/EINPresswire.com/ -- LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -- (Marketwired) -- 10/12/15 -- Land Securities Group PLC (LSE: LAND) (OTC PINK: LSGOF)

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NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i)
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of        Land Securities
 existing shares to which voting rights are attached: (ii)      Group PLC
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2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                         X
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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial
 instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares
 already issued to which voting rights are attached
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar
 economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
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Other (please specify):
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification           APG Asset
 obligation: (iii)                                           Management N.V.
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):(iv)
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5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold
 is crossed or reached: (v)                                     08-10-2015
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6. Date on which issuer notified:                               09-10-2015
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:(vi, vii)            3%
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8. Notified details:
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A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix)
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              Situation previous to
Class/type of the triggering        Resulting situation after the triggering
 shares       transaction           transaction
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if possible              Number of
 using the    Number of  Voting     Number of  Number of voting % of voting
 ISIN CODE    Shares     Rights     shares     rights           rights (x)
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                                                          In-
                                    Direct     Direct     direct Direct In-
                                               (xi)       (xii)       direct
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GB0031809436  23,468,048 23,468,048 23,756,814 23,756,814              3.00%
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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                                           Number of voting
                                           rights that may be
Type of          Expiration   Exercise/    acquired if the      % of voting
 financial       date (xiii)  Conversion   instrument is        rights
 instrument                   Period (xiv) exercised/
                                           converted.
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying
 Financial Instruments (xv, xvi)
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of         Exercise  Expiration Exercise/  Number of  % of voting
 financial      price     date       Conversion voting     rights (xix, xx)
 instrument               (xvii)     period     rights
                                     (xviii)    instrument
                                                refers to
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                                                           Nominal  Delta
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Total (A+B+C)
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Number of voting rights                Percentage of voting rights
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23,756,814                             3.00%
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or
the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi)
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Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of the proxy holder:                  APG Asset Management N.V.
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will
 cease to hold:
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to
 hold voting rights:
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13. Additional information:   We wish to inform you that APG Algemene
                              Pensioen Groep N.V. ("APG") has decided to
                              split-off the asset management activities. The
                              entity that performs the asset management
                              activities is called APG Asset Management N.V.
                              ("APG AM"). The separation has been effected
                              by means of a split-off in accordance with the
                              provisions of Dutch law which implied that all
                              asset management activities shall transfer by
                              operation of law to APG AM. Contact person(s)


                              and contact details remain unchanged. This
                              notification is made on behalf of APG AM.
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14. Contact name:                              Louise Miller
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15. Contact telephone number:                  020 7024 5257
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Louise Miller
020 7024 5257

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