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 |
15 February 2017 |
v) Date issuer was notified |
16 February 2017 |
vi) Threshold that was crossed |
Total holding for BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited has gone below 5% Total holding for BlackRock, Inc. remains above 10% |
vii) Situation previous to the triggering transaction |
Number of shares |
48,663,764 |
Number voting rights |
48,663,764 |
viii) Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
Number of voting rights |
50,324,494 (Indirect) |
% of voting rights |
5.94% (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 |
33,642,371 |
% of voting rights |
3.97% |
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 |
2,832,325 |
% of voting rights |
0.33% (Nominal) |
0.33% (Delta) |
xi) Total |
Number of voting rights |
86,799,190 |
Percentage of voting rights |
10.25% |
xii) Additional information |
BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team |
xiv) Contact Name |
Marc-Oliver Lesch |
xv) Contact telephone number: |
020 7743 3650 |