Great Portland Estates PLC Holding(s) in Company (1768H)

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RNS Number : 1768H

Great Portland Estates PLC

05 June 2017

Great Portland Estates plc

Great Portland Estates plc announces that on 1 June 2017, it received the Notification of Major Interest in Shares set out below.

Desna Martin

Company Secretary

Great Portland Estates plc

0207 647 3000

5 June 2017

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer                                                                               Great Portland Estates 
  or the underlying issuer                                                                                                  Plc 
  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                                                                              X 
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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)                                                                            Harbor International Fund 
  subject to the notification                                                                         a series of Harbor Funds, 
  obligation: (iii)                                                                                  a Delaware Statutory Trust 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
  (if different from 
  3.):(iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction                                                                                        May 18, 2017 
  and date on which the 
  threshold is crossed 
  or reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                                                                           June 1, 2017 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that                                                                              3% of issuer's voting rights 
  is/are crossed or reached: 
  (vi, vii) 
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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 
 of            to the triggering                               triggering transaction 
 shares        transaction 
 
 if 
 possible 
 using 
 the 
 ISIN 
 CODE 
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              Number                        Number            Number               Number of voting          % of voting 
               of                            of                of shares            rights                    rights (x) 
               Shares                        Voting 
                                             Rights 
-----------  ----------------------------  ----------------  -------------------  ------------------------  ------------------- 
                                                              Direct               Direct         Indirect   Direct    Indirect 
                                                                                    (xi)           (xii) 
-----------        ---------  -----------      ------------  -------------------  -------------  ---------  --------  --------- 
 
   Common 
   SEDOL: 
   BZ0XJR3    12,254,326                    12,254,326        11,641,609.7         11,641,609.7     N/A       3.56%      N/A 
             ----------------------------  ----------------  -------------------  -------------  ---------  --------  --------- 
 
 
 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                      Conversion            rights that                              rights 
  instrument         (xiii)                    Period (xiv)          may be 
                                                                     acquired if 
                                                                     the 
                                                                     instrument 
                                                                     is 
                                                                     exercised/ 
                                                                     converted. 
-----------------  ------------------------  --------------------  ---------------------------------------  ------------------- 
 
        N/A                    N/A                     N/A                            N/A                            N/A 
-----------------  ------------------------  --------------------  ---------------------------------------  ------------------- 
 
 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           Exercise       Expiration       Exercise/           Number of voting                         % of voting 
 of financial   price           date             Conversion          rights instrument                        rights (xix, 
 instrument                     (xvii)           period              refers to                                xx) 
                                                 (xviii) 
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     N/A            N/A             N/A                N/A                           N/A                     Nominal   Delta 
-------------  -------------  ---------------  ------------------  ---------------------------------------  --------  --------- 
                                                                                                               N/A       N/A 
-----------        ---------  -----------      ------------        -------------  -------------  ---------  --------  --------- 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                          Percentage of voting rights 
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 11,641,609.7                                                     3.56% 
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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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   N/A 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:                                          N/A 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy                                      N/A 
  holder will cease to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will                                    N/A 
  cease to hold voting rights: 

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  13. Additional information:                              Completed in Chicago, Illinois, 
                                                                                       USA 
                                                                           on June 1, 2017 
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 14. Contact name:                                                       Jodie L. Crotteau 
                                                                       Assistant Secretary 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                                312-443-4428 
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