REG - St. James's Place - Result of AGM

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RNS Number : 5784O  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                            436,680,697  99.92%  329,624        0.08%   437,010,321               79.66%                         811,986

     of the Directors and auditors
 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
(http://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
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)

 

Jonathan Dale

Company Secretary
Tel: +44 (0)1285 717237

15 May 2024

 

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