St. James's Place PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2013

Mar 27, 2013

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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST 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 tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights				Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:		Baillie Gifford & Co
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		25 Mar 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:		26 Mar 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE		Situation previous to the triggering transaction				Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares		Number of Voting Rights		Number of shares		Number of voting rights				% of voting rights
			Direct		Direct		Indirect		Direct		Indirect
Ordinary Share GB0007669376		Below 5%		Below 5%		25657365				25657365				5.05%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion Period		Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.		% of voting rights
N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price		Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion period		Number of voting rights instrument refers to		% of voting rights
N/A										Nominal		Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
25,657,365		5.05%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
In the narrative below, the figures in [ ] indicate the amount of voting rights and the percentage held by each controlled undertaking where relevant. Baillie Gifford & Co, a discretionary investment manager, is the parent undertaking of an investment management group. Its wholly-owned subsidiary undertaking Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited [6825057; 1.34%] is also a discretionary investment manager. Its wholly-owned subsidiary undertaking Baillie Gifford & Co Limited [1422157; 0.28%] is an OEIC Authorised Corporate Director and Unit Trust Manager which has delegated its discretionary investment management role to Baillie Gifford & Co. Its wholly-owned subsidiary undertaking Baillie Gifford Life Limited [6734741; 1.33%] is a life assurance company which procures discretionary investment management services from Baillie Gifford & Co in respect of its own account shareholdings.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		N/A
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:
14. Contact name:		Susie McBay (Baillie Gifford) / Jayne Meacham (St. James’s Place plc)
15. Contact telephone number:		0131 275 3032 / 01285 878762