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

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For filings with the FCA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES i

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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: iii				Lloyds Banking Group plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv				See Section 9
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v				28 August 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:				29 August 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii				Direct / Indirect holdings increased to above 22%


8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE		Situation previous to the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares						Number of Voting Rights					Number of shares
			Direct				Direct xi			Indirect xii		Direct
ORD GBP0.15		110,232,476						110,232,476
GB0007669376

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument					Expiration date xiii				Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv


C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument				Exercise price		Expiration date xvii					Exercise/ Conversion period xviii



Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights
113,455,143


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
108,554,259 shares (21.124%) are under the control of HBOS Insurance & Investment Group Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc (Direct Interests).

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
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:		Notification using the Total Voting Rights figure of 513,882,696
14. Contact name:		Andrew Kellett (Llloyds Banking Group) Jayne Meacham (St. James’s Place plc)
15. Contact telephone number:		0113 235 7729 01285 878762

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