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	Yes
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):___________________________						No
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):		See additional information under 13.
5. Date of transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		12 March 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:		14 March 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		Above the threshold of 5%

8: Notified Details

A: Voting rights attached to shares

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

Direct

Direct

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Indirect

Direct

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Indirect

GB0007669376 N/A N/A 334,267 334,267 27,471,822 0.066% 5.405%

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

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	No. of voting rights instrument refers to	Percentage of voting rights
Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Â	Percentage of voting rights
27,806,089		5.471%

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

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, Columbia Wanger Asset Management, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	Â	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	Registered Owner   Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA08 17,580   Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 39364 4,010,585   The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited A/c 52401 81 77,813   Royal Trust Corp of Canada A/c 719306 189,468   HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd A/c 5000212310 573,494   The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited A/c PTG 10972 250,752   The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited A/c PTG 468 167,573   HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd A/c 2456820 80,264   Chase Nominees Ltd A/c 75102 150,000   The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited A/c PTG 14556 47,547   Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 76588 368,317   Harewood Nominees Ltd A/c 1040411926G 2,369,372   Vidacos Nominees Ltd A/c 6012918307 1,450,188   HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 847452 446,998     HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 740190   174,481   HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 739874 502,039   HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 740311 85,008   The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited A/c PTG 15303 / 09997799 60,065   The Bank Of New York (Nominees) Limited A/c PTG 15309 / 099977991 52,093   Nortrust Nominees LTD A/c ZPS11 208,577   HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited A/c 811056 53,685   Chase Nominees Ltd A/c 44729 170,466   Nortrust Nominees LTD A/c BBH05 159,505   Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 81587 141,870   William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd A/c 301780 67,739   Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA01 170,000   Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA03 4,746,395   Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA05 257,000   Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA07 2,598,515   The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited A/c 52266 414,580   The Bank Of New York ( Nominees ) Limited A/c 52286 237,334   Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07198 212,505   Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 27642 40,962   Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07197 80,800   Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10478 6,191   Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA09 10,391   Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10479 4,804   Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA12 280,974   Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA14 74,743   Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 34789 135,000   Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07207 339,272   Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07196 25,924   Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 07199 5,361   Mellon Nominees (UK) Ltd A/c WWSF0004002 324,956   Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 18668 446,298   Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10491 1,913,243   Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10488 1,408,616   Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10495 445,000   Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10489 509,506   Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 10490 430,760   Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c 30337 40,000   Littledown Nominees Ltd A/c ZLA15 771,480
14 Contact name:		Stacey Dryburgh, Threadneedle Group / Jayne Meacham, St. James’s Place plc
15. Contact telephone name:		01793 363751 / 01285 878762

Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited. Registered in England and Wales: No 3554212

Registered Office: 60 St Mary Axe, London, EC3A 8JQ.