Company Announcements Office
London Stock Exchange
London EC2N 1HP
13 December 2011
Our ref: DLM/rt
Dear Sirs
Today, we received notification that BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited holds 37,579,662 ordinary shares of 12.5p each in this Company, representing 12.02% of the issued share capital of the Company.
Yours faithfully
For GREAT PORTLAND ESTATES plc
Desna Martin
Company Secretary
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer |
Great Portland Estates PLC |
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2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): |
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights |
X |
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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached |
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments |
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |
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Other (please specify): |
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the |
BlackRock, Inc. |
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) |
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5. Date of the transaction and date on |
8th December 2011 |
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6. Date on which issuer notified: |
12th December 2011 |
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or |
Holding has gone above 12% |
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8. Notified details: |
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A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix |
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Class/type of
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Situation previous |
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Number of voting |
% of voting rights x |
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Direct |
Direct xi |
Indirect xii |
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Indirect |
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GB00B01FLL16 |
30,782,390 |
30,782,390 |
N/A |
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32,010,892 |
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10.24% |
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Type of financial |
Expiration |
Exercise/ |
Number of voting |
% of voting |
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Type of financial |
Exercise price |
Expiration date xvii |
Exercise/ |
Number of voting rights instrument refers to
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% of voting rights xix, xx
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CFD |
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5,568,770 |
Nominal |
Delta |
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1.78% |
1.78% |
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Total (A+B+C) |
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Number of voting rights |
Percentage of voting rights |
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37,579,662 |
12.02% |
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the |
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BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 37,579,662 (12.02%)
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Proxy Voting: |
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10. Name of the proxy holder: |
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease |
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold |
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BlackRock International Threshold Reporting Team |
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14. Contact name: |
Andrew Manchester |
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15. Contact telephone number: |
020 7743 5773 |
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Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer |
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Annex: Notification of major interests in share |
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A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation |
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Full name (including legal form of legal entities)
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BlackRock, Inc. |
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)
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12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL |
Phone number & email
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020 7743 5773; andrew.manchester@blackrock.com |
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)
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Andrew Manchester |
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B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable |
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Full name
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Contact address
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Phone number & email
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Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation) |
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C: Additional information |
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For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website. |