i) Full name of Persons subject to the notification obligation |
BlackRock, Inc. |
ii)Full name of shares holders (if different from i) |
n/a |
iii) Reason for Notification |
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights and an acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments. |
iv) Date of Transaction |
23 January 2014 |
v) Date issuer was notified |
24 January 2014 |
vi) Threshold that was crossed |
Holding has gone above 14% |
vii) Situation previous to the triggering transaction |
Number of shares |
96,264,798 |
Number voting rights |
96,264,798 |
viii) Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
Number of voting rights |
102,040,930 (indirect) |
% of voting rights |
13.46% (indirect) |
ix) Financial instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments - Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
Type of financial instrument |
CFD |
Number of voting rights instrument refers to |
4,444,981 |
% of voting rights |
0.59% (Nominal) |
0.59% (Delta) |
x) Total |
Number of voting rights |
106,485,911 |
Percentage of voting rights |
14.05% |
xi) Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held |
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited- 106,485,911 (14.05%) |
xii) Additional information |
BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team |
xiii) Contact Name |
Duncan Murray |
xiv) Contact telephone number: |
020 7743 3334 |