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RNS Number : 4977I  St. James's Place PLC  13 May 2025

St. James's Place plc ("SJP plc")

Results of Annual General Meeting ("AGM") and Board and Committee Directorate
changes

SJP plc's AGM was held on Tuesday 13 May 2025 at 10.00am 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
 Ordinary Resolutions
 1   To receive the Company's annual accounts and reports                             428,208,764  100.00%  10,020         0.00%  428,218,784               79.92%                         450,993

     of the Directors and auditors for the year ended 31 December 2024.
 2   To declare a final dividend of 12.00 pence per ordinary share for the year       428,645,895  100.00%  16,527         0.00%  428,662,422               80.00%                         7,355
     ended 31 December 2024.
 3   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Policy.                                   400,952,294  93.92%   25,936,462     6.08%  426,888,756               79.67%                         1,779,591

 4   To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report.                                   422,150,695  99.27%   3,106,396      0.73%  425,257,091               79.37%                         3,412,686
 5   To re-elect Mark FitzPatrick as a Director.                                      424,087,146  98.93%   4,566,146      1.07%  428,653,292               80.00%                         16,485
 6   To re-elect Simon Fraser as a Director.                                          417,886,994  97.58%   10,342,931     2.42%  428,229,925               79.92%                         439,852
 7   To re-elect Rosemary Hilary as a Director.                                       420,373,980  98.17%   7,855,434      1.83%  428,229,414               79.92%                         440,363
 8   To re-elect John Hitchins as a Director.                                         417,716,419  97.54%   10,513,049     2.46%  428,229,468               79.92%                         440,309
 9   To re-elect Paul Manduca as a Director.                                          394,040,118  92.02%   34,189,827     7.98%  428,229,945               79.92%                         439,832
 10  To elect Caroline Waddington as a Director.                                      424,653,802  99.07%   4,000,970      0.93%  428,654,772               80.00%                         15,005
 11  To elect Rooney Anand as a Director.                                             427,077,709  99.73%   1,151,226      0.27%  428,228,935               79.92%                         440,842
 12  To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the auditor of the Company, to       416,617,627  97.19%   12,039,440     2.81%  428,657,067               80.00%                         14,047
     hold office until the conclusion of the next General Meeting at which accounts
     are laid before the Company.
 13  To authorise the Group Audit Committee to determine the remuneration of the      420,828,878  98.18%   7,804,794      1.82%  428,633,672               80.00%                         36,105
     Company's auditor.
 14  To authorise the Directors to allot shares.                                      406,086,327  94.73%   22,572,033     5.27%  428,658,360               80.00%                         11,417
 Special Resolutions
 15  To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights.                       401,274,087  93.61%   27,380,342     6.39%  428,654,429               80.00%                         16,685

 16  To authorise the Directors additional authority to disapply pre-emption          387,216,551  90.33%   41,435,880     9.67%  428,652,431               80.00%                         17,346
     rights.

 17  To authorise the Company to purchase its own ordinary shares.                    428,245,508  99.96%   156,042        0.04%  428,401,550               79.95%                         269,564

 18  To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than an AGM) on 14 clear     410,720,923  95.81%   17,942,831     4.19%  428,663,754               80.00%                         7,360
     days' notice.

 19  To authorise the adoption of New Articles of Association.                        428,575,381  100.00%  18,833         0.00%  428,594,214               79.99%                         75,563

 

 

The number of Ordinary Shares in issue as at 6.00pm on 9 May 2025 was
535,803,792.  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
19 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 UKLR 6.4.2R, SJP plc will submit copies of the Resolutions
passed at the meeting (other than Resolutions concerning ordinary business) to
the FCA National Storage Mechanism which will shortly be available for
inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism)

 

 

Director and Board Committee changes

 

Pursuant to UKLR 6.4.6R, the Company announces that following the Annual
General Meeting, Emma Griffin and Lesley-Ann Nash stepped down as Directors of
the Company.

 

The Company also announces that the Board has approved Simon Fraser as interim
Chair of the Group Remuneration Committee from the conclusion of the AGM.
Simon will remain in this role until Emma Griffin's successor has been
appointed and receives regulatory approval.

 

The Board would like to place on record its appreciation and gratitude for the
contributions of Emma Griffin and Lesley-Ann Nash during their time on the
Board. The Board and wider SJP community wish them well in their future
endeavours.

 

 

Jonathan Dale

Company Secretary
Tel: +44 (0)1285 717237

13 May 2025

 

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