4th May 2007 12:16
St. James's Place PLC04 May 2007 St. James's Place plc ("SJP plc") Result of AGM At SJP plc's Annual General Meeting held on 4 May 2007, all the resolutions wereduly passed. In accordance with paragraph 9.6.2 of the Listing Rules, SJP plchas submitted two copies of the resolutions passed at the meeting (other thanresolutions concerning ordinary business) to the UK Listing Authority. These documents will shortly be available for inspection at the UK ListingAuthority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at: Financial Services Authority25 The North ColonnadeCanary WharfLondonE14 5HS Tel. No. (0)20 7676 1000 All resolutions proposed at the AGM were carried on a show of hands. Theaudited proxy position at the AGM is set out below. Resolution Description For and Against Abstain discretionary1 Report and Accounts 391,086,003 125,633 2,2722 Final Dividend 391,213,614 294 -3 Special Dividend 389,860,901 71,848 1,281,1594 Elect Joanne Dawson 388,600,416 1,640,160 973,3325 Elect Andy Hornby 388,587,099 1,653,136 973,6736 Re-elect David Bellamy 390,646,351 563,333 4,2247 Re-elect Mike Wilson 389,832,524 217,745 1,163,6398 Re-elect Derek Netherton 388,260,035 1,716,490 1,237,3839 Directors' Remuneration Report 389,270,405 725,864 1,217,63910 Re-appoint auditors and determine auditors 390,707,416 151,899 354,593 remuneration11 Authority to allot shares 391,150,699 42,673 20,53612 Disapplication of pre-emption rights 391,104,747 48,327 60,83413 Renewal of scrip dividend 391,186,956 21,236 5,71614 Authority to purchase own shares 391,183,877 17,500 12,53115 Change of articles 390,554,055 30,044 629,809 Scrip dividend SJP plc also announces that pursuant to the scrip dividend mandate scheme, whichwas renewed at the Annual General Meeting held on 4 May 2007, the scrip dividendalternative in respect of the final and special dividends for the year ended 31December 2006 was accepted in respect of 123,448,295 shares, representingapproximately 26.39% of SJP plc's issued share capital on the dividend recorddate of 9 March 2007. Application will shortly be made to the UK ListingAuthority and the London Stock Exchange for 2,390,895 additional ordinary sharesof 15p each to be admitted to the Official List and to trading. It is expectedthat such listing will become effective and that dealings in the additionalshares will commence on 18 May 2007. The above shares will rank pari passu inall respects with the existing issued ordinary shares in SJP plc. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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