Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4883N

Hammerson PLC

01 September 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		No
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		Yes
Other (please specify):		No

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Cohen & Steers, Inc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Cohen & Steers, Inc. ("CSI") Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc ("CSCM") Cohen & Steers Europe S.A. ("CSE")
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	29 August 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:	31 August 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Below 5%

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	47,597,608	38,494,373	47,597,608	0	15,893,191	0	2.23%

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
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
15,893,191	2.23%

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

CSCM is the controlled undertaking of CSI and holds 13,428,004 voting rights. CSE is the controlled undertaking of CSI and holds 2,465,187 voting rights.

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:	For item 8A, we have indicated the number of shares held in accounts managed by the reporting entities under "Number of shares" and have indicated the number of these shares that the reporting entities are entitled to vote by proxy under "Number of voting rights." On 29 August 2011, the authority of the reporting entities to vote shares by proxy was terminated in several accounts.
14. Contact name:	Stuart Haydon
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7887 1017

 

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