8 June 2016
CAPITAL & REGIONAL PLC ("Capital & Regional" or "the Company")
DIRECTOR SHAREHOLDING
On 8 June 2016 the Company received notification that PDI Investment Holdings Ltd, an entity in which Louis Norval has a beneficial interest, have acquired 2,500,000 shares in the Company. The shares were acquired between 2 June 2016 and 7 June 2016 at an average price of 60.40 pence per share.
Following the transactions PDI Investment Holdings Ltd has a total shareholding of 64,962,806 shares representing 9.270% of the Company's issued share capital. The revised beneficial interest of Louis Norval is 136,460,303 ordinary shares, representing 19.473% of the Company's issued share capital. The total shareholding of all parties connected to Louis Norval, including those in which he has a beneficial interest and those which he does not but has a connection to, is 174,954,075 shares, representing 24.967% of the Company's issued share capital. Wessel Hamman, a Non-Executive Director of the Company is a Non-Executive Director of Homestead Group Holdings Ltd, the parent company of PDI Investment Holdings Ltd, but he has no beneficial interest in the shares held by PDI Investment Holdings Ltd.
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For further information:
Capital & Regional: |
Tel: 020 7932 8000 |
Hugh Scott-Barrett, Chief Executive |
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Charles Staveley, Group Finance Director |
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About Capital & Regional plc
Capital & Regional is a UK focused specialist property REIT with a strong track record of delivering value enhancing retail and leisure asset management opportunities across a c. £1 billion portfolio of in-town dominant community shopping centres. Capital & Regional is listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange and has a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
Capital & Regional owns seven shopping centres in Blackburn, Camberley, Hemel Hempstead, Luton, Maidstone, Walthamstow and Wood Green. It also has a 20% joint venture interest in the Kingfisher Centre in Redditch and a 50% joint venture in the Buttermarket Centre, Ipswich. Capital & Regional manages these assets, which comprise over 950 retail units and attract over 1.7 million shopping visits each week, through its in-house expert property and asset management platform.
For further information see www.capreg.com.