Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS 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 place an X inside the appropriate
bracket/s):

 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights:

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

 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights:

 Other (please specify): Increase of Total Voting Rights (X)


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

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
 HBOS Insurance and Investment Group Limited

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or
 reached if different):
 28 September 2007

6. Date on which issuer notified:
 1 October 2007

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
 Decrease to below 60% in Direct interest

8. Notified details:


A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of        Situation previous to the Triggering
shares if possible                transaction
using the ISIN
CODE
                   Number of shares    Number of voting
                                       Rights
GB0007669376       285,205,705
                                     285,205,705

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Class/type of     Number of       Number of voting       % of voting
shares if         shares          rights                 rights
possible using
the ISIN CODE
                  Direct          Direct        Indirect  Direct   Indirect

Ordinary 15p      285,612,641     285,612,641   593,064   59.989%  0.124%


B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of   Expiration     Exercise/Convers  Number of voting  % of voting
financial Date           ion Period/ Date  rights that may   rights
instrumen                                  be acquired if
t                                          the instrument is
                                           exercised/
                                          converted.



Total (A+B)
Number of voting  % of voting
rights            rights

286,205,705       60.113%


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable :
 HBOS Insurance and Investment Group Limited* (Direct) - 284,609,990 (59.778%)
 (* - wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS plc)

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:


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:
 Notification using the total voting rights figure of 476,111,617

14. Contact name:
 Matt Armitage

15. Contact telephone number:
 01285 878158