Director/PDMR Shareholding

Director/PDMR Shareholding

St. James's Place

St. James’s Place plc (“SJP”)

SJP was notified on 27 July 2016 of the following changes in SJP shares held by the Executive Director named below.

SJP Performance Share Plan 2005 (“PSP”) and linked Company Share Option Plan 2010 (“CSOP”)

On 21 March 2013, Mr David Lamb, Executive Director, was awarded a CSOP-linked award, whereby he was granted a nil-cost unapproved option pursuant to the PSP and a linked HMRC-approved CSOP share option. Mr Lamb exercised the linked CSOP award on 27 July 2016 with an exercise price of £5.155 per share and, as a result, his linked PSP award automatically lapsed in respect of the number of shares equal in value to the gain realised upon exercise of the linked CSOP award.

Column 1 sets out the number of SJP shares acquired as a result of the exercise of the linked CSOP award on 27 July 2016, and column 2 sets out the number of SJP shares sold on 27 July 2016 at £9.31 pence per share by Mr Lamb. Column 3 sets out the number of shares that have lapsed under the linked PSP award as a result of this exercise, and Column 4 sets out the number of PSP award shares retained under the linked PSP award.

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Name of Director		Number of SJP shares acquired on exercise of CSOP option		Number of SJP shares sold		Number of SJP shares that have lapsed under the linked PSP award		Number of SP shares retained under the linked PSP award
David Lamb		774		774		346		117,112

SJP Performance Share Plan 2005 (“PSP”)

On 21 March 2013 Mr Lamb was awarded nil cost unapproved PSP awards. On 27 July 2016, Mr Lamb exercised those awards, as set out in the table below.

Column 1 sets out the number of SJP shares exercised, column 2 sets out the number of SJP shares sold on 27 July 2016 at a price of £9.179 pence per share by Mr Lamb in order to settle income tax and National Insurance liabilities, and column 3 sets out the number of additional SJP shares sold by Mr Lamb at £9.179. Column 4 sets out the number of SJP shares retained.

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Name of Director		Number of SJP shares exercised		Number of SJP shares sold to meet tax liability		Number of Additional SJP Shares Sold		Number of SJP shares retained
David Lamb		117,112		55,043		31,104		30,965

Current Holdings

The table below sets out the current holdings of Mr Lamb and his Closely Associated Person* in SJP ordinary shares after the above transactions:

Name of Director	Â	Number of SJP shares held
David Lamb		501,835

(i) *The interests of the Director include those of his Closely Associated Person as defined in Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (Market Abuse Regulation). The Closely Associated Person of Mr Lamb is Sally Lamb.

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

This notification is made in accordance with Article 19(3) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (Market Abuse Regulation).

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

Kay Fraser

Deputy Company Secretary

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