Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6466F

Great Portland Estates PLC

10 October 2008

 



TO:  RNS
DATED:  10 OCTOBER 2008

Today, we have received notification that Fortis Investment Management S.A. holds 7,500,779 ordinary shares of 12.5p each in this Company, representing 4.14% of the issued share capital of the Company.

FROM:  GREAT PORTLAND ESTATES PLC

For filings with the FSA include the annex For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

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

Great Portland Estates Plc GB00B01FLL16

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights	X
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 notification obligation:	Fortis Investment Management S.A
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	CSA L REAL ESTATE EUROPE FORTIS PROPERTY RETAIL FUND GLOBAL PROPERTY SECURITIES FUNDS EUR CSA B PENSION EQUITY EEA SMALL CAPS SMAM INTERNATIONAL REIT MOTHER FUND E Property Securities Europe Fd (APFPFE) FLF EQ SMALL CAPS EUROPE GA L FUND SMALL MID CAPS EUROPE CSA B REAL ESTATE EUROPE A.A. FORTIS ACTIONS PETITE CAP EUROPE AMP CAPITAL INVESTOR RUSSELL EUROPEAN SMALL CAP EQUITY FUND LITHIUM CSM Nederland Property (APCSMP) ABN AMRO GLOBAL PROPERTY EQUITY FUND Investeringsforeningen Alfred Berg (AEIFAB) BUHRMANN CSA L EUROPEAN SMALL CAPS Alfred Berg Small Cap Europe Unit Trust FBF EQ SMALL CAPS EUROPE CSA B EUROPEAN SMALL CAPS
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	9/10/2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	10/10/2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Over 4%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights	Number of shares Direct	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B01FLL16	6,903,376		7,500,779	7,500,779		4.14%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
7,500,779	4.14%

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

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	Fortis Investment Management S.A. and subsidiaries
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:

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website. 

 

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