Great Portland Estates PLC Holding(s) in Company (6276N)

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RNS Number : 6276N

Great Portland Estates PLC

21 May 2020

Great Portland Estates plc

Great Portland Estates plc announces that on 21 May 2020, it received the Notification of

Major Holdings set out below.

Julie McLeod

Deputy Company Secretary

Great Portland Estates plc

020 7647 3000

21 May 2020

TR-1: S tandard 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) 
 
 1a. Identity of the issuer or the                    Great Portland Estates PLC 
  underlying issuer of existing shares 
  to which voting rights are attached 
  (ii) : 
                                                 ------------------------------------ 
 1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with 
  an "X" if appropriate) 
 Non-UK issuer 
                                                                                 ---- 
 2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes 
  with an "X") 
 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                       X 
                                                                                 ---- 
 An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments 
                                                                                 ---- 
 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
                                                                                 ---- 
 Other (please specify)(iii) : 
                                                                                 ---- 
 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation (iv) 
 Name                                             Norges Bank 
 City and country of registered office            Oslo, Norway 
  (if applicable) 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (v) 
 Name 
                                                 ------------------------------------ 
 City and country of registered office 
  (if applicable) 
                                                 ------------------------------------ 
 5. Date on which the threshold was               19/05/2020 
  crossed or reached (vi) : 
                                                 ------------------------------------ 
 6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):   20/05/2020 
                                                 ------------------------------------ 
 
 
 
 7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation 
                              % of voting      % of voting rights   Total of both   Total number 
                            rights attached     through financial    in % (8.A +     of voting rights 
                            to shares (total       instruments           8.B)        of issuer (vii) 
                                of 8. A)          (total of 8.B 
                                                   1 + 8.B 2) 
                          ------------------  -------------------  --------------  ------------------ 
 Resulting situation 
  on the date 
  on which threshold 
  was crossed 
  or reached                    11.15%                                 11.15%          253,867,911 
                          ------------------  -------------------  --------------  ------------------ 
 Position of 
  previous notification 
  (if 
  applicable)                   10.00%                                 10.00% 
                          ------------------  -------------------  --------------  ------------------ 
 
 
 8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which 
  the threshold was crossed or reached (viii) 
 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
 Class/type of     Number of voting rights                        % of voting rights 
  shares            (ix) 
  ISIN code (if 
  possible) 
                  ---------------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
                          Direct                Indirect                  Direct                 Indirect 
                    (Art 9 of Directive    (Art 10 of Directive     (Art 9 of Directive     (Art 10 of Directive 
                       2004/109/EC)            2004/109/EC)        2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)        2004/109/EC) 
                         (DTR5.1)               (DTR5.2.1)                                       (DTR5.2.1) 
                  ---------------------  ----------------------  -----------------------  ---------------------- 
 GB00BF5H9P87         28,329,893.00                                       11.15% 
                  ---------------------  ----------------------  -----------------------  ---------------------- 
 
 SUBTOTAL 8. A                    28,329,893.00                                       11.15% 
                  ---------------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
 
 
 B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC 
  (DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) 
 Type of financial   Expiration   Exercise/            Number of voting        % of voting 
  instrument          date         Conversion Period    rights that may         rights 
                      (x)          (xi)                 be acquired if 
                                                        the instrument 
                                                        is 
                                                        exercised/converted. 
                    -----------  -------------------  ----------------------  ------------ 
 
                                  SUBTOTAL 8. B 1 
                                 -------------------  ----------------------  ------------ 
 
 
 B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to 
  Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b)) 
 Type of financial   Expiration   Exercise/      Physical or      Number of        % of voting 
  instrument          date (x)     Conversion     cash             voting rights    rights 
                                   Period (xi)    settlement 
                                                  (xii) 
                    -----------  -------------  ---------------  ---------------  ------------ 
 
                                                 SUBTOTAL 8.B.2 
                                                ---------------  ---------------  ------------ 
 
 
 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                         X 
  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) 
     Name (xv)        % of voting rights     % of voting rights        Total of both if 
                        if it equals or       through financial         it equals or is 
                        is higher than          instruments if          higher than the 
                        the notifiable         it equals or is        notifiable threshold 
                           threshold           higher than the 
                                             notifiable threshold 
                    ---------------------  ----------------------  ------------------------ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: 
 Name of the proxy holder 
                                           ------------------------------------------------ 
 The number and % of voting rights 
  held 
                                           ------------------------------------------------ 
 The date until which the voting rights 
  will be held 
                                           ------------------------------------------------ 
 
 11. Additional information (xvi) 
 
 
 
 
 Place of completion   Oslo 
 Date of completion    20/05/2020 
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