Due to an administrative error upon receipt, this notification was not received
by the Company until 28 May 2015.
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the
underlying issuer of existing shares to GCP Student Living plc
which voting rights are attached:
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights Yes
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: Bank of Montreal
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different See box 9 below
from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the
threshold is crossed or reached: 16th January 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified: 19th January 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 5%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
of to the triggering
shares transaction
if possible Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting rights
using of of of shares rights
the ISIN Shares Voting
CODE Rights Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
GB00B8460Z43 5,471,991 5,471,991 5,841,991 - 5,841,991 - 5.32%
GBP 0.01
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
instrument date Conversion rights that may be rights
Period acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.
-
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial
Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of % of voting rights
financial price date Conversion voting
instrument period rights
instrument
refers to
- Nominal Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
5,841,991 5.32%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
F&C Asset Management plc - No. of % of total Registration name
Client : voting voting
rights rights
F&C MM Lifestyle Investment Fund
F&C MM Lifestyle Cautious Fund 3,372,323 3.07% Puddledock Nominees Limited
No other Client holds >3%
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder: Bank of Montreal
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: Based on total voting rights of
109,910,428 effective 2nd June 2014
14 Contact name: Vik Sharma,
F&C Management Limited
(a part of BMO Financial Group)
15. Contact telephone name: 0131 718 1094