Qatar Investment Fund PLC Notification of Major Interest in Shares (6888G)

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RNS Number : 6888G

Qatar Investment Fund PLC

31 May 2017

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                                 Qatar Investment Fund Plc 
  issuer 
  of existing shares to which voting rights 
  are 
  attached: (ii) 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                        X 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments 
  which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to 
  which voting rights are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic 
  effect to qualifying financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject                                       Lazard Asset Management LLC 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                          Bank of New York, Inc - Global Custody 
  (if different from 3.):(iv)                                             Bank of New York, Inc. - Dir Personal 
                                                                          JP Morgan Chase - SWIFT 
                                                                          Northern Trust Co 
                                                                          State Street Bank-Master Tr-ETC 
                                                                          State Street Bank-Custody Master Trust 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                                     30 May 2017 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                                       31 May 2017 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed                                     Decrease from 8% to 7% 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii) 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type     Situation previous                  Resulting situation after the triggering 
 of              to the triggering                   transaction 
 shares          transaction 
 
 if possible 
 using 
 the ISIN 
 CODE 
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                Number            Number            Number          Number of voting        % of voting rights 
                of                 of                of shares       rights                  (x) 
                Shares             Voting 
                                   Rights 
-------------  ----------------  ----------------  --------------  ----------------------  --------------------------- 
                                                    Direct          Direct     Indirect     Direct        Indirect 
                                                                    (xi)        (xii) 
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 IM00B1Z40704                     8,277,179                                    8,205,663                  7.987% 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of            Expiration      Exercise/                         Number of voting          % of voting 
 financial           date (xiii)     Conversion Period                 rights that may           rights 
 instrument                          (xiv)                             be 
                                                                       acquired if the 
                                                                       instrument is 
                                                                       exercised/ converted. 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
  Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of          Exercise        Expiration      Exercise/         Number of voting          % of voting rights 
 financial         price          date (xvii)     Conversion         rights instrument         (xix, xx) 
 instrument                                       period             refers to 
                                                  (xviii) 
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                                                                                              Nominal       Delta 
---------------  --------------  --------------  ----------------  ------------------------  ------------  ----------- 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                              Percentage of voting rights 
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 8,205,663                                            7.987% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi) 
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   Lazard Asset Management LLC controls all the voting rights held of this 
   issuer. 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:                                           N/A 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will 
  cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to 
  hold 
  voting rights: 
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  13. Additional information: 
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 14. Contact name:                                                       Legal & Compliance Department 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                           0207 448 2085 
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