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                                       
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 person subject    Simon Property Group, Inc.                    
to the notification obligation                                                  
ii) Full name of shareholder      Sovereign Real Estate Investments,            
                                 LLC                                            
iii) Date of Transaction          n/a                                           
iv) Date issuer was notified      16 February 2012                              
v) Threshold that was crossed     5%                                            
vi) Situation previous to the     Number of shares   35,355,794                 
triggering transaction                                                          
                                 Number of voting   35,355,794                  
                                 rights                                         
vii) Resulting situation after    Number of shares   35,355,794                 
the triggering transaction                                                      
                                 Number of voting   35,355,794                  
                                 rights             (indirect)                  
                                 % of voting rights 4.1% (indirect)             


viii) Total                       Number of voting   35,355,794                 
                                 rights                                         
                                 Percentage of      4.1%                        
voting rights                                  

ix) Chain of controlled           Simon Property Group, L.P.                    
undertakings through which the    The Retail Property Trust                     
voting rights and/or the          Sovereign Real Estate Investments,            
financial instruments are         LLC                                           
effectively held                                                                
x) Additional information         Notification using the total voting           
                                 rights figure of 860,347,169                   


xi) Contact name                  James M. Barkley, Esq.                        
                                                                                
xii) Contact telephone number     +1 (317) 263-7083                             


Susan Marsden                                                                   
Company Secretary                                                               
020 7887 7073                                                                   
17 February 2012                                                                
Sponsor:                                                                        
Merrill Lynch SA (Pty) Limited                                                  
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