Holding(s) in Company
St. James's Place
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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): | Â | Disclosure of change in chain of control of holding | 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 |
14 November 2013 | ||||||||||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 15 November 2013 | ||||||||||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii |
Direct / Indirect holdings remain above 22% |
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 GBP0.15 | 113,455,143 | 113,455,143 | 108,554,265 | 108,554,265 | 5,951,577 | 21.080% | 1.156% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GB0007669376 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |  | % 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
114,505,842 | 22.236% |
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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Following an intra-group transfer of the holding, 108,554,259 shares (21.080%) are now under the control of HBOS Insurance & Investment Group Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Bank Plc, which is itself 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 514,967,449 | |||
14. Contact name: |
Andrew Kellett
Kay Fraser |
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15. Contact telephone number: |
0113 235 7729
01285 87 87 62 |