Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4539Y

Great Portland Estates PLC

21 August 2018

 

Great Portland Estates plc

Great Portland Estates plc announces that on 20 August 2018, it received the Notification of Major Interest in Shares set out below. The Notification of Major Interest in Shares set out below does not include transactions dealt on previous dates that were not disclosed to the market due to clerical errors.

Please see below a summary of the most recent Notification of Major Interest in Shares, full details of which are set out within the full TR-1 form below.

Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached (DD/MM/YYYY)	Date on which issuer was notified (DD/MM/YYYY)	Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	Position of previous notification (if applicable)
15/08/2018	20/08/2018	2.9905%	3.0232%

Prior changes in Major Interest in Shares not previously disclosed to the market correspond to the same shareholder identified in the TR-1 form set out below and are:

Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached (DD/MM/YYYY)	Date on which issuer was notified (DD/MM/YYYY)	Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	Position of previous notification (if applicable)
17/07/2018	20/08/2018	3.0282%	2.997%
16/05/2018	18/05/2018	2.997%	3.22%

Desna Martin

Company Secretary

Great Portland Estates plc

0207 647 3000

21 August 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			APG Asset Management N.V.
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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:			15/08/2018
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):			20/08/2018
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	2,9905%			2,9905 %	281,663,700
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	3,0232% (% prior to threshold-crossing)			3,0232 % (% prior to threshold-crossing)

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)
GB00BF5H9P87		8,423,353					2,9905 %
SUBTOTAL 8. A		8,423,353					2,9905 %
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				X
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
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder
The number and % of voting rights held
The date until which the voting rights will be held
11. Additional informationxvi

Place of completion	Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Date of completion	20/08/2018

 

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