St. James's Place plc ("SJP plc")
Result of Annual General Meeting ("AGM")
SJP plc's AGM was held at 11:00am on Friday, 14 May 2021 at 30 Lombard Street, London EC3V 9BQ.
The results of the polls on all resolutions put to the meeting are set out below.
|
| Resolution | Total votes validly cast | Percentage of relevant shares in issue (%) | For | For (% of shares voted) | Against | Against (% of shares voted) | Votes withheld |
| 1 | To receive the Company's annual accounts and reports of the Directors and auditors thereon for the year ended 31 December 2020.
| 455,951,810
| 84.59%
| 455,371,679
| 99.87%
| 580,131
| 0.13%
| 264,208
|
| 2 | To declare a final dividend of 38.49 pence per ordinary share for the year ended 31 December 2020.
| 456,196,761
| 84.64%
| 455,187,007
| 99.78%
| 1,009,754
| 0.22%
| 19,257
|
| 3 | To re-elect Andrew Croft as a Director. | 456,177,014
| 84.63%
| 454,684,227
| 99.67%
| 1,492,787
| 0.33%
| 39,004
|
| 4 | To re-elect Ian Gascoigne as a Director. | 456,187,363
| 84.63%
| 454,507,105
| 99.63%
| 1,680,258
| 0.37%
| 28,655
|
| 5 | To re-elect Craig Gentle as a Director. | 456,186,443
| 84.63%
| 455,064,822
| 99.75%
| 1,121,621
| 0.25%
| 29,575
|
| 6 | To re-elect Emma Griffin as a Director. | 456,181,858
| 84.63%
| 456,161,373
| 100.00%
| 20,485
| 0.00%
| 34,160
|
| 7 | To re-elect Rosemary Hilary as a Director.
| 456,180,893
| 84.63%
| 453,996,175
| 99.52%
| 2,184,718
| 0.48%
| 35,125
|
| 8 | To re-elect Simon Jeffreys as a Director. | 456,179,950
| 84.63%
| 450,665,561
| 98.79%
| 5,514,389
| 1.21%
| 36,068
|
| 9 | To re-elect Roger Yates as a Director. | 444,070,930
| 82.39%
| 441,220,826
| 99.36%
| 2,850,104
| 0.64%
| 12,145,088
|
| 10 | To elect Lesley-Ann Nash as a Director.
| 456,179,918
| 84.63%
| 456,163,355
| 100.00%
| 16,563
| 0.00%
| 36,100
|
| 11 | To elect Paul Manduca as a Director.
| 456,181,582
| 84.63%
| 455,416,533
| 99.83%
| 765,049
| 0.17%
| 34,436
|
| 12 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for the year ended 31 December 2020.
| 456,179,618
| 84.63%
| 454,434,677
| 99.62%
| 1,744,941
| 0.38%
| 36,400
|
| 13 | 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 Company.
| 456,187,143
| 84.63%
| 437,568,691
| 95.92%
| 18,618,452
| 4.08%
| 28,875
|
| 14 | To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors of the Company.
| 456,190,736
| 84.63%
| 444,166,961
| 97.36%
| 12,023,775
| 2.64%
| 25,282
|
| 15 | To authorise the Directors to allot shares. | 456,169,675
| 84.63%
| 451,230,433
| 98.92%
| 4,939,242
| 1.08%
| 46,343
|
| 16 | To disapply pre-emption rights on shares.
| 456,181,205
| 84.63%
| 455,167,695
| 99.78%
| 1,013,510
| 0.22%
| 34,813
|
| 17 | To authorise the Company to purchase its own shares.
| 455,599,853
| 84.53%
| 449,631,379
| 98.69%
| 5,968,474
| 1.31%
| 616,165
|
| 18 | To authorise the calling of general meetings (other than Annual General Meetings) on 14 clear days' notice.
| 456,184,772
| 84.63%
| 441,687,823
| 96.82%
| 14,496,949
| 3.18%
| 31,246
|
The number of Ordinary Shares in issue as at 6.00pm on 12 May 2021 was 539,079,199. 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.
Resolution 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.
Following the Annual General Meeting, Iain Cornish, Baroness Wheatcroft and Baroness Morrissey DBE stepped down as Directors of the Company. The Board confirms that, following the receipt of the necessary regulatory approvals, Paul Manduca was appointed Chair of the Board on 14 May 2021.
The Board would like to place on record its appreciation and gratitude for the contributions of Iain Cornish, Baroness Wheatcroft and Baroness Morrissey DBE during their time on the Board. The Board and the SJP community wish them well in their future endeavors.
In accordance with paragraph 9.6.2R of the Listing Rules, SJP plc has submitted copies of the Resolutions passed at the meeting (other than Resolutions concerning ordinary business) to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism.
This document will shortly be available for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
Jonathan Dale
Deputy Company Secretary
Tel: +44 (0)1285 717237
14 May 2021
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