Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company

St. James's Place

For filings with the FCA include the annex  
For filings with issuer exclude the annex
 
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
     
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached: ii
St James’s Place Plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights   X
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
  Baillie Gifford & Co
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):iv
 
5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached: v
22 November 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified: 25 November 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: vi, vii
5%
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
  Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number
of
Shares
  Number
of
Voting
Rights
Number
of shares
  Number of voting
rights
  % of voting rights x
Direct Direct xi   Indirect xii Direct   Indirect

Ordinary Shares

GB0007669376

Below 5% Below 5% 25893724   25893724   5.03%
 
 
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
  Expiration
date xiii
  Exercise/
Conversion Period xiv
  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 xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial
instrument
  Exercise price Expiration date xvii   Exercise/
Conversion period xviii
Number of voting rights instrument refers to   % of voting rights xix, xx
N/A      

 

Nominal   Delta
   
 
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting rights
25893724 5.03%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

In the narrative below, the figures in 8 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 [7,610,933:1.48%] is also a discretionary investment manager.

 

Its wholly-owned subsidiary undertaking Baillie Gifford & Co Limited [1,406,157:0.27%] 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 [6,251,690:1.21% ] 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:
 
Notification using the Total Voting Rights figure of 514,967,449
14. Contact name: Gillian Wright

Kay Fraser

15. Contact telephone number: 0131 275 3041

01285 87 87 62

UK 100

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