Annual Financial Report

Annual Financial Report

St. James's Place

St. James’s Place Plc (“SJP”)

Annual Financial Report

SJP announces that its 2010 Annual Report and Accounts and Notice of Annual General Meeting and Form of Proxy have today been sent to shareholders. The SJP Annual General Meeting will be held at 11am on Thursday, 12 May 2011 at The Royal Aeronautical Society, 4 Hamilton Place, London, W1J 7BQ.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.1, SJP has today submitted copies of the following documents to the National Storage Mechanism. The documents will shortly be available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do:

• 2010 Annual Report and Accounts;
• The Notice of Annual General Meeting to be held on 12 May 2011; and
• Form of Proxy

The 2010 Annual Report and Notice of Annual General Meeting can be downloaded from the corporate website at www.sjp.co.uk.

SJP announced its Annual Results for the year ended 31 December 2010 on 23 February 2011. The following additional regulated information, in relation to the Annual Report and Accounts, is provided in full and unedited text as required to be made public in accordance with Rule 6.3.5 of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the UK Financial Services Authority. This announcement should be read in conjunction with SJP’s Annual Results Announcement issued on 23 February 2011 and is not a substitute for reading the full 2010 Annual Report and Accounts.

The responsibility statement below is set out in the 2010 Annual Report and Accounts.

The Directors confirm to the best of their knowledge that:

- the Group financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the EU, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit of the Group;

- the European Embedded Value (‘EEV’) supplementary information has been prepared in accordance with the European Embedded Value principles issued in May 2004 by the Chief Financial Officers Forum, as supplemented by the Additional Guidance on European Embedded Value Disclosures issued in October 2005 (‘the EEV Principles’); and

- the business review referenced to in the Directors’ Report includes a fair review of the development and performance of the business and the position of the Group, together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties that it faces.

For further information please contact:

Jayne Meacham
Deputy Company SecretaryDeputy Company Secretary
Tel: [phone]Tel: [phone]
6 April 2011 6 April 2011

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