Great Portland Estates PLC Holding(s) in Company (9746Z)

TIDMGPOR

RNS Number : 9746Z

Great Portland Estates PLC

20 December 2017

Great Portland Estates plc

Great Portland Estates plc announces that on 19 December 2017, it received the Notification of

Major Interest in Shares set out below.

Desna Martin

Company Secretary

Great Portland Estates plc

0207 647 3000

19 December 2017

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

 
 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant 
  issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)(i) 
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 1a. Identity of the issuer                                    Great Portland Estates Plc 
  or the underlying issuer 
  of existing shares to which 
  voting rights are attached(ii) 
  : 
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 1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer 
  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate) 
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 Non-UK issuer 
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 2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate 
  box or boxes with an "X") 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                 X 
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 An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please specify)(iii) : 
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 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation(iv) 
 Name                                               Harbor International Fund 
                                                     (a series of Harbor Funds, 
                                                     a Delaware Statutory Trust) 
 City and country of registered                     Chicago, Illinois 
  office (if applicable) 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(v) 
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 Name 
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 City and country of registered 
  office (if applicable) 
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 5. Date on which the threshold                     December 18, 2017 
  was crossed or reached(vi) 
  : 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified                   December 19, 2017 
  (DD/MM/YYYY): 
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 7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification 
  obligation 
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                               % of voting            % of voting        Total of       Total number 
                              rights attached       rights through       both in %        of voting 
                                 to shares             financial        (8.A + 8.B)       rights of 
                                 (total of            instruments                        issuer(vii) 
                                   8. A)               (total of 
                                                      8.B 1 + 8.B 
                                                          2) 
----------------------  -------------------------  ----------------  ----------------  ------------- 
 Resulting 
  situation 
  on the date 
  on which 
  threshold 
  was crossed 
  or reached             2.98%                      0.00%             2.98%             9,727,227 
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 Position 
  of previous 
  notification 
  (if 
  applicable)            3.05%                      0.00%             3.05%             9,962,449 
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 8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the 
  date on which the threshold was crossed or reached(viii) 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type              Number of voting rights(ix)            % of voting rights 
  of 
  shares 
  ISIN code 
  (if possible) 
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                                Direct            Indirect                 Direct                  Indirect 
                               (Art 9 of          (Art 10 of              (Art 9 of               (Art 10 of 
                               Directive          Directive               Directive                Directive 
                             2004/109/EC)        2004/109/EC)            2004/109/EC)            2004/109/EC) 
                               (DTR5.1)           (DTR5.2.1)               (DTR5.1)               (DTR5.2.1) 
---------------------   ---------------------  --------------  ------------------------------  --------------- 
 Common 
  SEDOL: 
  BZ0XJR3                9,727,227              0               2.98%                           0.00% 
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 SUBTOTAL 
  8. A 
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 B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) 
  of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) 
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 Type of financial       Expiration             Exercise/       Number of voting                % of voting 
  instrument              date(x)                Conversion      rights that                     rights 
                                                 Period(xi)      may be acquired 
                                                                 if the instrument 
                                                                 is 
                                                                 exercised/converted. 
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 N/A                     N/A                    N/A             N/A                             N/A 
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                                                SUBTOTAL 8. 
                                                 B 1            0                               0.00% 
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 B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
  according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC 
  (DTR5.3.1.1 (b)) 
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 Type of                Expiration              Exercise/       Physical           Number       % of voting 
  financial              date(x)                Conversion      or cash             of voting    rights 
  instrument                                    Period          settlement(xii)     rights 
                                                (xi) 
---------------------  ----------------------  --------------  -----------------  -----------  --------------- 
 N/A                    N/A                     N/A             N/A                N/A          N/A 
---------------------  ----------------------  --------------  -----------------  -----------  --------------- 
 
 
                                                                SUBTOTAL 
                                                                 8.B.2             0            0.00% 
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 9. Information in relation to the person subject to 
  the notification obligation (please mark the applicable 
  box with an "X") 
 Person subject to the notification obligation is 
  not controlled by any natural person or legal entity 
  and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding 
  directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) 
  issuer(xiii) 
 Full chain of controlled undertakings through which 
  the voting rights and/or the financial instruments 
  are effectively held starting with the ultimate 
  controlling natural person or legal entity(xiv) 
  (please add additional rows as necessary) 
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   Name(xv)         % of voting            % of voting              Total of both 
                    rights if it          rights through             if it equals 
                    equals or is       financial instruments         or is higher 
                    higher than            if it equals          than the notifiable 
                   the notifiable          or is higher               threshold 
                     threshold          than the notifiable 

                                             threshold 
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 N/A             N/A                 N/A                        N/A 
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 10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: 
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 Name of the proxy holder            N/A 
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 The number and % of voting          N/A 
  rights held 
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 The date until which the            N/A 
  voting rights will be held 
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 11. Additional information(xvi) 
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 Place of completion                                        Chicago, Illinois, USA 
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 Date of completion                                         December 19, 2017 
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 Annex: Notification of major holdings (to be filed with 
  the FCA only) 
 
 A: Identity of the person subject to the notification 
  obligation 
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 Full name (including legal                                  Harbor International Fund 
  form for legal entities)                                   (a series of Harbor Funds, 
                                                             a Delaware Statutory Trust) 
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 Contact address (registered                                 111 South Wacker Drive 
  office for legal entities)                                  34th Floor 
                                                              Chicago, Illinois 60606 
                                                              USA 
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 E-Mail                                                      [e-mail] 
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 Phone number / Fax number                                   312-443-4400 
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 Other useful information                                    Jodie L. Crotteau 
  (at least legal representative                              Assistant Secretary 
  for legal persons) 
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 B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable 
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 Full name 
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 Contact address 
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 E-Mail 
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 Phone number / Fax number 
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 Other useful information 
  (e.g. functional relationship 
  with the person or legal 
  entity subject to the notification 
  obligation) 
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 C: Additional information 
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Please send the completed form together with this annex to the FCA at the following email

address: [e-mail]. Please send in Microsoft Word format if possible.

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