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

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 subject  BlackRock, Inc.                                
to the notification obligation                                                  
ii)Full name of shares holders   n/a                                            
(if different from i)                                                           
iii) Date of Transaction         22 August 2011                                 
iv) Date issuer was notified     24 August 2011                                 
v) Threshold that was crossed    Holding has gone above 17%                     
vi) Situation previous to the    Number of shares   96,457,830                  
triggering transaction                                                          
                                Number voting      96,457,830                   
                                rights                                          
vii) Resulting situation after   Number of voting   102,143,322                 
the triggering transaction       rights             (indirect)                  
                                % of voting        14.93%                       
                                rights                                          
viii) Financial instruments      Type of financial  CFD                         
with similar economic effect to  instrument                                     
Qualifying Financial                                                            
Instruments - Resulting                                                         
situation after the triggering                                                  
transaction                                                                     
                                Number of voting   14,611,708                   
                                rights instrument                               
refers to                                       

                                % of voting        2.14% (Nominal)              
                                rights                                          
                                                   2.14% (Delta)                
ix) Total                        Number of voting   116,755,030                 
                                rights                                          
                                Percentage of      17.07%                       
                                voting rights                                   
x) Chain of controlled           BlackRock Investment Management (UK)           
undertakings through which the   Limited - 116,755,030 (17.07%)                 
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 number:  020 7743 5773                                  
Sara Goldsbrough                                                                
Assistant Company Secretary                                                     
020 3214 9153                                                                   
25 August 2011                                                                  
Sponsor:                                                                        
Merrill Lynch SA (Pty) Limited                                                  
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