First Property : Notification of major interest in shares

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For filings with the FCA include the annex For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii	First Property Group plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii	HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv	New Pistoia Income Limited - B.V.I.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	29/01/16
6. Date on which issuer notified:	29/01/16
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi,vii	Above 11%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii,ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights x
			Direct	Direct xi	Indirect xii	Direct	Indirect
GB0004109889	11,630,000	11,630,000	12,880,000	12,880,000	11.1066%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration datexiii	Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration datexvii	Exercise/ Conversion period xviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights xix, xx
Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
12,880,000	11.1066%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	HSBC International Trustee Limited Jersey Branch Johan Wijsmuller
15. Contact telephone number:	01534 606782

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FCA not the issuer

Annex: Notification of major interests in sharesxxii

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name (including legal form of legal entities)

Contact address (registered office for legal entities)

Phone number & email

Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	HSBC International Trustee Limited Jersey Branch
Contact address	HSBC House, Esplanade, St Helier, Jersey, JE1 1GT
Phone number & email	01534 606782 / [e-mail]
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

C: Additional information

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FCA website.