STJ St. James's Place Plc

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St. James's Place PLC

08 April 2021

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

Annual Report and Notice of AGM

SJP announces that its 2020 Annual Report and Accounts and Notice of Annual General Meeting have today been sent to shareholders.

The SJP Annual General Meeting ("AGM") will be held at 11:00am on Friday, 14 May 2021 at 30 Lombard Street, London EC3V 9BQ.

The safety and wellbeing of our shareholders and employees is paramount, therefore in light of Government guidance and safety regulations, the AGM will be held as a closed meeting to ensure that the AGM can continue to operate in an effective and safe manner and shareholders will not be permitted to attend in person but can be represented by the chair of the AGM acting as their proxy. We therefore strongly recommend that shareholders should vote by appointing the chair of the AGM as their proxy. In light of current restrictions, the 2021 AGM will be the first to utilise an online webcast, which will allow shareholders to view proceedings in real time. Details regarding the format of the AGM can be found at www.sjp.co.uk/shareholders/shareholder-meetings .

Please note that any earlier reference in the 2020 Annual Report and Accounts to the anticipated date of the AGM should be disregarded.

In compliance with Listing Rule 9.6.1, SJP has today submitted the following documents to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism. The documents will shortly be available for inspection at

https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

   --    2020 Annual Report and Accounts; and 
   --    The Notice of Annual General Meeting to be held on 14 May 2021. 

The 2020 Annual Report and Accounts can be downloaded from the corporate website at www.sjp.co.uk/shareholders/reports-presentation-and-webcasts/2021 and the Notice of AGM at www.sjp.co.uk/shareholders/shareholder-meetings .

Interest in Shares

The disclosures relating to the holdings of Directors and major shareholders as set out on pages 131 and 141 of the 2020 Annual Report and Accounts are stated as at 23 February 2021. There have been no changes in the holdings of the major shareholders since that date. Changes in the holdings of Directors since 23 February 2021 were set out in the following announcements made to the stock exchange by the Company:

-- Director/PDMR Shareholding - released 2 March 2021, 5 March 2021, 16 March 2021, and 31 March 2021

 
 Director               Shares held at 8 April 
                         2021 
 Iain Cornish           6,500 
                       ----------------------- 
 Andrew Croft           719,703 
                       ----------------------- 
 Ian Gascoigne          476,316 
                       ----------------------- 
 Craig Gentle           72,192 
                       ----------------------- 
 Emma Griffin           2,000 
                       ----------------------- 
 Rosemary Hilary        Nil 
                       ----------------------- 
 Simon Jeffreys         18,364 
                       ----------------------- 
 Paul Manduca           10,000 
                       ----------------------- 
 Helena Morrissey       Nil 
                       ----------------------- 
 Lesley-Ann Nash        Nil 
                       ----------------------- 
 Patience Wheatcroft    2,500 
                       ----------------------- 
 Roger Yates            30,000 
                       ----------------------- 
 

Group Solvency and Financial Condition Report

SJP has also published its Group Solvency and Financial Condition Report for the year ended 31 December 2020 ("SFCR"). In accordance with the requirements of the Solvency II Regulations, the SFCR can be downloaded from the corporate website at www.sjp.co.uk/shareholders/reports-presentation-and-webcasts/2021 .

DTR 6.3.5

This announcement should be read in conjunction with SJP's annual results announcement issued on 25 February 2021 (the "Results Announcement"). This announcement is not a substitute for reading the full 2020 Annual Report and Accounts.

The Results Announcement and the responsibility statement below have been communicated in unedited full text as required under Rule 6.3.5 of the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules sourcebook of the UK Financial Conduct Authority.

The responsibility statement below is extracted from page 143 of the 2020 Annual Report and Accounts. It relates to the full 2020 Annual Report and Accounts, not to the information presented in this announcement or the Results Announcement, and is repeated here solely for the purpose of complying with DTR 6.3.5:

The Directors are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and the Financial Statements in accordance with applicable law and regulation.

Company law requires the Directors to prepare Financial Statements for each financial year. Under that law the Directors have prepared the Group Financial Statements in accordance with international accounting standards in conformity with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. Additionally, the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules require the directors to prepare the Group Financial Statements in accordance with international financial reporting standards adopted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 as it applies in the European Union, and the Parent Company Financial Statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards, comprising FRS 101 'Reduced Disclosure Framework', and applicable law). Under company law the Directors must not approve the Financial Statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Group and the Parent Company and of the profit or loss of the Group and Parent Company for that period. In preparing the Financial Statements, the Directors are required to:

-- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

-- state whether, for the Group and Company, international accounting standards in conformity with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 and, for the Group, international financial reporting standards adopted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 as it applies in the European Union have been followed for the Group Financial Statements and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, comprising FRS 101, have been followed for the Parent Company Financial Statements, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the Financial Statements;

-- make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and

-- prepare the Financial Statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Group and Parent Company will continue in business.

The Directors are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Group and the Parent Company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The Directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Group and Parent Company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Group and the Parent Company and enable them to ensure that the Financial Statements and the Directors' Remuneration Report comply with the Companies Act 2006 and, as regards the Group Financial Statements, Article 4 of the IAS Regulation.

The Directors are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the Group's website. Legislation in the United

Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of Financial Statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Directors' confirmations

The Directors consider that the Annual Report and Accounts, taken as a whole, is fair, balanced and understandable and provides the information necessary for shareholders to assess the Group and Parent Company's position and performance, business model and strategy.

Each of the Directors, whose names and functions are listed in the Board of Directors section of the Annual Report and Accounts confirm that, to the best of their knowledge:

-- the Parent Company Financial Statements, which have been prepared in accordance with United Kingdom

Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards, comprising FRS 101 'Reduced Disclosure Framework', and applicable law) give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit of the Parent Company;

-- the Group Financial Statements, which have been prepared in accordance with IFRSs adopted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 as it applies in the European Union, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit of the Group; and

-- the Strategic Report includes a fair review of the development and performance of the business and the position of the Group and Parent Company, together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties that it faces.

For further information please contact:

Jonathan Dale

Deputy Company Secretary

St. James's Place plc (LEI: 213800M993ICXOMBCP87)

Tel: +44 (0)1285 717237

8 April 2021

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