Holding in Company

St. James's Place Capital PLC
24 July 2000


St. James's Place Capital plc ('SJPC')
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Holdings in Company

SJPC was informed on 24 July 2000 that, as a result of recent sales,
Prudential plc now has an interest in 32,930,294 ordinary shares of 15p each
(representing 7.77% of SJPC's issued share capital).

The shares are registered as follows:

Registered Holder                 Current Holding       
              
PAC NLLT CF 0/100                      30,984,248       
PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC          1,946,046       
              
                                       32,930,294       7.77%