Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9969Y

Paddy Power plc

08 March 2012

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

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

Paddy Power Plc (IE0002588105)

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:	06 March 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:	07 March 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	2,876,812	2,876,812	2,957,544	-	2,957,544	-	6.03%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)	2,876,812	2,876,812	2,957,544	2,957,544		6.03%

B: Qualifying 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
-	-	-	-	-

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
-	-	-	-	-	Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
2,957,544	6.03

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

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire:	80,732
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:	None
14. Contact name:	FIL Investments International
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

SCHEDULE

FMR

Issuer name:                                     Paddy Power plc

Current ownership percentage:        6.03%

Total shares held:                             2,957,544

Issued voting right capital:               48,993,132

Shares Held	Nominee	Management Company
1,523,818	BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO	FMRCO
1,251,500	JP MORGAN CHASE BANK	FMRCO
43,800	JP MORGAN CHASE BANK	FMR
121,084	MELLON BANK N.A.	FMRCO
4,200	STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO	FMR
13,142	STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO	FMRCO

FMR Corp is the parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company

(FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity Management Trust Company (FMTC) and Pyramis Global Advisors Trust Company (PGATC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust accounts and Pyramis Global Advisors LLC (PGALLC) and Pyramis Trust Company (PTC).

 

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