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 |
A disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments |
iv) Date of Transaction |
6 August 2015 |
v) Date issuer was notified |
7 August 2015 |
vi) Threshold that was crossed |
Voting rights attached to shares holding has gone below 14% |
vii) Situation previous to the triggering transaction |
Number of shares |
108,373,531 |
Number voting rights |
108,373,531 |
viii) Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
Number of voting rights |
108,449,483 (Indirect) |
% of voting rights |
12.88% (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 |
9,281,548 |
% of voting rights |
1.10% (Nominal) |
1.10% (Delta) |
x) Total |
Number of voting rights |
117,731,031 |
Percentage of voting rights |
13.98% |
xi) Additional information |
BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team |
xii) Contact Name |
Gareth Slade |
xiii) Contact telephone number: |
020 7743 2536 |