Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5764D

Qatar Investment Fund PLC

24 March 2011

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				Qatar Investment Fund plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					Yes
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached					No
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments					No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights					No
Other (please specify):					No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Qatar Holding LLC Qatar Investment Authority
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Qatar Holding LLC
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		27 May 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:		24 March 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		12%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of  voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

IM00B1Z40704

0

25,000,000

25,000,000

25,000,000

N/A

10.71%

N/A

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Warrants ISIN IM00B1Z40G96

Premium +91.5%

31/10/2012

31/10/2008 - 31/10/2012

5,000,000

Nominal

Delta

2.14%

N/A

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

25,000,000 + 5,000,000

12.85%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Qatar Holding LLC is the beneficial holder of the specified securities, which it acquired on 27/05/2009.  Qatar Holding LLC is a limited liability company established in the Qatar Financial Centre and is licensed by the QFC Authority under Licence No. 00004. Qatar Holding LLC is wholly-owned by Qatar Investment Authority.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		N/A
13. Additional information:	As required under the DTRs, this notification has been prepared using the total voting rights figure of 233,419,307 as set out in the public announcement made by Epicure Qatar Equity Opportunities plc dated 10 September 2010.
14. Contact name:	Mr. Ahmad Al-Sayed, CEO of Qatar Holding LLC
15. Contact telephone number:	+974.4499.5806

 

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