Holding(s) in Company
St. James's Place
| 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 | Yes | ||||||||
| An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached | No | |||||||||
| An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | No | |||||||||
| An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | No | |||||||||
| Other (please specify): | Â | Â | No | |||||||
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii |
 | Kames Capital | ||||||||
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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 |
24/03/2014 | |||||||||
| 6. Date on which issuer notified: | 26/03/2014 | |||||||||
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii |
4% | |||||||||
| 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 | 20,665,115 | 20,665,115 | 15,596,313 | 15,596,313 | 4,653,531 | 3.02% | 0.90% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |  | % of voting rights xix, xx | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CFD | Â | Â | Â | 340,271 | Nominal | Â | Delta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0.07% | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total (A+B+C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of voting rights | Â | Percentage of voting rights | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20,590,115 | 3.99% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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Kames Capital:- Kames Capital Plc Kames Capital Management Ltd Kames Capital ICVC Kames Capital VCIC |
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| Proxy Voting: | |||||
| 10. Name of the proxy holder: | Â | Kames Capital | |||
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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 515,712,377 | |||
| 14. Contact name: |
IMS Supervisor / Manager (Kames)
Kay Fraser (SJP) |
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| 15. Contact telephone number: |
0131 549 3706
01285 878762 |
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