LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL PLC (the "Company")
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
As a result of an acquisition of voting rights, Liberty International
PLC has received the following notification of interests in the
Ordinary shares of 50 pence each in the Company:
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| i) Full name of Persons | Simon Property Group, Inc |
| subject to the notification | |
| obligation | |
| | |
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| ii)Full name of shares | Sovereign Real Estate Investments, |
| holders (if different from | LLC |
| i) | |
| | |
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| iii) Date of Transaction | 28 May 2009 |
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| iv) Date issuer was | 1 June 2009 |
| notified | |
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| v) Threshold that was | 6% |
| crossed | |
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| vi) Situation previous to | Number of voting rights |
| the triggering transaction |-------------------------------------|
| | 16,731,365 |
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| vii) Resulting situation | Number of voting | % of voting |
| after the triggering | rights | rights |
| transaction |---------------------+---------------|
| | 35,355,794 | 6.2% |
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| viii) Chain of controlled | Simon Property Group, L.P. |
| undertakings through which | The Retail Property Trust |
| the voting rights and/or | Sovereign Real Estate Investments, |
| the financial instruments | LLC |
| are effectively held: | |
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| ix) Additional Information | Notification using the total voting |
| | rights figure of 565,728,501. |
| | Includes all shares formerly |
| | registered in the name of Vidacos |
| | Nominees Ltd. |
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| x) Contact Name | James M. Barkley, Esq. |
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| x) Contact telephone | +1 (317) 263-7083 |
| number: | |
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Susan Folger
Company Secretary
020 7887 7073
2 June 2009
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