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) |
n/a |
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iii) Reason for Notification
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(i) An acquisition or disposal of voting rights (ii) An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
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iv) Date of Transaction
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19 January 2016 |
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v) Date issuer was notified
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21 January 2016 |
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vi) Threshold that was crossed
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Total holding for BlackRock, Inc. has gone below 13% |
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vii) Situation previous to the triggering transaction
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Number of shares |
100,947,336 |
Number voting rights |
100,947,336 |
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viii) Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Number of voting rights |
99,263,980 (Indirect)
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% of voting rights |
11.78% (Indirect) |
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ix) Qualifying Financial Instruments - Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
Type of financial instrument |
Securities Lending |
Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted |
3,206,022 |
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% of voting rights |
0.38% |
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x) 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 |
6,911,973 |
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% of voting rights |
0.82% (Nominal) |
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0.82% (Delta) |
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xi) Total
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Number of voting rights |
109,381,975 |
Percentage of voting rights |
12.99% |
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xii) Chain of controlled undertakings through which voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held |
Name |
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold |
7.11%
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% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold |
0.74% |
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Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold |
7.86% |
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xiii) Additional information
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BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team |
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xiv) Contact Name
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Gareth Slade |
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xv) Contact telephone number:
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020 7743 3650 |
Ruth Pavey
Company Secretary
020 3214 9184
22 January 2016