St. James’s Place has started its share buyback programme today, 27 August, with a maximum consideration of £32.9m at 6p per share.
The buybacks are set to complete at the latest by the end of December and were announced in July’s half-year results. St James’s Place stated that the sole purpose of the buybacks was to “reduce the capital of the company”.
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JP Morgan Securities will purchase ordinary shares as “riskless principal” with sale onto SJP, who was granted authority by shareholders in its 2024 annual general meeting.