Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8930P

Hammerson PLC

10 October 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:	Daiwa Securities Group Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Ltd
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	5 October 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:	10 October 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	3%

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	21,788,243	21,788,243	0	0	21,254,593		2.99%

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

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
21,254,593	2.99%

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

Daiwa Asset Management Co.Ltd. holds 21,061,798 shares of Hammerson plc. Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Ltd holds 192,795 shares of Hammerson plc. Daiwa Asset Management Co.Ltd and Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Ltd are subsidiaries and wholly owned by Daiwa Securities Group Inc. Daiwa Asset Management Co.Ltd. holds the right to directly exercise the voting rights of Hammerson plc. and will exercise its voting rights independently from Daiwa Securities Group Inc.

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

13. Additional information:	Based on total number of voting rights in Hammerson plc of 711,410,347
14. Contact name:	Sarah Booth
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7887 1000

 

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