St James's Place increases its 2016 final dividend by 20%

DividendMax Ltd.

St James's Place increases its 2016 final dividend by 20%

Financial highlights

EEV new business profit £520.2 million (2015: £440.7 million)

EEV operating profit £673.6 million (2015: £660.2 million)

EEV net asset value per share 900.7p (2015: 737.3p)

Profit before shareholder tax £140.6 million (2015: £151.3 million)

Operating cash result (post tax) £226.0 million (2015: £195.6 million)

Underlying cash result (post tax) £199.5 million (2015: £182.1 million)

Dividend

Final dividend of 20.67 pence per share (2015: 17.24 pence per share) up 20% providing a full year dividend of 33.00 pence per share (2015: 27.96 pence per share) growth of 18%

Other highlights

Record gross inflows of £11.4 billion (2015: £9.2 billion)

Net inflow of funds under management of £6.8 billion (2015: £5.8 billion)

Funds under management of £75.3 billion (2015: £58.6 billion)

We now have 3,415 qualified advisers, up 10% for the year

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