Great Portland Estates PLC Holding(s) in Company (5712E)

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RNS Number : 5712E

Great Portland Estates PLC

06 November 2020

Great Portland Estates plc

Great Portland Estates plc announces that on 6 November 2020, it received the Notification of

Major Holdings set out below.

Carl Sjogren

Deputy Company Secretary

Great Portland Estates plc

020 7647 3000

6 November 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              05/11/2020 
 crossed or reached (vi) : 
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):  06/11/2020 
 
 
 
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              12.06%                                 12.06%         253,867,911 
Position of 
 previous notification 
 (if 
 applicable)             11.15%                                 11.15% 
 
 
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     30,611,349                                   12.06% 
 
SUBTOTAL 8. A    30,611,349                                   12.06% 
 
 
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 (x)    Conversion Period   rights that may        rights 
                                 (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   06/11/2020 
 

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