Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2244H

Great Portland Estates PLC

09 July 2012

 



Company Announcements Office

London Stock Exchange

London EC2N 1HP

9 July 2012

Our ref: DLM/rt

Dear Sirs

On 6 July 2012, we received notification that BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited holds 31,195,573 ordinary shares of 12.5p each in this Company, representing 9.98% of the issued share capital of the Company.

Yours faithfully

For GREAT PORTLAND ESTATES plc

Desna Martin

Company Secretary

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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				Great Portland Estates PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					X
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					X
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		BlackRock, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		4th July 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:		6th July 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Holding has gone below 10%

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

GB00B01FLL16

28,275,715

28,275,715

N/A

N/A

27,895,916

N/A

8.92%

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

CFD

3,299,657

Nominal

Delta

1.06%

1.06%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

31,195,573

9.98%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 31,195,573 (9.97%)
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:	BlackRock International Threshold Reporting Team
14. Contact name:	Andrew Manchester
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7743 5773

 

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