Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8823K

Great Portland Estates PLC

18 December 2018

 

Great Portland Estates plc

Great Portland Estates plc announces that on 18 December 2018, it received the Notification of

Major Holdings set out below.

Angela Purtill

Deputy Company Secretary

Great Portland Estates plc

020 7647 3000

18 December 2018

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			Aggregate of Standard Life Aberdeen plc affiliated investment management entities with delegated voting rights on behalf of multiple managed portfolios
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			Edinburgh, Scotland
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:			17/12/2018
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):			18/12/2018
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	5.02	0.00		5.02	279,037,514
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	N/A	N/A		N/A

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)

GB00BF5H9P87

N/A

14,006,902

N/A

5.02

SUBTOTAL 8. A

14,006,902

5.02

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

SUBTOTAL 8. B 1

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

SUBTOTAL 8.B.2

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)

X

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

Standard Life Aberdeen plc

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

Aberdeen Asset Investment Group Limited

Aberdeen Asset Investments Limited

Standard Life Aberdeen plc

Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited

Ignis Asset Management Limited

Ignis Investment Services Limited

Standard Life Aberdeen plc

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited

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
In reference to section 9, the shares detailed are managed by the named discretionary investment management entity within multiple portfolios on behalf of underlying clients, based on investment management agreements whereby the client has delegated the exercise of the voting power to the referenced investment manager.

Place of completion	Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Date of completion	18/12/2018

 

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