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

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 the recent increase in the issued share capital of the Company,  
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 subject to  BlackRock, Inc.                             
the notification obligation                                                     
ii) Full name of shareholders (if   n/a                                         
different from i)                                                               
iii) Date of Transaction            31 January 2011                             
iv) Date issuer was notified        2 February 2011                             
v) Threshold that was crossed       Holding has gone below 5%                   
vi) Situation previous to the       Number of     34,860,515*                   
triggering transaction              shares                                      
                                   Number of     34,860,515*                    
                                   voting rights                                
vii) Resulting situation after the  Number of     34,952,303                    
triggering transaction              voting rights (indirect)                    
                                   % of voting   4.07%                          
                                   rights                                       
* Situation previous disclosure is based upon share capital of                  
691,623,009 while the resulting situation disclosure is based upon              
share capital of 859,046,108                                                    
viii) Total                         Number of  34,952,303                       
voting                                       

                                   rights                                       
                                   Percentage 4.07%                             
                                   of voting                                    
rights                                       

ix) Chain of controlled             BlackRock Investment Management             
undertakings through which the      (UK) Limited - 34,952,303 (4.07%)           
voting rights are effectively held                                              
x) Additional information           BlackRock Threshold Reporting Team          
xi) Contact Name                    Andrew Manchester                           
xii) Contact telephone number:      020 7743 5773;                              
                                   andrew.manchester@blackrock.com              
Simon Maynard                                                                   
Assistant Company Secretary                                                     
020 7887 7108                                                                   
3 February 2011                                                                 
Sponsor:                                                                        
Merrill Lynch SA (Pty) Limited                                                  
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