Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company

St. James's Place

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:			Â	St James’s Place Plc
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					Â	No
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached						No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments						No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights						No
Other (please specify): Voluntary baseline disclosure in line with the UK implementation of the Amended Transparency Directive						Yes
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Â	Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):		Bank Lombard Odier & Co Ltd BNP Paribas Nominees Pty Limited BNY (OCS) Nominees Limited Chase Nominees Limited Harewood Nominees Limited HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd Nortrust Niminees Ltd Royal Trust Corp of Canada Securities Services Nominees Limited State Street Bank & Trust Boston The Bank of New York (Nominees) Limited Vidacos Nominees Ltd
5. Date of transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		N/A - Voluntary baseline disclosure in line with the UK implementation of the Amended Transparency Directive
6. Date on which issuer notified:		30th November 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		Voluntary baseline disclosure in line with the UK implementation of the Amended Transparency Directive

8: Notified Details

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A: Voting rights attached to shares

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Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code

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Situation previous to the triggering transaction

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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of shares

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Number of voting rights

Number of shares

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Number of voting rights

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Percentage of voting rights

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Indirect

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Indirect

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27,806,089

27,806,089

308,025

308,025

27,876,481

0.059%

5.321%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Â	Expiration date	Â	Exercise/ conversion period	Â	No. of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.	Â	Percentage of voting rights
Â		523,882,883		Â		Â		Â

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

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Exercise Price

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Expiration date

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Exercise / conversion period

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No. of voting rights instrument refers to

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Percentage of voting rights

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Nominal

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Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Â	Percentage of voting rights
28,184,506		5.380%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Threadneedle Asset Management Limited (5.219%) Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC (0.161%)   Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC is wholly owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc.   Threadneedle Asset Management Limited is wholly owned by TC Financing Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by TAM UK Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings SARL, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise International Holdings GmbH, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:	Â	The Shares referred to in section 9 of this form are held in portfolios and funds managed on a discretionary basis by the entities set out in section 9. Please note that the Shares are held through certain nominee companies.
14 Contact name:		Mark Powney, Threadneedle Group Kay Fraser, St. James’s Place plc
15. Contact telephone name:		[phone] [phone]

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