Holding(s) in Company
St. James's Place
For filings with the FCA include the annex | Â | Â | |||||||||
For filings with issuer exclude the annex | |||||||||||
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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi | Â | ||||||||||
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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): | Â | ||||||||||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | 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 |
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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 |
 | BlackRock, Inc. |  | ||||||||
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 |
6th June 2014 | Â | |||||||||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 9th June 2014 | Â | |||||||||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii |
Holding has gone above 5% | Â |
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GB0007669376 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 25,962,701 | N/A | 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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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
CFD | Â | Â | Â | 265,165 | Nominal | Â | Delta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
0.05% | 0.05% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total (A+B+C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of voting rights | Â | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26,227,866 | 5.06% |
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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BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited – 26,227,866 (5.06%) |
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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: |
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: |
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13. Additional information: |
 | BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team Notification made using the total voting rights figure of 518,421,814 | |||
14. Contact name: |
Duncan Murray
Kay Fraser (SJP) |
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15. Contact telephone number: |
020 7743 3334
01285 878762 |