RETRACTION OF TR1 NOTIFICATION

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                    [email protected]                            Carole Cable             [email protected]

Paresh Bhanderi                  [email protected]                         Will Medvei              [email protected]

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

 

Investors - Santiago                                                                                          Media - Santiago

Alfredo Atucha                     [email protected]                                      Pablo Orozco                [email protected]

Telephone                             +56 2 2798 7000                                                Carolina Pica                 [email protected]

                                                                                                                             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