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 baseline notification that was required as a result of the implementation of changes to the Transparency Directive. |
iv) Date of Transaction |
26 November 2015 |
v) Date issuer was notified |
30 November 2015 |
vi) Threshold that was crossed |
A baseline notification that was required as a result of the implementation of changes to the Transparency Directive. BlackRock, Inc's shares and voting rights remain above the previously disclosed threshold of 13%. |
vii) Situation previous to the triggering transaction |
Number of shares |
108,085,752 |
Number voting rights |
108,085,752 |
viii) Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
Number of voting rights |
100,595,868 (Indirect) |
% of voting rights |
11.94% (Indirect) |
ix) Qualifying Financial Instruments - Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
Type of financial instrument |
Securities Lending |
Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted |
3,746,801 |
% of voting rights |
0.44% |
x) 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 |
8,509,017 |
% of voting rights |
1.01% (Nominal) |
1.01% (Delta) |
xi) Total |
Number of voting rights |
112,851,686 |
Percentage of voting rights |
13.40% |
xii) Chain of controlled undertakings through which voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held |
Name |
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold |
7.23% |
% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold |
1.03% |
Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold |
8.26% |
xiii) Additional information |
BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team |
xiv) Contact Name |
Gareth Slade |
xv) Contact telephone number: |
020 7743 2536 |