Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6705J

British Land Co PLC

05 December 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:	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:	Fortis Investment Management S.A
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	SMAM GLOBAL REIT MOTHER FUND E CSA L REAL ESTATE EUROPE GLOBAL PROPERTY SECURITIES FUNDS EUR FORTIS PROPERTY RETAIL FUND SMAM INTERNATIONAL REIT MOTHER FUND E Fortis Global Property Securities Fund Europe DIAM 1 HIGH INCOME PROPERTY FUND E SMAM PENSION GLOBAL REIT MOTHER FUND E DIAM 2 HIGH INCOME PROPERTY FUND E CSA B REAL ESTATE EUROPE CSA L GLOBAL PROPERTY EQUITY POOL MMF EUROPE MANDATE 1 FLF REAL ESTATE SECURITIES WORLD ABN AMRO Pensioenfonds Passive Europe DIAM FIVE E DIAM CCG REIT FUND E MAC UNV GLB PPTY INC 2429 GA F L EQ WORLD EX EURO P
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	04 December 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	05 December 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Above 3 %

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	15,299,636		15,860,942	15,860,942		3.10%

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
15,860,942	3.10%

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

N/A

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the 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:

A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)	Fortis Investment Management S.A.
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	Fortis Investments Avenue de l'Astronomie 12 1210 Brussels Belgium
Phone number	[e-mail] [phone]
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B:     Identity of the notifier, if applicable xvii
Full name	Fortis Investment Management UK
Contact address	82 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4BN UK
Phone number	Michelle Bedwin - 020 7063 7517
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

 

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