Holding(s) in Company

St. James's Place PLC
31 October 2006

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



1. Name of company


St. James's Place plc



2. Name of shareholder having a major interest


HBOS plc on its own behalf and on behalf of subsidiaries holding a material and 
non-material interest



3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding
of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest
or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18


Shareholders named in 2 above



4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them


See attached schedule



5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired


Not known



6. Percentage of issued class


Not known



7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed


Not known



8. Percentage of issued class


Not known



9. Class of security


Ordinary 15p shares



10. Date of transaction


25 October 2006






11. Date company informed


30 October 2006



12. Total holding following this notification


AGGREGATE MATERIAL AND NON-MATERIAL TOTAL - 277,726,545



13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


60.09%



14. Any additional information






15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries


MATT ARMITAGE - 01285 858158



16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification


MATT ARMITAGE



Date of notification


31 OCTOBER 2006



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HBOS Business Group/Legal entity                                          Fund             No. of shares


HBOS Insurance & Investment Group Limited                                          N/A           276,320,236
HSDL Nominees Limited                                                              N/A                     3
State Street Nominees A/c                                                       SJPUTT                 4,300
Dexia BIL Bank, Luxembourg                                                        3087                 5,900
Nortrust Nominees A/c HLI26                                                       HPFO                13,943
Nortrust Nominees Limited                                                          N/A                15,037
State Street Nominees Limited A/C FE1F                                            FE1F                19,788
Chase Nominees Limited a/c CMIGMAIN                                              IPFGW                28,834
Nortrust Nominee A/c ARW51                                                        SLFO                33,276
Nortrust Nominee A/c HFX06                                                         237               148,893
Nortrust Nominee A/c HXD01                                                       EQSTR               353,033
Nortrust Nominee A/c CMI06                                                          WP               783,302
TOTAL                                                                                            277,726,545




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