CCO - Capital & Counties Properties PLC - Notification of major interests

CCO - Capital & Counties Properties PLC - 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       BlackRock, Inc.                                   
subject to the notification                                                     
obligation                                                                      
ii)Full name of shares        n/a                                               
holders (if different from i)                                                   
iii) Date of Transaction      12 August 2011                                    
iv) Date issuer was notified  16 August 2011                                    
v) Threshold that was crossed Holding has gone above 16%                        
vi) Situation previous to the Number of shares       95,829,428                 
triggering transaction                                                          
                             Number voting rights   95,829,428                  
vii) Resulting situation      Number of voting       96,457,830                 
after the triggering          rights                 (indirect)                 
transaction                                                                     
                             % of voting rights     14.10%                      
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       13,600,825                  
                             rights instrument                                  
refers to                                          

                             % of voting rights     1.99% (Nominal)             
                                                    1.99% (Delta)               
ix) Total                     Number of voting       110,058,655                
rights                                             

                             Percentage of voting   16.09%                      
                             rights                                             
x) Chain of controlled        BlackRock Investment Management (UK)              
undertakings through which    Limited - 110,058,655 (16.09%)                    
the voting rights and/or the                                                    
financial instruments are                                                       
effectively held                                                                
xi) Additional information    BlackRock International Threshold                 
                             Reporting Team                                     
xii) Contact Name             Andrew Manchester                                 
                                                                                
xiii) Contact telephone       020 7743 5773                                     
number:                                                                         
Sara Goldsbrough                                                                
Assistant Company Secretary                                                     
020 3214 9153                                                                   
17 August 2011                                                                  
Sponsor:                                                                        
Merrill Lynch South Africa (Pty) Limited                                        
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