Holding(s) in Company
St. James's Place
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 | X | ||||||||
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 | Â | Â | |||||||
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii |
 | Baillie Gifford & Co | ||||||||
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv |
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5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v |
11 December 2013 | |||||||||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 12 December 2013 | |||||||||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii |
5% |
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ordinary Shares GB0007669376 |
Below 5% | Below 5% | 25781335 | Â | 25781335 | Â | 5.01% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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N/A | Â | Â | Â | Â | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
N/A | Â | Â | Â |
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Total (A+B+C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of voting rights | Â | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25781335 | 5.01% |
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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In the narrative below, the figures in 8 indicate the amount of voting rights and the percentage held by each controlled undertaking where relevant. Baillie Gifford & Co, a discretionary investment manager, is the parent undertaking of an investment management group. Â Its wholly-owned subsidiary undertaking Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited [7,645,244:1.48%] is also a discretionary investment manager. Â Its wholly-owned subsidiary undertaking Baillie Gifford & Co Limited [1,406,157:0.27%] is an OEIC Authorised Corporate Director and Unit Trust Manager which has delegated its discretionary investment management role to Baillie Gifford & Co. Â Its wholly-owned subsidiary undertaking Baillie Gifford Life Limited [6,251,690:1.21%] is a life assurance company which procures discretionary investment management services from Baillie Gifford & Co in respect of its own account shareholdings. |
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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: |
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: |
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13. Additional information: |
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Notification using the Total Voting Rights figure of 515,034,937 |
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14. Contact name: |
Gillian Wright
Kay Fraser |
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15. Contact telephone number: |
0131 275 3041
01285 87 87 62 |