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HSBC Holdings plc Overseas Regulatory AnnouncementThe attached announcement has been released to the other stock exchanges on which HSBC Holdings plc is listed.
The Board of Directors of HSBC Holdings plc as at the date of this announcement are: Douglas Flint, Stuart Gulliver, Phillip Ameen† , Kathleen Casey† , Laura Cha† , Henri de Castries† , Lord Evans of Weardale† , Joachim Faber† , Sam Laidlaw† , Irene Lee† , John Lipsky† , Rachel Lomax† , Iain Mackay, Heidi Miller† , Marc Moses, David Nish† , Jonathan Symonds† , Jackson Tai† , Pauline van der Meer Mohr† and Paul Walsh† .
† Independent non-executive Director Hong Kong Stock Code: 5
HSBC Holdings plcRegistered Office and Group Head Office:
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For filings with the FCA include the annex For filings with issuer exclude the annex TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi1. 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 |
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