CSO - Capital Shopping Centres Group Plc - Notification of major interests

CSO - Capital Shopping Centres Group Plc - Notification of major interests      
in shares                                                                       
CAPITAL SHOPPING CENTRES GROUP PLC                                              
(Registration number UK3685527)                                                 
ISIN Code:     GB0006834344                                                     
JSE Code: CSO                                                                   
Issuer Code:   CSCSCG                                                           
CAPITAL SHOPPING CENTRES GROUP PLC (the "Company")                              
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                                       
As a result of a disposal of voting rights, Capital Shopping Centres Group      
PLC has received a notification of interests in the Ordinary shares of 50       
pence each in the Company as shown below:                                       
 i)   Full name of Persons   BlackRock, Inc.                                    
      subject to the notification                                               
      obligation                                                                
ii)  Full name of shares    n/a                                                
      holders (if different from i)                                             
iii) Date of Transaction      25 August 2010                                    
iv) Date issuer was notified  26 August 2010                                    
v) Threshold that was crossed Holding has gone below 5%                         
vi) Situation previous to the Number of shares      31,026,700                  
triggering transaction                                                          
                             Number of voting      31,026,700                   
rights                                             

vii) Resulting situation      Number of voting      29,219,470                  
after the triggering          rights                (indirect)                  
transaction                                                                     
% of voting rights    4.69%                        

viii) Financial instruments   Type of financial     CFD                         
with similar economic effect  instrument                                        
to Qualifying Financial                                                         
Instruments - Resulting                                                         
situation after the                                                             
triggering transaction                                                          
                             Number of voting      532,987                      
rights instruments                                 

                             refers to                                          
                             % of voting rights    0.09% (Nominal)              
                                                   0.09% (Delta)                
ix) Total                     Number of voting      29,752,457                  
                             rights                                             
                             Percentage of         4.77%                        
                             voting rights                                      
x) Chain of controlled        BlackRock Investment Management (UK)              
undertakings through which    Limited - 29,752,457 (4.77%)                      
the voting rights are                                                           
effectively held                                                                
xi) Additional information    BlackRock Threshold Reporting Team                
xii) Contact Name             Stuart Watchorn                                   
xiii) Contact telephone       020 7743 5741;                                    
number:                       stuart.watchorn@blackrock.com                     
Simon Maynard                                                                   
Assistant Company Secretary                                                     
020 7887 7108                                                                   
27 August 2010                                                                  
Sponsor:                                                                        
Merrill Lynch South Africa (Pty) Limited                                        
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