Holding(s) in Company

St. James's Place PLC
21 March 2007



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached:

St James's Place plc.................



2. Reason for the notification (please place an X inside the appropriate 
bracket/s):



An acquisition or disposal of voting rights:



An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached:



An event changing the breakdown of voting rights:



Other (please specify) (X) Declaration of Major Shareholding as per FSA
Transitional Provision 7

.................



3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

HBOS plc



4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) :

HBOS Insurance and Investment Group Limited



5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached if different):

N/A



6. Date on which issuer notified:

20 March 2007



7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

59%



8. Notified details:





A: Voting rights attached to shares


Class/type of shares if possible              Situation previous to the Triggering transaction
using the ISIN CODE

                                  Number of shares                   Number of voting Rights

GB0007669376                      N/A                                N/A


Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


Class/type of shares if      Number of shares         Number of voting rights           % of voting rights
possible using the ISIN CODE

                             Direct                   Direct       Indirect             Direct      Indirect

Ordinary 15p                 277,901,969              277,901,969  561,323              59.39%      0.120%




B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


Type of         Expiration Date      Exercise/Conversion       Number of voting rights     % of voting rights
financial                            Period/ Date              that may be acquired if the
instrument                                                     instrument is exercised/
                                                               converted.



Total (A+B)


Number of voting rights        % of voting rights

278,463,292                    59.509%



9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable :

HBOS Insurance and Investment Group Limited* - 276,786,711 (59.15%)

(* - wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS plc)



Proxy Voting:



10. Name of the proxy holder:

.................



11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

.................



12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

.................



13. Additional information:

Notification using the total voting rights figure of 467,934,819.  First
notification under DTR Sourcebook.



14. Contact name:

Matt Armitage



15. Contact telephone number:

01285 878158


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