St. James's Place PLC Result of AGM (1414M)

TIDMSTJ

RNS Number : 1414M

St. James's Place PLC

19 May 2022

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

Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")

SJP plc's AGM was held on Thursday, 19 May 2022 at 11.00am at The Royal Aeronautical Society, 4 Hamilton Place, London, W1J 7BQ.

The results of the polls on all resolutions put to the meeting are set out below.

 
      Resolution        Votes For      %        Votes Against   %      Total votes    % of        Votes 
                                                                        validly        relevant    Withheld 
                                                                        cast           shares 
                                                                                       in issue 
                                                                      -------------  ---------- 
      To receive 
       the Company's 
       annual 
       accounts 
       and reports 
       of the 
       Directors 
 1     and auditors      449,782,060   100.00    8,360          0.00    449,790,420   82.81       4499000 
     ----------------  -------------  -------  --------------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To declare 
       a final 
 2     dividend          453,903,728   99.92     382,475        0.08    454,286,203   83.64       3217 
     ----------------  -------------  -------  --------------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Andrew 
       Croft as 
 3     a Director        448,840,560   98.80     5,436,932      1.20    454,277,492   83.64       11928 
     ----------------  -------------  -------  --------------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Craig Gentle 
 4     as a Director     451,547,910   99.40     2,720,481      0.60    454,268,391   83.64       21029 
     ----------------  -------------  -------  --------------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Emma Griffin 
 5     as a Director     453,601,151   99.85     665,125        0.15    454,266,276   83.64       23144 
     ----------------  -------------  -------  --------------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Rosemary 
       Hilary 
 6     as a Director     448,585,305   98.75     5,680,283      1.25    454,265,588   83.64       23832 
     ----------------  -------------  -------  --------------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Simon Jeffreys 
 7     as a Director     439,905,265   96.84     14,360,322     3.16    454,265,587   83.64       23833 
     ----------------  -------------  -------  --------------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Roger Yates 
 8     as a Director     445,497,285   98.07     8,768,780      1.93    454,266,065   83.64       23355 
     ----------------  -------------  -------  --------------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Lesley-Ann 
       Nash as 
 9     a Director        453,249,347   99.78     1,016,241      0.22    454,265,588   83.64       23832 
     ----------------  -------------  -------  --------------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re-elect 
       Paul Manduca 
 10    as a Director     427,541,651   95.01     22,446,741     4.99    449,988,392   82.85       4301018 
     ----------------  -------------  -------  --------------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To elect 
       John Hitchins 
 11    as a Director     452,825,763   99.68     1,442,758      0.32    454,268,521   83.64       20899 
     ----------------  -------------  -------  --------------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To approve 
       the Directors' 
       Remuneration 
 12    Report            443,328,337   97.72     10,363,154     2.28    453,691,491   83.53       597929 
     ----------------  -------------  -------  --------------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To re-appoint 
       PwC as 
       the Auditors 
       of the 
 13    Company           435,220,457   95.81     19,052,260     4.19    454,272,717   83.64       16703 
     ----------------  -------------  -------  --------------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the Directors 
       to determine 
       the Auditors' 
 14    remuneration      440,511,620   96.97     13,762,359     3.03    454,273,979   83.64       15441 
     ----------------  -------------  -------  --------------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the Directors 
       to allot 
 15    shares            446,350,229   98.25     7,931,389      1.75    454,281,618   83.64       7802 
     ----------------  -------------  -------  --------------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the Directors 
       to disapply 
       pre-emption 
 16    rights            450,096,688   99.08     4,169,333      0.92    454,266,021   83.64       23399 
     ----------------  -------------  -------  --------------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the Company 
       to purchase 
       its own 
 17    shares            449,868,683   99.04     4,365,616      0.96    454,234,299   83.63       55121 
     ----------------  -------------  -------  --------------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
      To authorise 
       the calling 
       of general 
       meetings 
       on 14 clear 
 18    days' notice      434,867,156   95.73     19,404,514     4.27    454,271,670   83.64       17750 
     ----------------  -------------  -------  --------------  -----  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
 

The number of Ordinary Shares in issue as at 6.00pm on 17 May 2022 was 543,130,154. 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 15 were passed as Ordinary Resolutions and Resolutions 16 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 .

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

Jonathan Dale

Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

19 May 2022

Neither the contents of the Company's website nor the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on this announcement (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact [e-mail] or visit www.rns.com.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy.

END

RAGALMBTMTABBJT

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

May 19, 2022 07:54 ET (11:54 GMT)