Notification of Major Interest in Shares

RNS Number : 5127S

Qatar Investment Fund PLC

21 December 2016

 

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					No
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):	Share buy-back(s)				Yes
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Qatar Holding LLC Qatar Investment Authority (as parent undertaking only)
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		19 December 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:		21 December 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		11% (downwards)

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

Ordinary shares IM00B1Z40704

11,976,609

11,976,609

11,976,609

11,976,609

N/A

10.24%

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

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Nominal

Delta

N/A

N/A

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

11,976,609

10.24 %

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Qatar Holding LLC ("QH") is the beneficial holder of the specified ordinary shares and voting rights in Qatar Investment Fund Plc.  QH is established as a limited liability company in the Qatar Financial Centre ("QFC") and is licensed by the QFC Authority under Licence No. 00004.  QH 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 116,971,528 as set out in the public announcement made by Qatar Investment Fund Plc dated 19 December 2016.
14. Contact name:	Mr. Ian Kellow Head of Compliance
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

 

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