Holding(s) in Company
St. James's Place
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES |
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: | Â |
St James's Place Plc |
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | |||||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights |
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Yes |
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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached |
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments |
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |
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Other (please specify): |
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: | Â |
Baillie Gifford & Co |
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | Â | |
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: | 25 Mar 2013 | |
6. Date on which issuer notified: |
26 Mar 2013 |
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: |
5% |
8. Notified details: | |||||||||||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares | |||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||
Direct | Direct | Â | Indirect | Direct | Â | Indirect | |||||||||
Ordinary
Share GB0007669376 |
 Below 5% |
 Below 5% |
 25657365 |
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 25657365 |
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 5.05% |
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||
Type of financial instrument |
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Expiration date |
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Exercise/ Conversion Period |
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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 |
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||
Type of financial instrument |
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Exercise price |
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Expiration date |
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Exercise/ Conversion period |
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Number of voting rights instrument refers to |
 | % of voting rights | |||
N/A | Â | Â | Â | Â | Nominal | Â | Delta | ||||||
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Total (A+B+C) | ||
Number of voting rights | Â | Percentage of voting rights |
25,657,365 | 5.05% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting
rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
In the narrative below, the figures in [ ] 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. Its wholly-owned subsidiary undertaking Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited [6825057; 1.34%] is also a discretionary investment manager. Its wholly-owned subsidiary undertaking Baillie Gifford & Co Limited [1422157; 0.28%] is an OEIC Authorised Corporate Director and Unit Trust Manager which has delegated its discretionary investment management role to Baillie Gifford & Co. Its wholly-owned subsidiary undertaking Baillie Gifford Life Limited [6734741; 1.33%] is a life assurance company which procures discretionary investment management services from Baillie Gifford & Co in respect of its own account shareholdings. |
Proxy Voting: | ||
10. Name of the proxy holder: | Â | N/A |
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: | Â | |
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: | Â |
13. Additional information: | Â | Â |
14. Contact name: | Susie McBay (Baillie Gifford) / Jayne Meacham (St. James’s Place plc) | |
15. Contact telephone number: | 0131 275 3032 / 01285 878762 |