St. James's Place PLC Result of AGM (0035Z)

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RNS Number : 0035Z

St. James's Place PLC

14 May 2019

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

Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

SJP's AGM was held at 11:30am on Tuesday, 14 May 2019 at The Royal Aeronautical Society, 4 Hamilton Place, London, W1J 7BQ.

The results of polls on all 16 resolutions are set out below. The Board is also pleased to announce that Baroness Wheatcroft has today been appointed as its Non-executive for workforce engagement.

 
      Resolution             Total         Percentage     For           For (%       Against      Against   Votes 
                              votes         of relevant                  of shares                 (% of     withheld 
                              validly       shares                       voted)                    shares 
                              cast          in issue                                               voted) 
                                            (%) 
      To receive 
       the Company's 
       annual accounts 
       and reports 
       of the Directors 
       and auditors 
       thereon for 
       the year 
       ended 31 
       December 
 1     2018.                 436,738,075   82.26          436,733,462   100          4,613        0         344,389 
     ---------------------  ------------  -------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
      To declare 
       a final dividend 
       of 29.73 
       pence per 
       ordinary 
       share for 
       the year 
       ended 31 
       December 
 2     2018.                 437,067,332   82.32          435,614,591   99.67        1,452,741    0.33      15,132 
     ---------------------  ------------  -------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Iain Cornish 
 3     as a Director.        429,862,481   80.96          409,756,189   95.32        20,106,292   4.68      7,219,982 
     ---------------------  ------------  -------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Andrew Croft 
 4     as a Director.        436,681,672   82.25          434,536,884   99.51        2,144,788    0.49      400,792 
     ---------------------  ------------  -------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Ian Gascoigne 
 5     as a Director.        436,661,775   82.25          432,585,236   99.07        4,076,539    0.93      420,689 
     ---------------------  ------------  -------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Simon Jeffreys 
 6     as a Director.        437,058,260   82.32          432,320,811   98.92        4,737,449    1.08      24,204 
     ---------------------  ------------  -------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Patience 
       Wheatcroft 
 7     as a Director.        437,061,016   82.32          435,436,470   99.63        1,624,546    0.37      21,448 
     ---------------------  ------------  -------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Roger Yates 
 8     as a Director.        437,058,760   82.32          433,368,188   99.16        3,690,572    0.84      23,704 
     ---------------------  ------------  -------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Craig Gentle 
 9     as a Director.        436,682,100   82.25          433,145,887   99.19        3,536,213    0.81      400,364 
     ---------------------  ------------  -------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
      To approve 
       the Directors' 
       remuneration 
       report for 
       the year 
       ended 31 
       December 
 10    2018                  436,430,494   82.20          424,140,433   97.18        12,290,061   2.82      651,639 
     ---------------------  ------------  -------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
      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 
 11    Company.              433,815,831   81.71          433,259,364   99.87        556,467      0.13      3,266,632 
     ---------------------  ------------  -------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the Directors 
       to determine 
       the remuneration 
       of the auditors 
 12    of the Company.       437,061,961   82.32          436,831,149   99.95        230,812      0.05      20,503 
     ---------------------  ------------  -------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
      To renew 
       the authority 
       and power 
       conferred 
       on the Directors 
       by Article 
       8.2 of the 
       Company's 
       Articles 
 13    of Association.       437,022,996   82.31          432,576,137   98.98        4,446,859    1.02      58,637 
     ---------------------  ------------  -------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
      To renew 
       the authority 
       and power 
       conferred 
       on the Directors 
       by Article 
       8.3 of the 
       Company's 
       Articles 
 14    of Association.       437,019,439   82.31          436,398,015   99.86        621,424      0.14      63,025 
     ---------------------  ------------  -------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
      That the 
       Company be 
       generally 
       and unconditionally 
       authorised 
       for the purposes 
       of Section 
       701 of the 
       Companies 
       Act 2006 
       to make market 
 15    purchases.            436,854,450   82.28          432,082,983   98.91        4,771,467    1.09      228,013 
     ---------------------  ------------  -------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
      That a General 
       Meeting of 
       the Company, 
       other than 
       an Annual 
       General Meeting 
       of the Company, 
       may be called 
       on not less 
       than 14 clear 
 16    days' notice.         437,063,650   82.32          419,509,602   95.98        17,554,048   4.02      18,814 
     ---------------------  ------------  -------------  ------------  -----------  -----------  --------  ---------- 
 

The number of Ordinary Shares in issue on 14 May 2019 was 530,924,219. 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 13 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and Resolutions 14 to 16 were passed as Special Resolutions.

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.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm.

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.

Jonathan Dale

Deputy Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

14 May 2019

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