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Antofagasta PLC
10 November 2015
 

NEWS RELEASE, 10 NOVEMBER 2015

 

RETRACTION OF TR1 NOTIFICATION

 

 

Antofagasta plc (the "Company") has today received notification of the retraction of the TR1 notification made on 27 April 2010 that BlackRock Inc's voting rights in the Company had gone above 5%. BlackRock has never held more than 5% of the voting rights.

Please find the TR1 notification below.

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Investors - London                                                                                             Media - London

Andrew Lindsay                    alindsay@antofagasta.co.uk                            Carole Cable             antofagasta@brunswickgroup.com

Paresh Bhanderi                  pbhanderi@antofagasta.co.uk                         Will Medvei              antofagasta@brunswickgroup.com

Telephone                             +44 20 7808 0988                                               Telephone                 +44 20 7404 5959

 

Investors - Santiago                                                                                          Media - Santiago

Alfredo Atucha                     aatucha@aminerals.cl                                      Pablo Orozco                porozco@aminerals.cl

Telephone                             +56 2 2798 7000                                                Carolina Pica                 cpica@aminerals.cl

                                                                                                                             Telephone                      +56 2 2798 7000

                                                                                                                                                                                                               

 

For filings with the FSA include the annex

 

For filings with issuer exclude the annex

 

 

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

Antofagasta 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):

Retraction of announcement made on 27th April, 2010 stating that BlackRock, Inc.'s holding had gone above 5% (notified to issuer in error).  BlackRock, Inc. continues to hold less than the 5% threshold

 x

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

N/A

6. Date on which issuer notified:

10th November 2015

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: vi, vii

N/A
           
 

 

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

GB0000456144

Below 5%

Below 5%

 

 

Below 5%

 

Below 5%

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nominal

Delta

 

 

 

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

Below 5%

Below 5%
                                 
 

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

 

 

 

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:

BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team

14. Contact name:

Gareth Slade

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7743 2536
     

 

 


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