Doc re Notice of EGM, etc

St. James's Place Capital PLC
7 April 2000

                           DOCUMENT RE:
                 St. James's Place Capital plc

            Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting

                  in connection with the

             Recommended Partial Cash Offer by
              Lazard Brothers & Co., Limited
                         on behalf of
                        Halifax Group plc

                       and proposals for the
            St. James's Place Capital plc Option Schemes


A copy of the above is available for inspection from the Company Announcements
office of the London Stock Exchange.