Holding in Company

RNS Number : 2924Z

Paddy Power plc

05 March 2013

 



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^[i]

1.         Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached ^[ii]:

Paddy Power PLC

2.         Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

[x]     an acquisition or disposal of voting rights

[ ]      an acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

[ ]      an event changing the breakdown of voting rights

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]:

1^st March 2013

6.         Date on which issuer notified:

5^th March 2013

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

Holding has gone above 4%

8.         Notified details:

A) Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares (if possible using the ISIN CODE)	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction [vi]		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[vii]
	Number of Shares[viii]	Number of Voting rights[ix]	Number of shares[x]	Number of voting rights[xi]		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct[xii]	Indirect[xiii]	Direct	Indirect
IE0002588105	1,500,621	1,500,621	N/A	N/A	2,037,277	N/A	4.15%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)	1,500,621	1,500,621		2,037,277		4.15%

B) Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[xiv]
Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date[xv]	Exercise/Conversion  Period/ Date[xvi]	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights
		SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates)

Total (A+B)	number of voting rights	% of voting rights
2,037,277	2,037,277	4.15%

9.         Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instrumentsare effectively held, if applicable^[xvii]:

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 2,037,277 (4.15%)

10.       In case of proxy voting:[name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [number] voting rights as of [date].

11.       Additional information:

Done at 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL on 4^th March 2013

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