Director/PDMR Shareholding

Director/PDMR Shareholding

St. James's Place

St. James’s Place plc (“SJP”)

SJP was notified on 2 August 2013 of the following changes in SJP shares held by the executive Director named below.

Exercise of Awards under the SJP Performance Share Plan 2005 (“PSP”)

SJP announces that executive Director David Lamb exercised nil cost options under the PSP on 2 August 2013 and acquired the number of SJP ordinary shares set out in column 1 of the table below. The exercise of the nil cost options follows the satisfaction of prescribed performance targets over a three-year period. Column 2 sets out the number of SJP shares sold on 2 August 2013 at 632.23 pence per share to meet the cost of income tax and national insurance costs payable on the exercise of the awards. Column 3 sets out the additional number of SJP shares sold on 2 August 2013 at 632.23 pence per share. Column 4 sets out the total number of shares sold by David Lamb as a result of this exercise.

	Â	1	Â	2	Â	3	Â	4
Name of Director		Number of SJP shares acquired on exercise		Number of shares sold to meet tax liability		Number of additional shares sold		Number of SJP shares sold
David Lamb		185,285		87,084		98,201		185,285

Following the above transaction, David Lamb holds 415,003 ordinary shares in SJP.

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

Notes

(i) The interests of the Director include those of his Connected Person(s) as defined in section 96B(2) of the Financial Services and Markets Act.

(ii) The interests of the Director set out above include deferred bonus scheme awards held in trust for the Director which have not yet vested and are subject to forfeiture.

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