Holding(s) in Company

St. James's Place PLC
27 November 2006

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1. Name of company

St. James's Place plc

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

HBOS plc on its own behalf and on behalf of subsidiaries holding a material and 
non-material interest

3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18

Shareholders named in 2 above

4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them

See attached schedule

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

Not known

6. Percentage of issued class

Not known

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

Not known

8. Percentage of issued class

Not known

9. Class of security

Ordinary 15p shares

10. Date of transaction

24 NOVEMBER 2006

11. Date company informed

24 NOVEMBER 2006

12. Total holding following this notification

AGGREGATE MATERIAL & NON-MATERIAL TOTAL 277,852,122

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

59.97%

14. Any additional information



15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

MATT ARMITAGE - 01285 858158



16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification


MATT ARMITAGE



Date of notification


27 NOVEMBER 2006



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HBOS Business Group/Legal entity                                                 Fund          No. of shares

HBOS Insurance & Investment Group Limited                                          N/A           276,445,236
HSDL Nominees Limited                                                              N/A                     5
State Street Nominees A/c                                                       SJPUTT                 4,300
Dexia BIL Bank, Luxembourg                                                        3087                 5,900
Nortrust Nominees A/c HLI26                                                       HPFO                13,943
Nortrust Nominees Limited                                                          N/A                15,037
State Street Nominees Limited A/C FE1F                                            FE1F                20,363
BNY Clearing Nominees Ltd a/c 392272                                             IPFGW                28,834
Nortrust Nominee A/c ARW51                                                        SLFO                33,276
Nortrust Nominee A/c HFX06                                                         237               148,893
Nortrust Nominee A/c HXD01                                                       EQSTR               353,033
Nortrust Nominee A/c CMI06                                                          WP               783,302
TOTAL                                                                                            277,852,122




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