Holding(s) in Company
St. James's Place
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi | |||||||||||
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii |
St. James’s Place plc | ||||||||||
| 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | |||||||||||
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | Â | Â | |||||||||
| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached | Â | ||||||||||
| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | Â | ||||||||||
| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | Â | ||||||||||
| Other (please specify): | Â | Change of Custodian |
X |
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii |
 | Prudential plc group of companies | |||||||||
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv |
See section 9 | ||||||||||
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5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v |
3 October 2011 | ||||||||||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 4 October 2011 | ||||||||||
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii |
See Section 13 | ||||||||||
| 8. Notified details: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Class/type of shares
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Situation previous to the triggering transaction |
 | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Number of Shares |
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Number of Voting Rights |
Number of shares |
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Number of voting rights |
 | % of voting rights x | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Direct | Direct xi | Â | Indirect xii | Direct | Â | Indirect | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ord 15p Shares | 28,047,643 | 28,047,643 | 28,047,643 | 28,047,643 | Â | 5.69% | Â | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Type of financial instrument |
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Expiration date xiii |
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Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv |
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Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. |
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% of voting rights |
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| C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Type of financial instrument |
 | Exercise price | Expiration date xvii |  |
Exercise/ Conversion period xviii |
Number of voting rights instrument refers to | Â | % of voting rights xix, xx | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total (A+B+C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of voting rights | Â | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 28,047,643 | 5.69% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting
rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi |
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Prudential plc (parent company) M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Ltd) M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) The Prudential Assurance Company Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) |
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| Proxy Voting: | |||||
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | Â | N/A | |||
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: |
N/A | ||||
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: |
N/A | ||||
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13. Additional information: |
 | Following a change of custodian for a large number of funds managed by M&G, the registration details have changed. No other material changes have taken place. | |||
| 14. Contact name: |
Jayne Meacham – St. James’s Place plc
Mark Thomas – M&G Investment Management Ltd |
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| 15. Contact telephone number: |
01285 878762
0207 548 3266 |
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