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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments |
iv) Date of Transaction |
2 December 2014 |
v) Date issuer was notified |
3 December 2014 |
vi) Threshold that was crossed |
Holding has gone below 14% |
vii) Situation previous to the triggering transaction |
Number of shares |
116,858,410 |
Number voting rights |
116,858,410 |
viii) Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
Number of voting rights |
110,424,786 (Indirect) |
% of voting rights |
13.21% (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 |
6,245,069 |
% of voting rights |
0.75% (Nominal) |
0.75% (Delta) |
x) Total |
Number of voting rights |
116,669,855 |
Percentage of voting rights |
13.95% |
xi) Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held |
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited- 116,669,855 (13.95%) |
xii) Additional information |
BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team |
xiii) Contact Name |
Gareth Slade |
xiv) Contact telephone number: |
020 7743 2536 |