Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9746Z

Great Portland Estates PLC

20 December 2017

 

Great Portland Estates plc

Great Portland Estates plc announces that on 19 December 2017, it received the Notification of

Major Interest in Shares set out below.

Desna Martin

Company Secretary

Great Portland Estates plc

0207 647 3000

19 December 2017

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)i
1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedii:			Great Portland Estates Plc
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer
2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights						X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify)iii:
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv
Name			Harbor International Fund (a series of Harbor Funds, a Delaware Statutory Trust)
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			Chicago, Illinois
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v
Name
City and country of registered office (if applicable)
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi:			December 18, 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):			December 19, 2017
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)		Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights of issuervii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	2.98%	0.00%		2.98%	9,727,227
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	3.05%	0.00%		3.05%	9,962,449

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)		Number of voting rightsix					% of voting rights
		Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)		Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)			Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)		Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.2.1)
Common SEDOL: BZ0XJR3		9,727,227		0			2.98%		0.00%
SUBTOTAL 8. A
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
Type of financial instrument		Expiration datex	Exercise/ Conversion Periodxi			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
			SUBTOTAL 8. B 1			0			0.00%
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
Type of financial instrument	Expiration datex		Exercise/ Conversion Period xi		Physical or cash settlementxii			Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
N/A	N/A		N/A		N/A			N/A	N/A
					SUBTOTAL 8.B.2			0	0.00%

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the applicable box with an "X")
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuerxiii
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entityxiv (please add additional rows as necessary)
Namexv	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder		N/A
The number and % of voting rights held		N/A
The date until which the voting rights will be held		N/A
11. Additional informationxvi

Place of completion	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Date of completion	December 19, 2017
Annex: Notification of major holdings (to be filed with the FCA only)
A: Identity of the person subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)		Harbor International Fund (a series of Harbor Funds, a Delaware Statutory Trust)
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)		111 South Wacker Drive 34th Floor Chicago, Illinois 60606 USA
E-Mail		[e-mail]
Phone number / Fax number		312-443-4400
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)		Jodie L. Crotteau Assistant Secretary
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name
Contact address
E-Mail
Phone number / Fax number
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)
C: Additional information

Please send the completed form together with this annex to the FCA at the following email

address: [e-mail]. Please send in Microsoft Word format if possible.

 

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