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 |
iv) Date of Transaction |
7 March 2016 |
v) Date issuer was notified |
9 March 2016 |
vi) Threshold that was crossed |
Voting rights attached to shares holding for BlackRock, Inc. has gone above 11% |
vii) Situation previous to the triggering transaction |
Number of shares |
91,718,521 |
Number voting rights |
91,718,521 |
viii) Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
Number of voting rights |
93,961,157 (Indirect) |
% of voting rights |
11.15% (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 |
9,414,212 |
% of voting rights |
1.11% |
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 |
6,684,825 |
% of voting rights |
0.79% (Nominal) |
0.79% (Delta) |
xi) Total |
Number of voting rights |
110,060,194 |
Percentage of voting rights |
13.07% |
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 |
6.55% |
% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold |
1.36% |
Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold |
7.92% |
xiii) Additional information |
BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team |
xiv) Contact Name |
Gareth Slade |
xv) Contact telephone number: |
020 7743 3650 |