BlackRock Emerging Europe Holding(s) in Company

 
TIDMBEEP 
 
BlackRock Emerging Europe plc 
LEI - 549300OGTQA24Y3KMI14 
 
 
TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings 
 
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the 
FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)i 
Article 12 Transparency Directive, DTR 5.1 and DTR 5.3 
 
1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying               BLACKROCK EMERGING EUROPE PLC 
issuer of existing shares to which voting rights             LEI - 549300OGTQA24Y3KMI14 
are attachedii: 
 
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer   (please mark with an "X" 
if appropriate) 
 
Non-UK issuer 
 
2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with 
an "X") 
 
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 
 
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments 
 
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
 
Other (please specify)iii:                                                                    X 
 
Completion of the court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement and all-share merger 
under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 of Aberdeen Asset Management PLC and 
Standard Life plc which became effective on 14 August 2017. As a consequence 
various investment management companies having delegated voting rights across a 
number of client portfolios have become affiliated entities (per FCA Glossary 
definition) and threshold limits have been triggered. 
 
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv 
 
Name                                              Aggregate of Standard Life Aberdeen plc 
                                                  affiliated investment management entities with 
                                                  delegated voting rights on behalf of multiple 
                                                  managed portfolios 
 
City and country of registered office (if         Edinburgh, Scotland 
applicable) 
 
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v 
 
Name 
 
City and country of registered office (if 
applicable) 
 
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or     14/08/2017 
reachedvi: 
 
6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):    16/08/2017 
 
 
 
 
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation 
 
                     % of voting    % of voting rights  Total of both in  Total number of 
                   rights attached   through financial    % (8.A + 8.B)   voting rights of 
                  to shares (total      instruments                       issuervii 
                      of 8. A)       (total of 8.B 1 + 
                                          8.B 2) 
 
Resulting         14.35             0.00                14.35             35,916,028 
situation on the 
date on which 
threshold was 
crossed or 
reached 
 
Position of       N/A               N/A                 N/A 
previous 
notification (if 
applicable) 
 
 
 
8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the 
threshold was crossed or reachedviii 
 
A: Voting rights attached to shares 
 
Class/type of       Number of voting rightsix            % of voting rights 
shares 
ISIN code (if            Direct            Indirect             Direct            Indirect 
possible)               (Art 9 of         (Art 10 of     (Art 9 of Directive     (Art 10 of 
                     Directive 2004/  Directive 2004/109     2004/109/EC)      Directive 2004/ 
                    109/EC) (DTR5.1)   /EC) (DTR5.2.1)         (DTR5.1)            109/EC) 
                                                                                 (DTR5.2.1) 
 
GB00B0BN1P96        N/A               5,156,833          N/A                  14.35 
 
SUBTOTAL 8. A                    5,156,833                               14.35 
 
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC 
(DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) 
 
Type of financial   Expiration Exercise/              Number of voting rights % of voting 
instrument          datex      Conversion Periodxi    that may be acquired if rights 
                                                      the instrument is 
                                                      exercised/converted. 
 
                               SUBTOTAL 8. B 1 
 
 
 
 
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1) 
(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b)) 
 
Type of         Expiration    Exercise/      Physical or    Number of     % of voting 
financial       datex         Conversion     cash           voting rights rights 
instrument                    Period xi      settlementxii 
 
                                             SUBTOTAL 8.B.2 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation 
(please mark the 
applicable box with an "X") 
 
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural 
person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding 
directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuerxiii 
 
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or               X 
the 
financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate 
controlling natural person or legal entityxiv (please add additional rows as 
necessary) 
 
            Namexv               % of voting    % of voting rights      Total of both if it 
                                rights if it     through financial    equals or is higher than 
                                equals or is     instruments if it    the notifiable threshold 
                                 higher than    equals or is higher 
                                     the        than the notifiable 
                                 notifiable          threshold 
                                  threshold 
 
Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited 14.35         0.00                    14.35 
 
 
 
 
10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: 
 
Name of the proxy holder                     N/A 
 
The number and % of voting rights held       N/A 
 
The date until which the voting rights will  N/A 
be held 
 
11. Additional informationxvi 
 
 
As a result of the completion of the court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement and 
all-share merger under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 of Aberdeen Asset 
Management PLC and Standard Life plc which became effective on 14 August 2017, 
this notification details the assets under management of the new Combined Group 
('Standard Life Aberdeen plc') as of the dates noted above. 
 
In reference to section 9, the shares detailed are managed by the named 
discretionary investment management entity within multiple portfolios on behalf 
of underlying clients, based on investment management agreements whereby the 
client has delegated the exercise of the voting power to the referenced 
investment manager. 
 
 
 
Place of completion  Aberdeen, United Kingdom 
 
Date of completion   16/08/2017 
 
 
B Powley 
For BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited 
Secretary 
020 7743 5610 
 
17 August 2017 
 
 
 
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