Holding(s) in Company - Repla

RNS Number : 7999W

Great Portland Estates PLC

25 November 2010

 



The following replaces the holding in company announcement released on 1 September 2010 under RNS number 9666R.

The previous announcement was overstated.

Cohen & Steers, Inc holds 21,084,763 ordinary shares of 12.5p each in this Company, representing 6.74% of the issued share capital of the Company.

A copy of their notice is attached for your information.

For GREAT PORTLAND ESTATES plc

Desna Martin

Company Secretary

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:

GREAT PORTLAND ESTATES PLC

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):	Correction	X

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	COHEN & STEERS INC. ("CSI")
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	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:	NOVEMBER 22nd, 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	NOVEMBER 24th, 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	ABOVE 6.0% OF VOTING RIGHTS

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
GB00B01FLL16	N/A	N/A	0	0	21,084,763	0	6.74%
COMMON STOCK

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
21,084,763	6.74%

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

CSE is the controlled undertaking of CSI and holds 1,526,600 voting rights.   This is an indirect holding of less than 3% CSCM is the controlled undertaking of CSI and holds 19,558,163 voting rights.  This is an indirect holding of more than 5%

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
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:
14. Contact name:	LISA D PHELAN
15. Contact telephone number:	00 1 212-4469160

 

END

 

 

HOLKELBLBFFEFBD