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 |
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| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached | ||||||||||
| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments |
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| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | ||||||||||
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii |
 | BlackRock, Inc. | ||||||||
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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 |
20th December 2013 | |||||||||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 24th December 2013 | |||||||||
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii |
Holding has gone above 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 |
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GB0007669376 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 26,064,583 | N/A | 5.06% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CFD | Â | Â | Â | 94,006 | Nominal | Â | Delta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0.02% | 0.02% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total (A+B+C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of voting rights | Â | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26,158,589 | 5.08% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited – 26,158,589 (5.08%) |
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| Proxy Voting: | |||||
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | Â | Â | |||
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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 515,034,937 | |||
| 14. Contact name: |
Duncan Murray
Kay Fraser |
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| 15. Contact telephone number: | 020 7743 3334 | ||||
| Â | 01285 878762 | ||||