Director Shareholding

St. James's Place Capital PLC
25 March 2002

St. James's Place Capital plc ('SJPC')

SJPC was today notified of the acquisition, on 21 March 2002, of 1,050,006
ordinary shares of 15p in SJPC, at a price of 315.05p per share, by S G Hambros
Trust Company (Guernsey) Limited.  S G Hambros Trust Company (Guernsey) Limited
is trustee of the SJPC Employees Share Trust, the potential beneficiaries of
which include executive directors and employees of the SJPC Group.



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