Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company

St. James's Place

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	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
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: iii			The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv			See Schedule A
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v			10 October 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:			13 October 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii			Above 3%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

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Situation previous to the triggering transaction

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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

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% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

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Indirect xii

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Ordinary Shares (ISIN: GB0007669376)

15,344,796

15,344,796

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15,744,796

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3.0348%

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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

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Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

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Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

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% of voting rights xix, xx

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Delta

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Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

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Percentage of voting rights

15,744,796

3.0348%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
See Schedule A
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Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:			Â	Â
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
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13. Additional information:	Â	Notification using the Total Voting Rights figure of 518,811,986
14. Contact name:		The Capital Group Companies, Inc – Christopher Aquino St. James’s Place plc – Kay Fraser
15. Contact telephone number:		Christopher Aquino - [phone] Kay Fraser - [phone]

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FCA not the issuer
Annex: Notification of major interests in sharesxxii
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A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form of legal entities)	Â	The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)		333 South Hope Street, 55th Floor Los Angeles, California 90071
Phone number & email		[phone] & [e-mail]
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)		Â
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B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name		Christopher Aquino
Contact address		333 South Hope Street, 55th Floor Los Angeles, California 90071
Phone number & email		[phone] & [e-mail]
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)		Fax: [phone]
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C: Additional information
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For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FCA website.