1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii | HSBC Holdings PLC | |
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | | |
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached | | |
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | | |
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | | |
Other (please specify): | | |
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii | BlackRock, Inc. | |
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv | ||
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v | 17 February, 2017 | |
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 20 February, 2017 | |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi,vii | Voting rights attached to shares holding for BlackRock, Inc. has gone below 5% |
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi | ||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||
Type of financial | Exercise | Expiration | Exercise/ | Number of voting rights | % of voting rights xix, | |
instrument | price | date xvii | Conversio | instrument refers to | xx | |
n period | ||||||
xviii | ||||||
CFD | 4,758,877 | Nominal | Delta | |||
0.02% | 0.02% | |||||
Equity Linked Note | 20/02/2017 | 2,756,390 | 0.01% | 0.01% | ||
Equity Linked Note | 21/02/2017 | 2,743,800 | 0.01% | 0.01% | ||
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 | Dire ctxi | Indirect xii | Direct | Indirect | |||
GB0005405286 | 1,172,083,824 | 1,172,083,824 | N/A | N/A | 570,343,526 | N/A | 2.87% |
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
Type of financial | Expiration | Exercise/ | Number of voting | % of voting |
instrument | date xiii | Conversion Period xiv | rights that may be | rights |
acquired if the | ||||
instrument is | ||||
exercised/ converted. | ||||
Securities Lending | 630,466,081 | 3.17% | ||
American Depository Receipt | 6,920 | 0.00% |
Total (A+B+C) | |
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
1,211,075,594 | 6.09% |
See Annex 1
Proxy Voting: | |
10. Name of the proxy holder: | |
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: | |
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: |
13. Additional information: | |
14. Contact name: | Danielle Pass |
15. Contact telephone number: | 0207 992 3022 |
Annex 1
Name | % of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold | % of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold | Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold |
BlackRock, Inc. | |||
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. | |||
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | |||
BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. | |||
BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. | |||
BlackRock Group Limited | |||
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited | |||
BlackRock, Inc. | |||
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. | |||
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | |||
BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. | |||
BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. | |||
BlackRock Australia Holdco Pty. Ltd. | |||
BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited | |||
BlackRock, Inc. | |||
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. | |||
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | |||
BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC | |||
BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC | |||
BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc. | |||
BlackRock Fund Advisors | |||
BlackRock, Inc. | |||
BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. | |||
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. | |||
BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC | |||
BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC | |||
BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc. | |||
BlackRock Fund Advisors | |||
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, National Association | |||
BlackRock, Inc. | |||
Trident Merger, LLC | |||
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
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