12th May 2005 13:00
St. James's Place Capital PLC12 May 2005 St. James's Place Capital plc ("SJPC")Result of AGM At SJPC's Annual General Meeting held on 12 May 2005, all the resolutions wereduly passed. In accordance with paragraph 9.31 of the Listing Rules, SJPC hassubmitted 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 366517806 1731659 19539332 Dividend 369436574 355324 4115003 Elect Sarah Bates 369018943 763755 4207004 Elect Andrew Croft 368990855 791906 4206375 Elect Simon Gulliford 369026799 755762 4208376 Re-elect Charles Bailey 367384922 2387397 4310797 Re-elect Phil Hodkinson 350613842 17627222 19623338 Re-elect Derek Netherton 365453624 2908301 18414729 Re-elect Michael Sorkin 368651184 769654 78256010 Directors' Remuneration Report 365338171 2754851 211037511 Re-appoint auditors 369050864 728172 42334712 Renewal of scrip dividend 369775154 15229 41200013 Authority to allot shares 369413716 372643 41703914 Disapplication of pre-emption rights 369368628 378703 45606715 Authority to purchase own shares 369511222 278603 41357316 Approval of Performance Share Plan 365323859 3890361 98917717 Establish Performance Share Plan for 363413112 4076962 2359264 Partners Scrip dividend SJPC also announces that pursuant to the scrip dividend mandate scheme, whichwas renewed at the Annual General Meeting held on 12 May 2005, the scripdividend alternative in respect of the final dividend for the year ended 31December 2004 was accepted in respect of 265,875,180 shares, representingapproximately 60.40% of SJPC's issued share capital on the dividend record dateof 11 March 2005. Application will shortly be made to the UK ListingAuthority and the London Stock Exchange for 1,736,181 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 2005. The above shares will rank pari passu inall respects with the existing issued ordinary shares in SJPC. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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