Holding in Company

RNS Number : 0708U

Paddy Power plc

20 December 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

This notification is for filing purposes only in accordance with Regulation 22

of the Transparency (Directive 2004/109/EC) Regulations 2007.

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

Paddy Power plc

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		ü
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:					19th December 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:					20th December 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:					6%
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		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights			% of  voting rights
			Indirect	Direct		Indirect	Direct	Indirect
IE0002588105	2,914,063	2,914,063	2,958,181	-		2,958,181		6.03%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)	2,914,063	2,914,063	2,958,181	2,958,181			6.03%

B) Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
-	-	-	-	-

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
2,958,181	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 Advisor Total BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO FMR-FIDELITY MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH 574,018 CITIBANK NA (C) FMR-FIDELITY MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH 1,447,158 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK FMR-FIDELITY MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH 230,800 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK PGATC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST COMPANY 179 MELLON BANK NA (C) FMR-FIDELITY MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH 88,784 NORTHERN TRUST CO (C) FMR-FIDELITY MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH 596,900 STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO FMR-FIDELITY MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH 20,342 Grand Total 2,958,181

10. In case of proxy voting: Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire is 44,118

11. Additional information: None

 

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