Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3345N

Great Portland Estates PLC

31 August 2011

 



Company Announcements Office

London Stock Exchange

London EC2N 1HP

31 August 2011

Our ref: DLM/rt

Dear Sirs

We received notification today that Daiwa Securities Group Inc., Inc. holds 10,020,758 ordinary shares of 12.5p each in this Company, representing 3.20% of the issued share capital of the Company.

A copy of their notice is attached for your information.

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

ü

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

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii

Daiwa Securities Group Inc.

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv

Daiwa Asset Management Co.Ltd.

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v

26 August, 2011

6. Date on which issuer notified:

31 August, 2011

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

3%

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

REIT

0

0

0

0

10,020,758

0

3.20%

GB00B01FLL16

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

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

10,020,758

3.20%

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

Daiwa Asset Management Co.Ltd. holds 10,020,758 shares of Great Portland Estates plc. Daiwa Asset Management Co.Ltd. is a subsidiary wholly owned by Daiwa Securities Group Inc. Daiwa Asset Management Co.Ltd. holds the right to directly exercise the voting rights of Great Portland Estates plc. and will exercise its voting rights independently from Daiwa Securities Group Inc.

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:

Percentage of voting rights after change is based on 312,676,100 issued as of 26 August 2011.

14. Contact name:

Mr.Osamu Yamashita

15. Contact telephone number:

[phone]

 

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