Holding(s) in Company

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:  

St James's Place Plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

 

Yes

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

 

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

 

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

 

Other (please specify):

     
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:  

Baillie Gifford & Co

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):  
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

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of
shares


if possible using
the ISIN CODE

  Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction
  Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number
of
Shares
  Number
of
Voting
Rights
Number
of shares
  Number of voting
rights
  % of voting rights
Direct Direct   Indirect Direct   Indirect
Ordinary

Share

GB0007669376

 

Below 5%

 

Below 5%

 

25657365

 

 

25657365

 

 

5.05%

 
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
  Expiration
date
  Exercise/
Conversion
Period
  Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
  % of voting
rights
N/A        
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
  Exercise
price
  Expiration
date
  Exercise/
Conversion
period
  Number of voting
rights instrument
refers to
  % of voting rights
N/A         Nominal   Delta
   
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights   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:   N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:  
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:  
13. Additional information:    
14. Contact name: Susie McBay (Baillie Gifford) / Jayne Meacham (St. James’s Place plc)
15. Contact telephone number: 0131 275 3032 / 01285 878762

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