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 | X | |||||||||
| 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 | Â | Â | ||||||||
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii |
 | Baillie Gifford & Co | |||||||||
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv |
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5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v |
07 October 2013 | ||||||||||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 08 October 2013 | ||||||||||
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii |
5% | ||||||||||
| 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 |
Number of Voting Rights |
Number of shares |
Number of voting rights |
% of voting rights x | ||||||||||||
| Direct | Direct xi | Indirect xii | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||||||
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Ordinary Shares GB0007669376 |
Below 5% | Below 5% |
25733282 |
 | 25733282 |  | 5.002% | |||||||||
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| B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
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Type of financial instrument |
Expiration date xiii |
Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv |
Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. |
% 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 | % of voting rights xix, xx | |||||||||||
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Nominal | Delta | ||||||||||
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| Total (A+B+C) | ||||||||||||||||
| Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||||||
| 25733282 | 5.002% | |||||||||||||||
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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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In the narrative below, the figures in 8 indicate the amount of voting rights and the percentage held by each controlled undertaking where relevant. Baillie Gifford & Co, a discretionary investment manager, is the parent undertaking of an investment management group. Â Its wholly-owned subsidiary undertaking Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited [7,632,758:1.48%] is also a discretionary investment manager. Â Its wholly-owned subsidiary undertaking Baillie Gifford & Co Limited [1,406,157:0.27%] is an OEIC Authorised Corporate Director and Unit Trust Manager which has delegated its discretionary investment management role to Baillie Gifford & Co. Â Its wholly-owned subsidiary undertaking Baillie Gifford Life Limited [6,237,590:1.21%] is a life assurance company which procures discretionary investment management services from Baillie Gifford & Co in respect of its own account shareholdings. |
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| Proxy Voting: | ||
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A | |
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: |
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: |
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13. Additional information: |
Notification using the Total Voting Rights figure of 514,502,434 |
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| 14. Contact name: |
Gillian Wright (Baillie Gifford & Co)
Kay Fraser (St. James’s Place plc) |
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| 15. Contact telephone number: |
0131 275 3041
01285 878762 |
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