Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9195Y

Hammerson PLC

11 July 2008

 



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:

Hammerson plc

2. Reason for the notification (place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s)  

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 the notification obligation:

   Morgan Stanley (Institutional Securities Group and Global Wealth Management)

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):

7 July 2008

6. Date on which issuer notified:

9 July 2008

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

9%

8. Notified details:

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A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction
Ordinary shares of 25p each GB0004065016	Number of shares 22,990,232	Number of voting Rights  22,990,232

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
Ordinary shares of 25p each GB0004065016	Direct 7,441,257	Direct 7,441,257	Indirect 20,193,206	Direct 2.57%	Indirect 6.97%

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
Total return Swap Total return Swap Total Return	30/03/09 09/03/09 01/07/09		5,670,926 9,522,280 5,000,000	1.97% 3.29% 1.72%

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights 27,634,463	% of voting rights 9.54%

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

Morgan Stanley and Co Incorporated 1.946 (0%)

Morgan Stanley Securities Limited 7,389,608 (2.55%)

Morgan Stanley Capital (Luxembourg) SA 79,703 (0.02%)

Chain 1

Morgan Stanley (1.97%) (5,670,926 voting rights) by virtue of being the sole shareholder of MSRESS III, Inc (1.97%) (5,670,926 voting rights) by virtue of being the sole shareholder of MSRESS III Manager, L.L.C (1.97%) (5,670,926 voting rights) by virtue of being the sole shareholder of Morgan Stanley Real Estate Special Situations III-GP, L.L.C as general partner to Morgan Stanley Real Estate Special Situations Fund III L.P (1.97%) (5,670,926 voting rights) SSF III Hedging GP as general partner to SSF III Hedging, LP (1.97%) (5,670,926 voting rights).

Chain 2

Morgan Stanley (5.01%) (14,522,280 voting rights) by virtue of being the sole shareholder of MSREF Real Estate Advisor Inc (5.01%) (14,522,280) voting rights) by virtue of being the sole shareholder of MSREF VI Inc (5.01%) (14,522,280 voting rights) by virtue of being the sole shareholder of MSREF VI LLC (5.01%) (14,522,280 voting rights) by virtue of being the sole shareholder of MSREF VI International-GP LLC as general partner of the series of real estate private equity funds that is manages ('MSREF VI') (5.01%) (14,522,280 voting rights) by virtue of being the shareholders of Nelly Holdings Limited (5.02%) (14,522,280 voting rights. 

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:

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14. Contact name:

Stuart Haydon

15. Contact telephone number:

[phone]

 

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