Director Shareholding

St. James's Place Capital PLC
17 August 2001


Mr Charles Bailey, non-Executive Director of St. James's Place Capital plc ('
SJPC') notified SJPC on 16 August 2001 that he purchased 2490 SJPC ordinary
shares of 15p each at a price of 395p each on that date.

Following the above transaction, Mr Bailey's interests in ordinary shares of
SJPC are as follows:


Beneficial:                         2490

Non-beneficial:                       0