St James's Place Regulatory News (STJ)

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

St. James's Place plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

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

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

DTR (Disclosure of contracts for difference) 1 June 2009

X

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: 

BlackRock Inc

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

1 June 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified:

4 June 2009

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

Gone above 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares

if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB0007669376

23,801,502

23,801,502

N/A

N/A

22,652,495

N/A

4.72%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion Period

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights  

CFD

N/A

N/A

N/A

4,449,140

Nominal

Delta

0.93%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

27,101,635

5.65%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 27,101,635 (5.65%)

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

15. Contact telephone number:

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer

Annex: Notification of major interests in share

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name 

(including legal form of legal entities)

BlackRock Inc

Contact address 

(registered office for legal entities)

33 King William Street, London EC4R 9AS

Phone number & email

0131 472 7472

Other useful information 

(at least legal representative for legal persons)

Louise Lyle

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name

St James's Place plc

Contact address

1 Tetbury Road, Cirencester, GL7 1FP

Phone number & email

01285 878158

Other useful information

(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

Matt Armitage

C: Additional information