Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3732M

British Land Co PLC

28 January 2009

 



TR-1:  notification of major interests in shares 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:	The British Land Company PLC
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):______________
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited
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 if different):	26 January 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	27 January 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	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	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary shares of 25p each ISIN: GB0001367019	Below 5%	Below 5%	26,144,259	26,144,259		5.11%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
26,144,259	5.11%

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

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited

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

A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)	Morgan Stanley
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	1585 Broadway  New York, NY 10036
Phone number	[phone]
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B:     Identity of the notifier, if applicable xvii
Full name	Michelle Hewitt
Contact address	20 Cabot Square Canary Wharf  London, E14 4QW
Phone number	020 7425 8677
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

 

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