Director/PDMR Shareholding

Director/PDMR Shareholding

St. James's Place

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St. James’s Place plc (“SJP”)

SJP was notified on 9 August 2013 of the following changes in SJP shares held by the Person Discharging Managerial Responsibility (“PDMR”) named below.

Exercise of share options held under the SJP Executive Share Option Scheme 2000 (“ESOS”)

SJP announces that on 9 August 2013, PDMR Tony Dunk exercised an option under the ESOS with an exercise price of 178.50 pence per share and as a result acquired 46,510 SJP shares on exercise. Mr Dunk subsequently sold 46,510 SJP shares on 9 August 2013 at a price of 634.66 pence per share.

Following the above transaction, Tony Dunk holds 405,109 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 PDMR 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 PDMR set out above include deferred bonus scheme awards held in trust for the PDMR which have not yet vested and are subject to forfeiture.

(iii) The individuals within the organisation considered to be PDMRs under section 96B (1) of FSMA has recently been reviewed and amended.

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