Paddy Power plc PAP Holding(s) in Company

  Paddy Power plc (PAP) - Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9243O
Paddy Power plc
17 October 2012
 



 

                             Standard Form TR-1

 Voting Rights Attached to Shares - Article 12(1) of Directive 2004/109/EC

Financial Instruments - Article 11(3) of the Commission Directive 2007/14/EC

 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing Paddy Power plc
shares to which voting rights are attached:

 

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
 

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
 

Other (please specify):                             

 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:                          FMR LLC

 
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from
3.):                                              See schedule

 
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the
threshold is crossed or reached:                  15^th October 2012

 
6. Date on which issuer notified:
                                                  17^th October 2012
 
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
                                                  6%
 
8. Notified details:

 
A) Voting rights attached to shares

 
Class/type of  Situation previous   Resulting situation after the triggering
shares (if     to the triggering    transaction
possible using transaction
the ISIN CODE) Number     Number    Number    Number of voting % of  voting
               of         of        of shares rights           rights
               Shares     Voting
                          Rights    Indirect  Direct Indirect  Direct Indirect
 IE0002588105  2,931,263  2,931,263 2,958,505 -      2,958,505        6.03%
  SUBTOTAL A
  (based on    2,931,263  2,931,263 2,958,505 2,958,505        6.03%
  aggregate
voting rights)

 

B) Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/  Number of voting      % of voting
instrument        date       Conversion rights that may be    rights
                             Period     acquired if the
                                        instrument is
                                        exercised/ converted.

                                         
        -             -          -                -                -

 

Total (A+B)

 
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
2,958,505               6.03

 

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

 

Sum of Factored Shares Held               
Custodian                      Total     Management Company
BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO   426,942 FMRC
CITIBANK NA (C)                1,412,258 FMRC
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK              366,279 FMR UK
MELLON BANK NA (C)                88,784 FIIA (U.K.)
NORTHERN TRUST CO (C)            643,900 FMR UK
STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO       20,342 FMRC
Grand Total                    2,958,505  

 

 
10. In case of proxy voting: Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire
to hold is 27,242

 
11. Additional information: None

 

 

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