Director/PDMR Shareholding

Director/PDMR Shareholding

St. James's Place

St. James’s Place plc (“SJP”)

SJP was notified on 26 March 2013 of the following changes in SJP shares held by the executive Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (“PDMRs”) named below.

Sharesave Share Option Scheme

On 25 March 2013, the PDMRs named below were granted options under the SJP Sharesave Share Option Scheme 2010 to acquire the number of ordinary shares of 15p each in SJP set out below at an exercise price of £3.89 per share. The options are exercisable between 1 May 2016 and 31 October 2016:

Name of PDMR	Â	Number of SJP shares under option
Chris Ralph		2,313
Bill Tonks		2,313

Award of SJP Shares under the SJP 2010 Share Incentive Plan (“SIP”)

On 26 March 2013, SJP awarded the number of SJP ordinary 15p shares under the SIP to the Executive Director and PDMRs set out in the table below, at a price of £5.065 per share, in return for £1,500 being deducted from their pre-tax salary. The shares will be held by an employee benefit trust (SJP AESOP Trustees Limited) on behalf of the Executive Director and PDMRs named below for a minimum period of three years from the date of award.

Name of Director	Â	Number of SJP ordinary 15p shares awarded under the SIP*
Andrew Croft		325
Name of PDMR		Number of SJP ordinary 15p shares awarded under the SIP*
Adrian Batchelor		325
Mike Blunt		325
Tony Dunk		325
Peter Edwards		325
Hugh Gladman		325
Mike Gravestock		325
Sonia Gravestock		325
Andrew Humphries		325
Ian MacKenzie		325
Chris Ralph		325
Bill Tonks		325

* Includes Partnership and Matching Shares

PDMR Share Dealing

On 22 March 2013 PDMR Hugh Gladman sold 3,150 SJP shares at £5.07 per share.

Current Holdings

The table below sets out the current holdings of the said executive Directors and PDMRs in SJP ordinary shares after the above transactions:

Name of Director	Â	Number of SJP shares held
Andrew Croft		764,067

Name of PDMR	Â	Number of SJP shares held
Adrian Batchelor		291,566
Mike Blunt		161,235
Tony Dunk		412,509
Peter Edwards		130,882
Hugh Gladman		255,257
Mike Gravestock		444,561
Sonia Gravestock		444,561
Andrew Humphries		31,315
Ian MacKenzie		60,425
Chris Ralph		28,409
Bill Tonks		197,273

(i) The interests of the Directors and PDMRs include those of their Connected Persons as defined in section 96B(2) of the Financial Services and Markets Act.

(ii) The interests of the Directors and PDMRs include deferred bonus scheme awards held in trust for the Directors and PDMRs which have not yet vested and are subject to forfeiture.

This notification is made in accordance with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4R(1)(a).

With the exception of the changes notified in this announcement, the executive Directors’ and PDMRs’ shareholdings in SJP are unchanged.

Deputy Company Secretary

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