Director/PDMR Shareholding

St. James's Place PLC
02 April 2007


St. James's Place plc ('SJP')

SJP was notified on 30 March 2007 of the following changes in interests in
ordinary shares of 15p in SJP held by the executive Directors and Persons
Discharging Managerial Responsibility ('PDMRs') named below.

Sale of shares

The trustees of SJP's Deferred Bonus Scheme transferred shares to the executive
Directors and PDMR's named below on 30 March 2004.  These shares were held by
SJP on behalf of the Directors and PDMR's for a restricted period, which ended
on 30 March 2007.  These shares are therefore no longer subject to forfeiture:


Name of Director                       Number of shares

David Bellamy                          11,629
Andrew Croft                           15,477
Ian Gascoigne                          26,917
Mike Wilson                            60,565


Name of PDMR                           Number of shares

Adrian Batchelor                       20,188
Hugh Gladman                           18,169
Mike Gravestock                        24,495
Sonia Harris                           12,786
David Lamb                             19,515
Stephen Williams                       16,823

The above Directors notified SJP on 30 March 2007 that on 30 March 2007 they
sold the above shares in SJP at a price of £4.504 per share, partly in order to
meet the cost of income tax arising from the awards ceasing to be subject to
forfeiture.

Exercise of options

Mike Gravestock also notified SJP that he exercised options on 30 March 2007
under the SJP Executive Share Option Scheme and sold the resulting shares as
detailed below:


Name of PDMR                  Number of options    Exercise price per    Number of shares   Price per share
                              exercised            share                 sold               sold

Mike Gravestock               72,000               £1.45                 72,000             £4.472



The interests of the Directors and PDMR's in ordinary shares of SJP after the
above transactions are:


Name of Director                       Beneficial                       Non-beneficial

David Bellamy                          532,012                          238,100
Andrew Croft                           120,713
Ian Gascoigne                          253,850                          30,000
Mike Wilson                            3,565,019                        750,000


Name of PDMR                           Beneficial                       Non-beneficial

Adrian Batchelor                       81,722                           21,497
Hugh Gladman                           130,146
Mike Gravestock                        103,910
Sonia Harris                           74,475
David Lamb                             214,805                          3,681
Stephen Williams                       87,037                           80,000


With the exception of the changes notified in this announcement, the Directors'
interests in ordinary shares of SJP are unchanged.

This notification is made in accordance with section 324 (as extended by section
328) of the Companies Act 1985 and Disclosure Rule 3.1.4R(1)(a).


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