Annual report & accounts

St. James's Place plc ("SJP")

Annual Report and Accounts

SJP  announces  that  two copies of its 2008 Annual Report and  Accounts,  which
includes  the  Notice  of  Annual  General  Meeting  to  be  held  on  30  April
2009,  and two copies of the Form of Proxy have been submitted to the UK Listing
Authority.   Copies of all the above documents will be available for  inspection
at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility which is situated at:

The Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London E14 5HS
Telephone: [phone]

The   above  documents  can  also  be  downloaded  from  the  Company's  website
at www.sjp.co.uk.

Deputy Company Secretary
Tel: [phone]
27 March 2009


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