GCP Student Living Holding(s) in Company

 
TIDMDIGS 
 
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 
 
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer     GCP Student Living plc 
of existing shares to which voting rights are 
attached: 
 
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
 
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                              x 
 
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result                          x 
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): 
 
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the    Aviva plc & its subsidiaries 
notification obligation: 
 
4. Full name of shareholder(s)              Registered Holder: 
 (if different from 3.): 
                                            Available on Request     71,595* 
 
                                            Chase (GA Group)          825,850* 
                                            Nominees Limited 
 
                                            HSBC Global Custody       7,224,497* 
                                            Nominee (UK) Limited 
 
                                            State Street Nominees    292,280* 
                                            Limited 
 
                                                        * denotes direct interest 
 
5. Date of the transaction and date on      16 February 2017 
which the threshold is crossed or 
reached: 
 
6. Date on which issuer notified:           17 February 2017 
 
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or      <3% to 3% Change at Direct Interest Level 
reached: 
 
8. Notified details: 
 
A: Voting rights attached to shares 
 
Class/type of    Situation previous       Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
shares           to the triggering 
                 transaction 
if possible 
using            Number       Number      Number      Number of voting        % of  voting rights 
the ISIN CODE    of           of          of shares   rights 
                 Shares       Voting 
                              Rights      Direct      Direct       Indirect   Direct         Indirect 
 
Ordinary Shares   8,314,222    8,314,222   8,414,222   8,414,222      Not         3.03%      Not 
                                                                   Notifiable                Notifiable 
 
GB00B8460Z43 
 
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
 
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
 
Type of financial      Expiration Exercise/                Number of voting             % of voting 
instrument             date       Conversion Period        rights that may be           rights 
                                                           acquired if the 
                                                           instrument is 
                                                           exercised/ converted. 
 
RIGHT TO RECALL LOANED N/A        N/A                      60,000*                      0.02% 
SHARES 
                                                           * Direct Interest 
 
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
Instruments xv, xvi 
 
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
 
Type of financial   Exercise  Expiration Exercise/       Number of voting rights      % of voting rights 
instrument          price     date    Conversion      instrument refers to 
                                      period 
 
                                                                                   Nominal     Delta 
 
Total (A+B+C) 
 
Number of voting rights                          Percentage of voting rights 
 
8,474,222                                        3.05% 
 
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the 
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
 
The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services 
Limited & Friends Provident International Limited, with the following chain of 
controlled undertakings:- 
 
Aviva Investors Global Services Limited: 
 
  * Aviva plc (Parent Company) 
  * Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) 
  * Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group 
    Holdings Limited) 
  * Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva 
    Investors Holdings Limited) 
 
 
Friends Provident International Limited: 
 
  * Aviva plc (Parent Company) 
  * Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) 
  * Friends Provident International Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva 
    Group Holdings Limited) 
 
Proxy Voting: 
 
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                  See Section 4 
 
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:                      Figures are based on the total number of voting rights of 
                                                 278,223,587 shares, as per the Company's Total Voting 
                                                 Rights Announcement of 03 January 2017. 
 
14. Contact name:                                Neil Whittaker, Aviva plc 
 
15. Contact telephone number:                    01603 684420 
 
 
 
 
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