Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company

St. James's Place

For filings with the FCA include the annex					Â
For filings with issuer exclude the annex
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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
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii			Â	FMR LLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv				See Section 9
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v				15 May 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:				16 May 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii				5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

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Situation previous to the triggering transaction

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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

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Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

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Number of voting rights

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% of voting rights x

Indirect

Direct xi

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Indirect xii

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Indirect

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26,093,105

26,093,105

25,899,705

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25,899,705

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4.99%

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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

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

Type of financial instrument

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Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

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Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

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% of voting rights xix, xx

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Nominal

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Delta

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Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

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Percentage of voting rights

25,899,705

4.99%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
        Sum of Factored Shares Held       Custodian Day to Day IM Total   BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON PGALLC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC. 151,300   BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO FMR UK-FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (U.K.) INC. 13,800     FMRC-FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY INC. 683,624     PGALLC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC. 28,200     PGATC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST COMPANY 798,400   JPMORGAN CHASE BANK FMR UK-FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (U.K.) INC. 3,803,405     FMRC-FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY INC. 11,708,900   MELLON BANK NA (C) PGALLC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC. 397,900   NORTHERN TRUST CO (C) FMR UK-FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (U.K.) INC. 5,676,000     FMRC-FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY INC. 177,576     PGALLC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC. 493,400   STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO FMR UK-FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (U.K.) INC. 183,100     FMRC-FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH COMPANY INC. 897,100     PGALLC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC. 174,200     PGATC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST COMPANY 712,800   Grand Total   25,899,705
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Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:			Â	FMR LLC
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will dispose:				193,400
12. Date on which proxy holder will dispose voting rights:				15th May 2014
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13. Additional information:	Â	Notification using the Total Voting Rights figure of 518,086,687
14. Contact name:		Shelley Muller Kay Fraser
15. Contact telephone number:		  [e-mail], 01737 837216 Tel: [phone]