CAPITAL & COUNTIES PROPERTIES PLC (the "Company")
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
Capital & Counties Properties PLC has received a notification of interests in the Ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the Company as shown below:
i) Full name of Persons subject to the notification obligation
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BlackRock, Inc. |
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ii)Full name of shares holders (if different from i)
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n/a |
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iii) Reason for Notification
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- An acquisition or disposal of voting rights - An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments - An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |
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iv) Date of Transaction
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12 December 2012 |
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v) Date issuer was notified
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14 December 2012 |
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vi) Threshold that was crossed
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Holding has gone below 18% |
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vii) Situation previous to the triggering transaction
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Number of shares |
128,265,212 |
Number voting rights |
128,265,212 |
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viii) Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Number of voting rights |
126,906,039 (indirect) |
% of voting rights |
16.86% |
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ix) Financial instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments - Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financial instrument |
CFD |
Number of voting rights instrument refers to |
7,605,796 |
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% of voting rights |
1.01% (Nominal) |
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1.01% (Delta) |
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x) Total
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Number of voting rights |
134,511,835 |
Percentage of voting rights |
17.87% |
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xi) Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held
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BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 134,511,835 (17.87%) |
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xii) Additional information
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BlackRock Threshold Reporting Team |
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xiii) Contact Name
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Wayne Powell |
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xiv) Contact telephone number:
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020 7743 2216 |
Sara Goldsbrough
Assistant Company Secretary
020 3214 9153
17 December 2012