8 Jun 2021 12:12
Charles Stanley Group PLC (the 'Company')
Posting of Annual Report and Accounts
Charles Stanley Group PLC ("the Company") announces that the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021, the Notice of Annual General Meeting ("AGM") and Proxy Form have been posted to shareholders.
Alternatively, the documents are available to be viewed or downloaded from the Company's website: http://www.charles-stanley.co.uk/investor-relations.
Copies of the documents have also been lodged with the National Storage Mechanism at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.
AGM
The Company's AGM is scheduled to be held at 10:00am on Monday 12 July 2021 at 55 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 3AS.
COVID-19 update
While the Board's preference had been to welcome shareholders in person to the AGM, it is asking shareholders not to attend the meeting's physical venue this year. As at the date of the Notice of Meeting, public health guidance and legislation in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the arrangements.
The AGM will be convened with the minimum necessary quorum, comprising officers of the Company who are also shareholders, to conduct the business of the Meeting. As such, pending further guidance, shareholders will not be permitted to attend the AGM in person, but instead should submit their proxy votes such that they can be represented by the Chair of the Meeting acting as their proxy. If a shareholder appoints a person other than the Chair of the AGM as their proxy, that other proxy will not be able to attend the AGM nor vote. The Board will keep this under review and reserves the ability to revise arrangements in relation to the AGM should circumstances change. Any relevant updates will be available on the Company's website https://www.charles-stanley.co.uk/investor-relations.
The Board recognises the importance of the AGM to engage with shareholders, therefore a remote shareholder engagement event will take place immediately ahead of the formal AGM proceedings. Joining the Meeting electronically will not constitute attendance at the AGM. To be formally represented at the Meeting, shareholders will need to appoint the Chair of the AGM as their proxy. More information is located within the Notice of Meeting.
The Board would like to invite shareholders to register to listen in to the Meeting electronically by contacting AGM.General@charles-stanley.co.uk and strongly encourages shareholders to submit any questions relevant to the business of the Meeting they may have for the Board by emailing them to AGM.General@charles-stanley.co.uk in advance. The Board will endeavour, where appropriate, to respond to all questions submitted before the proxy appointment deadline to those questions received by the close of business on Tuesday 6 July 2021. Questions submitted after the deadline will be addressed at the Meeting where appropriate and all answers will also be published on our website at https://www.charles-stanley.co.uk/investor-relations.
Julie Ung
Company Secretary
Charles Stanley Group PLC LEI: 213800LBSEGKE5MCYC90
For further information, please contact:
Charles Stanley Siobhan Griffiths Head of Communications 0207 149 6068 | Canaccord Genuity Emma Gabriel 020 7523 8309 | Peel Hunt Andrew Buchanan 020 3597 8680 | KTZ Communications Katie Tzouliadis 020 3178 6384 Katie.tzouliadis@ktz.co.uk
Dan Mahoney 020 3178 6383 Dan.mahoney@ktz.co.uk |
Notes to editors:
Charles Stanley provides holistic wealth management services to private clients, charities, trusts and institutions. Its origins trace back to 1792 and the Group is one of the oldest firms on the London Stock Exchange. The Group has a national presence, with 26 locations and over 800 professionals. Its wealth management services are provided directly to clients and to intermediaries.