Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2287F

Paddy Power plc

22 April 2014

 



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/ECi

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

            HSBC Holdings plc

4.         Fullname of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)iv:

            HSBC Bank plc

            HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited

            INKA Internationale Kapitalanlagegesellschft mbH, Dusseldorf

5.       Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reachedv:

          16^th April 2014

6.       Date on which issuer notified;

          22^nd April 2014

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

            Crossed 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 vi		Resulting situation after the triggering transactionvii
	Number of Sharesviii	Number of Voting rightsix	Number of sharesx	Number of voting rightsxi		% of voting rights
			Direct	Directxii	Indirect xiii	Direct	Indirect
IE0002588105	2,536,293	2,536,293	3,110,289	3,110,289	59,609	6.313%	0.121%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)				3,169,898		6.434 %

B) Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transactionxiv
Type of financial instrument	Expiration Datexv	Exercise/Conversion Period/ Datexvi	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)	Nil	Nil

Total (A+B)	number of voting rights	% of voting rights
	3,169,898	6.434 %

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

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 London on 22nd April 2014

 

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