Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2908K

Hammerson PLC

09 April 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:			Hammerson 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
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments						X
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify)iii:
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv
Name			JPMorgan Chase & Co.
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			Wilmington, Delaware, USA
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v
Name			J.P. Morgan Securities plc
City and country of registered office (if applicable)			London, United Kingdom
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi:			04 April 2018
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):			06 April 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	1.45%	4.31%		5.76%	794,227,196
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	0.24%	5.41%		5.65%

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)
GB0004065016			11,533,240			1.45%
SUBTOTAL 8. A	11,533,240				1.45%
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
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	15/06/2020	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	22/06/2020	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	29/06/2020	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	06/07/2020	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	13/07/2020	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	20/07/2020	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	27/07/2020	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	03/08/2020	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	10/08/2020	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	17/08/2020	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	24/08/2020	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	31/08/2020	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	07/09/2020	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	14/09/2020	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	21/09/2020	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	28/09/2020	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	05/10/2020	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	12/10/2020	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	19/10/2020	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	26/10/2020	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	02/11/2020	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	09/11/2020	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	16/11/2020	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	23/11/2020	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	30/11/2020	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	07/12/2020	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	14/12/2020	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	21/12/2020	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	28/12/2020	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	04/01/2021	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	11/01/2021	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	18/01/2021	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	25/01/2021	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	01/02/2021	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	08/02/2021	Call: 7.864, Put: 5.243		600,000		0.08%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	15/01/2019	Call: 7.479, Put: 4.986		739,705		0.09%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	22/01/2019	Call: 7.479, Put: 4.986		739,705		0.09%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	29/01/2019	Call: 7.479, Put: 4.986		739,705		0.09%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	05/02/2019	Call: 7.479, Put: 4.986		739,705		0.09%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	12/02/2019	Call: 7.479, Put: 4.986		739,705		0.09%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	19/02/2019	Call: 7.479, Put: 4.986		739,705		0.09%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	26/02/2019	Call: 7.479, Put: 4.986		739,705		0.09%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	05/03/2019	Call: 7.479, Put: 4.986		739,705		0.09%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	12/03/2019	Call: 7.479, Put: 4.986		739,705		0.09%
Physically Settled Call or Put Option*	19/03/2019	Call: 7.479, Put: 4.986		739,705		0.09%
Physical Settled Put Option	15/06/2018	5.400		124,000		0.02%
Right of Recall	n/a	n/a		1,834,703		0.23%
		SUBTOTAL 8. B 1		30,355,753		3.82%

* Please note that either a call or a put option (but not both) can be exercised upon maturity, depending on the share price of Hammerson Plc.

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
Cash-settled Equity Swap	03/12/2018		Cash	338	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	10/12/2018		Cash	3,561	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	11/12/2018		Cash	125,867	0.02%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	07/01/2019		Cash	6,173	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	08/02/2019		Cash	3,351	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	11/02/2019		Cash	3,111	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	12/02/2019		Cash	10,308	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	13/02/2019		Cash	5,090	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	14/02/2019		Cash	18,333	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	15/02/2019		Cash	21,999	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	18/02/2019		Cash	13,255	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	19/02/2019		Cash	21,517	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	20/02/2019		Cash	14,853	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	21/02/2019		Cash	17,151	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	22/02/2019		Cash	5,811	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	25/02/2019		Cash	14,545	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	26/02/2019		Cash	2,658	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	27/02/2019		Cash	11,747	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	28/02/2019		Cash	10,734	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	01/03/2019		Cash	3,581	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	04/03/2019		Cash	8,465	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	05/03/2019		Cash	6,786	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	06/03/2019		Cash	5,803	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	07/03/2019		Cash	6,683	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	08/03/2019		Cash	40,142	0.01%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	11/03/2019		Cash	10,295	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	12/03/2019		Cash	13,097	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	13/03/2019		Cash	6,321	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	14/03/2019		Cash	15,969	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	15/03/2019		Cash	18,140	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	18/03/2019		Cash	8,363	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	19/03/2019		Cash	7,759	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	20/03/2019		Cash	95,851	0.01%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	21/03/2019		Cash	457,258	0.06%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	22/03/2019		Cash	4,554	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	26/03/2019		Cash	708	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	29/03/2019		Cash	5,651	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	01/04/2019		Cash	843	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	02/04/2019		Cash	2,893	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	03/04/2019		Cash	35,225	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	08/04/2019		Cash	4,346	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	23/04/2019		Cash	2,066,184	0.26%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	25/04/2019		Cash	329,682	0.04%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	05/06/2019		Cash	21,663	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	19/07/2019		Cash	463	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	23/09/2019		Cash	10,755	0.00%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	07/10/2019		Cash	79,650	0.01%
Cash-settled Equity Swap	08/02/2023		Cash	76,134	0.01%
Call Option Cash	29/06/2018		Cash	222,294	0.03%
			SUBTOTAL 8.B.2	3,875,960	0.49%

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
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
J.P. Morgan International Finance Limited
J.P. Morgan Capital Holdings Limited
J.P. Morgan Securities plc		4.31%	5.76%
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
Table 8A) Includes stock borrows of 28,178,912 (3.55%) Chain of controlled undertakings: JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (100%) J.P. Morgan International Finance Limited (100%) J.P. Morgan Capital Holdings Limited (100%) J.P. Morgan Securities plc (100%)

Place of completion	London, United Kingdom
Date of completion	06 April 2018

For further information contact:

Verity Pickard

Assistant Company Secretary

Tel: [phone]

The announcement above has also been released on the SENS system of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

 

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