Holding(s) in Company

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For filings with the FSA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES^i
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
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):	Disclosure of revised position following change in Total Voting Rights, announced by St. James’s Place plc on 1 February 2013.			X
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:^iii		Lloyds Banking Group plc
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		1 February 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:		4 February 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^vi, vii		Direct/indirect holdings decreased to below 57% (direct holdings remain above 56%)

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares ^viii, ix

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 ^x

Direct

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

Ord 15p Shares

289,256,127

289,256,127

287,257,332

287,257,332

1,678,486

56.564%

0.331%

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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date ^xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period ^xiv

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 ^xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

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

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

288,935,818

56.894%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi
287,257,329 shares (56.564%) are under the control of HBOS Insurance and Investment Group Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBOS plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group plc (direct interests).
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		N/A
13. Additional information:	Notification using the Total Voting Rights figure of 507,849,262
14. Contact name:	Andrew Kellett (LBG) / Jayne Meacham (St. James’s Place plc)
15. Contact telephone number:	0113 235 7729 / 01285 878762