CAPITAL & COUNTIES PROPERTIES PLC - NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

Capital & Counties Properties PLC
(Incorporated and registered in the United Kingdom and Wales with registration Number
07145041 and registered in South Africa as an external company with Registration Number
2010/003387/10)
JSE code: CCO
ISIN: GB00B62G9D36


CAPITAL & COUNTIES PROPERTIES PLC (the “Company”)

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

Capital & Counties Properties PLC has received a notification of interests in the Ordinary
shares of 25 pence each in the Company as shown below:

i) Full name of Persons subject to the      BlackRock, Inc.
notification obligation

ii)Full name of shares holders (if          n/a
different from i)

iii) Reason for Notification                -  An acquisition or disposal of voting rights;
                                               and
                                            -  An acquisition or disposal of instruments with
                                               similar economic effect to qualifying financial
                                               instruments

iv) Date of Transaction                     22 August 2012

v) Date issuer was notified                 24 August 2012

vi) Threshold that was crossed              Holding has gone below 18%

vii) Situation previous to the triggering   Number of shares           111,652,268*
transaction
                                            Number voting rights       111,652,268*
*Situation previous based on issued shares capital of 683,928,502

viii) Resulting situation after the         Number of voting rights    113,373,587
triggering transaction                                                 (indirect)
                                            % of voting rights         16.57%

ix) Financial instruments with similar      Type of financial          CFD
economic effect to Qualifying Financial     instrument
Instruments – Resulting situation after     Number of voting rights    9,740,425
the triggering transaction                  instrument refers to
                                            % of voting rights         1.42% (Nominal)
                                                                       1.42% (Delta)

x) Total                                    Number of voting rights    123,114,012*
                                            Percentage of voting       17.99%*
                                            rights

xi) Chain of controlled undertakings        BlackRock Investment Management (UK)
through which the voting rights and/or      Limited – 123,114,012 (17.99%)
the financial instruments are effectively
held

xii) Additional information                 BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting
                                            Team
xiii) Contact Name                          Andrew Manchester

xiv) Contact telephone number:              020 7743 5773
*Resulting situation based on issued share capital of 684,470,211

Sara Goldsbrough
Assistant Company Secretary
020 3214 9153

28 August 2012
Sponsor: Merrill Lynch South Africa Proprietary Ltd

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