Holding(s) in Company
St. James's Place
For filings with the FSA include the annex | Â | ||||||||||
For filings with issuer exclude the annex | |||||||||||
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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi | |||||||||||
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii |
St. James’s Place plc | ||||||||||
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | |||||||||||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | Â | Â | |||||||||
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached | Â | ||||||||||
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | Â | ||||||||||
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | Â | ||||||||||
Other (please specify): |  | Disclosure of revised position following change in Total Voting Rights, announced by St. James’s Place plc on 1 February 2013. | X | ||||||||
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii |
 | Lloyds Banking Group plc | |||||||||
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv |
See section 9 | ||||||||||
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v |
1 February 2013 | ||||||||||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 4 February 2013 | ||||||||||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii |
Direct/indirect holdings decreased to below 57% (direct holdings remain above 56%) |
8. Notified details: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class/type of shares
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Situation previous to the triggering transaction |
 | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of Shares |
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Number of Voting Rights |
Number of shares |
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Number of voting rights |
 | % of voting rights x | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Direct | Direct xi | Â | Indirect xii | Direct | Â | Indirect | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ord 15p Shares | 289,256,127 | 289,256,127 | 287,257,332 | 287,257,332 | 1,678,486 | 56.564% | 0.331% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Type of financial instrument |
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Expiration date xiii |
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Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv |
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Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. |
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% of voting rights |
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Type of financial instrument |
 | Exercise price | Expiration date xvii |  |
Exercise/ Conversion period xviii |
Number of voting rights instrument refers to | Â | % of voting rights xix, xx | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominal | Â | Delta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total (A+B+C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of voting rights | Â | Percentage of voting rights | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
288,935,818 | 56.894% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting
rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi |
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287,257,329 shares (56.564%) are under the control of HBOS Insurance and Investment Group Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc (direct interests). |
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Proxy Voting: | |||||
10. Name of the proxy holder: | Â | N/A | |||
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: |
N/A | ||||
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: |
N/A | ||||
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13. Additional information: |
 | Notification using the Total Voting Rights figure of 507,849,262 | |||
14. Contact name: | Andrew Kellett (LBG) / Jayne Meacham (St. James’s Place plc) | ||||
15. Contact telephone number: | 0113 235 7729 / 01285 878762 |