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 qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached |
iv) Date of Transaction |
25 August 2016 |
v) Date issuer was notified |
26 August 2016 |
vi) Threshold that was crossed |
Financial Instruments holding for BlackRock, Inc. has gone above 5% Total holding for BlackRock, Inc. remains above 11%. |
vii) Situation previous to the triggering transaction |
Number of shares |
73,672,203 |
Number voting rights |
73,672,203 |
viii) Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
Number of voting rights |
53,508,950 (Indirect) |
% of voting rights |
6.32% (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 |
40,942,407 |
% of voting rights |
4.84% |
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 |
4,597,738 |
% of voting rights |
0.54% (Nominal) |
0.54% (Delta) |
xi) Total |
Number of voting rights |
99,049,095 |
Percentage of voting rights |
11.71% |
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 |
3.99% |
% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold |
2.70% |
Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold |
6.69% |
xiii) Additional information |
BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team |
xiv) Contact Name |
Jana Blumenstein |
xv) Contact telephone number: |
020 7743 3650 |