Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1378K

Hammerson PLC

11 July 2011

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Hammerson plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached		No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments		No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights		No
Other (please specify):		No

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	2175972 Ontario Inc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	7 July 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:	8 July 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	7%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary shares GB0004065016	51,506,539	51,506,539	0	0		0%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
N/A					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
0	0%

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

N/A

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:	2175972 Ontario Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board ('OTPPB'). 2175970 Ontario Inc., another wholly owned subsidiary of OTPPB, is disposing of 34,118,854 ordinary shares of Hammerson plc representing 4.790% of the ordinary shares in issue in Hammerson plc. Thus, the aggregate holdings of ordinary shares in Hammerson plc held by subsidiaries of OTPPB is now reduced from 85,625,393 representing 12.022% of the ordinary shares in issue in Hammerson plc, to zero.
14. Contact name:	Stuart Haydon
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7887 1017

 

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