TR-1: Notification of major interest in shares | |||||
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer | Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC | ||||
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | |||||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | X | ||||
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 | X | ||||
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | |||||
Other (please specify): | |||||
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the | BlackRock, Inc. | ||||
4. Full name of shareholder(s) | |||||
5. Date of the transaction and date on | 4th July 2014 | ||||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 8th July 2014 | ||||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or | Holding has gone above 5% | ||||
8. Notified details: | |||||||||||||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix | |||||||||||||||||
Class/type of
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Situation previous | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||
Number |
Number |
Number |
Number of voting | % of voting rights x | |||||||||||||
Direct | Direct xi | Indirect xii | Direct | Indirect | |||||||||||||
GB0006043169 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 115,328,749 | N/A | 4.94% | ||||||||||
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||
Type of financial |
Expiration |
Exercise/ |
Number of voting |
% of voting | |||||||||||||
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi | |||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||||
Type of financial | Exercise price | Expiration date xvii |
Exercise/ | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rights xix, xx | ||||||||||||
CFD | 2,226,925 | Nominal | Delta | ||||||||||||||
0.10% | 0.10% | ||||||||||||||||
Total (A+B+C) | |||||||||||||||||
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | ||||||||||||||||
117,555,674 | 5.03% | ||||||||||||||||
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the | ||
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 117,555,674 (5.03%) | ||
Proxy Voting: | ||
10. Name of the proxy holder: | ||
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease | ||
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold | ||
| BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team | |
14. Contact name: | Duncan Murray | |
15. Contact telephone number: | 020 7743 3334 | |
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