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SWEF: TR-1 Notification of Major Interest in Shares

Starwood European Real Estate Finance Ltd (SWEF)
SWEF: TR-1 Notification of Major Interest in Shares

16-Aug-2016 / 17:05 GMT/BST
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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying       Starwood European Real
issuer                                            Estate Finance Limited
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached: ii
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)    Old Mutual Plc
subject to the
notification obligation:
iii
4. Full name of
shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction                                     12/08/2016
and date on
which the threshold is
crossed or
reached: v
6. Date on which issuer                                        16/08/2016
notified:
7. Threshold(s) that is/are                             Crossed Above 17%
crossed or
reached: vi, vii








8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of    Situation previous    Resulting situation after the
shares           to the triggering     triggering transaction
                 transaction
if possible      Number       Number   Num-  Number of     % of  voting
using            of           of       ber   voting        rights x
the ISIN CODE    Shares       Voting   of    rights
                              Rights   sha-
                                       res
                                       Dir-  Dir-  Indir-  Direct   Indire-
                                       ect   ect   ect              ct
                                             xi    xii
GG00B79WC100     30,995,851   30,995,              64,189           17.12%
                              851                  ,406

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


C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying
Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial   Exer-  Expira-  Exercis  Number of        % of voting
instrument          cise   tion     e/       voting rights    rights xix,
                    price  date     Conver-  instrument       xx
                           xvii     sion     refers to
                                    period
                                    xviii
N/A                                                           Nominal   De-
                                                                        lt-
                                                                        a


Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights                   Percentage of voting rights
64,189,406                                17.12%








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

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                           N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease                     N/A
to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold                       N/A
voting rights:

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:                        Rose Coyle
15. Contact telephone number:            0207 002 7503






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   Language:           English                      
   ISIN:               GG00B79WC100                 
   Category Code:      HOL                          
   TIDM:               SWEF                         
   Sequence Number:    3321                         
   Time of Receipt:    16-Aug-2016 / 17:05 GMT/BST  
 
 
   End of Announcement    EQS News Service  
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