Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0487V

Paddy Power plc

05 January 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
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		X
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	UBS Investment Bank
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	UBS AG London Branch
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	30 December 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:	04 January 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	7%

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
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
IE0002588105	3,410,072	3,410,072	3,419,022	3,419,022		6.98%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)	-	-	3,419,022	3,419,022		6.98%

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
3,419,022	6.98%

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:	n/a
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	n/a
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	n/a

13. Additional information:	Disclosure due to the change in outstanding shares of the Company as per London Stock Exchange. Done at Zurich on 04 January 2012
14. Contact name:	Nemanja Pantic (Associate Director) Hendrik Marenbach (Authorized Officer)
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

 

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