31st Oct 2006 17:15
St. James's Place PLC31 October 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company St. James's Place plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest HBOS plc on its own behalf and on behalf of subsidiaries holding a material and non-material interest 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18 Shareholders named in 2 above 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them See attached schedule 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired Not known 6. Percentage of issued class Not known 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed Not known 8. Percentage of issued class Not known 9. Class of security Ordinary 15p shares 10. Date of transaction 25 October 2006 11. Date company informed 30 October 2006 12. Total holding following this notification AGGREGATE MATERIAL AND NON-MATERIAL TOTAL - 277,726,545 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 60.09% 14. Any additional information 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries MATT ARMITAGE - 01285 858158 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification MATT ARMITAGE Date of notification 31 OCTOBER 2006 The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of thisdocument or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission.The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damagesfor loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwisefrom the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained init, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document orany such material. HBOS Business Group/Legal entity Fund No. of shares HBOS Insurance & Investment Group Limited N/A 276,320,236HSDL Nominees Limited N/A 3State Street Nominees A/c SJPUTT 4,300Dexia BIL Bank, Luxembourg 3087 5,900Nortrust Nominees A/c HLI26 HPFO 13,943Nortrust Nominees Limited N/A 15,037State Street Nominees Limited A/C FE1F FE1F 19,788Chase Nominees Limited a/c CMIGMAIN IPFGW 28,834Nortrust Nominee A/c ARW51 SLFO 33,276Nortrust Nominee A/c HFX06 237 148,893Nortrust Nominee A/c HXD01 EQSTR 353,033Nortrust Nominee A/c CMI06 WP 783,302TOTAL 277,726,545 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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