LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL PLC (the "Company")
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
As a result of an acquisition of voting rights and instruments with similar
economic effect to qualifying financial instruments, Liberty International PLC
has received a notification of interests in the Ordinary shares of 50 pence each
in the Company as shown below:
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|i) Full name of Persons |BlackRock, Inc. |
|subject to the notification | |
|obligation | |
| | |
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|ii)Full name of shares |n/a |
|holders (if different from i)| |
| | |
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|iii) Date of Transaction |27 January 2010 |
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|iv) Date issuer was notified |28 January 2010 |
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|v) Threshold that was crossed|Holding has gone above 5% |
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|vi) Situation previous to the|Number of shares |n/a |
|triggering transaction +--------------------------+---------------------+
| |Number voting rights |n/a |
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|vii) Resulting situation |Number of voting rights |30,944,182 (indirect)|
|after the triggering +--------------------------+---------------------+
|transaction |% of voting rights |4.97% |
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|viii) Financial instruments |Type of financial |CFD |
|with similar economic effect |instrument | |
|to Qualifying Financial +--------------------------+---------------------+
|Instruments - Resulting |Number of voting rights |180,319 |
|situation after the |instrument refers to | |
|triggering transaction +--------------------------+---------------------+
| |% of voting rights |0.03% (Nominal) |
| | +---------------------+
| | |0.03% (Delta) |
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|ix) Total |Number of voting rights |31,124,501 |
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| |Percentage of voting |5.00% |
| |rights | |
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|x) Chain of controlled |BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - |
|undertakings through which |31,124,501 (5.00%) |
|the voting rights and/or the | |
|financial instruments are | |
|effectively held | |
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|xi) Additional information |BlackRock Compliance Disclosures Team |
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|xii) Contact Name |Stuart Watchorn |
| | |
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|xiii) Contact telephone |020 7743 5741; |
|number: |stuart.watchorn@blackrock.com |
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Susan Folger
Company Secretary
020 7887 7073
29 January 2010
[HUG#1378787]