

 

99.94

 

144,698

 

0.03

 

414,955,144

 

120,094

15   Authority to Allot Shares  

413,009,361

 

99.50

 

2,000,571

 

0.48

 

415,009,932

 

65,306

16   Disapplication of Pre-emption Rights  

411,527,828

 

99.15

 

3,494,095

 

0.84

 

415,021,923

 

53,315

17   Authority to Purchase Own Shares  

408,212,499

 

98.35

 

6,836,843

 

1.65

 

415,049,342

 

25,895

18   Political Donations   411,747,350   99.20   830,541   0.20   412,577,891   2,491,965
19   Notice of Meeting   368,281,359   88.73   44,367,418   10.69   412,648,777   2,426,460
20   SJP Articles of Association  

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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