British Land Co PLC Holding(s) in Company (4841E)

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RNS Number : 4841E

British Land Co PLC

18 July 2016

 
 
 
 
  TR-1 Notification of Major Interest in Shares 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                                     British Land Co Plc 
  issuer                                                                             Sedol 0136701 
  of existing shares to which voting rights 
  are 
  attached: (ii) 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments 
  which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to 
  which voting rights are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic 
  effect to qualifying financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject                                  (1) Lansdowne Partners International 
  to the                                                             Limited 
  notification obligation: (iii)                                     (2) Lansdowne Partners Limited 
                                                                     (3) Lansdowne Partners (UK) LLP 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                     Vidacos Nominees Ltd. HSBC Client Holdings 
  (if different from 3.):(iv)                                       Nominee (UK) Ltd. Chetwynd Nominees 
                                                                    Ltd. Chase Nominees Ltd. Morstan Nominees 
                                                                    Limited. Nortrust Nominees Ltd. Harewood 
                                                                    Nominees Ltd. State Street Nominees 
                                                                    Ltd. 
                                                                    (Registered Shareholders) 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                                13/07/2016 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                                  15/07/2016 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                                                  5% 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type      Situation previous              Resulting situation after the triggering 
 of               to the triggering               transaction 
 shares           transaction 
 
 if possible 
 using 
 the ISIN CODE 
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                 Number          Number          Number         Number of voting        % of voting rights 
                  of              of              of shares      rights                  (x) 
                  Shares          Voting 
                                  Rights 
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                                                 Direct         Direct     Indirect     Direct    Indirect 
                                                                (xi)        (xii) 
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   Ordinary                      Below 
     Shares      Below 5%         5%                                       54,213,442             5.27% 
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                              GB0001367019 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of           Expiration     Exercise/                      Number of voting       % of voting 
  financial         date (xiii)    Conversion Period              rights that may        rights 
  instrument                       (xiv)                          be 
                                                                  acquired if the 
                                                                  instrument is 
                                                                  exercised/ 
                                                                  converted. 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
  Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of          Exercise       Expiration     Exercise/       Number of voting        % of voting rights 
  financial        price         date           Conversion       rights instrument       (xix, xx) 
  instrument                     (xvii)         period           refers to 
                                                (xviii) 
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                                                                                        Nominal   Delta 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                          Percentage of voting rights 
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 54,213,442                                       5.27% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi) 
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 Lansdowne Partners International Limited is the parent undertaking of 
  Lansdowne Partners Limited which is the First Corporate Member of Lansdowne 
  Partners (UK) LLP. 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder: 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will 
  cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to 
  hold 
  voting rights: 
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  13. Additional information:                                         Based on Total Voting Rights of 1,029,341,939. 
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 14. Contact name:                                                  Ruari Paton 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                      [phone] 
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