Director/PDMR Shareholding

Director/PDMR Shareholding

St. James's Place

St. James’s Place plc (“SJP”)

SJP announces the following changes in the holding of SJP ordinary shares held by the Director named below.

Connected Person – Exercise of Options

On 1 November 2012, Director Andrew Croft notified SJP that on 1 November 2012, a connected person exercised an option to acquire 20,000 ordinary 15p shares in SJP under the SJP Partner Share Option Scheme 2000 with an exercise price of 236 pence per ordinary share and as a result, acquired on exercise 20,000 ordinary SJP shares.

Following the above transaction, Andrew Croft and his connected person (as defined in section 96B(2) of FSMA) hold 746,298 SJP ordinary shares.

This notification is made in accordance with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4R(1)(a).

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Jayne Meacham

Deputy Company Secretary

St. James’s Place plc

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