Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9902G

Flutter Entertainment PLC

20 March 2020

 

 Standard Form TR-1

 S tandard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the Central Bank of Ireland) i
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached ii : Flutter Entertainment 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 [ ] An event changing the breakdown of voting rights [ ] Other (please specify)iii:
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation iv :
Name: The Capital Group Companies, Inc.		City and country of registered office (if applicable): Los Angeles, California 90071 U.S.A.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v: See Box 10
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached vi : 18 March 2020
6. Date on which issuer notified: 19 March 2020 19 March 2020
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:  The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CGC") and Capital Research and Management Company ("CRMC") increased above 18% in aggregate of voting rights from shares
8. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 9.A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 9.B.1 + 9.B.2)	Total of both in % (9.A + 9.B)	Total number of voting rights of issuervii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	18.2576 %	0.0000%	18.2576 %	78,356,473
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	17.1437 %	0.0000%	17.1437 %

9. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached viii :
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)	Number of voting rights ix					% of voting rights
	Direct			Indirect		Direct		Indirect
Ordinary Shares (IE00BWT6H894)				14,305,987				18.2576 %
ADRs (US3440441026)				6.5				0.0000 %
SUBTOTAL A				14,305,994				18.2576 %
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation 17(1)(a) of the Regulations
Type of financial instrument		Expiration date x	Exercise/ Conversion Period xi			Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.			% of voting rights
			SUBTOTAL B.1
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Regulation 17(1)(b) of the Regulations
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date x		Exercise/ Conversion Period xi		Physical or cash settlement xii		Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
					SUBTOTAL B.2

10. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation [ ] Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer. xiii [ X ] Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity xiv :
Name xv	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. Holdings by CG Management companies are set out below:	18.2576 %	0.0000 %	18.2576 %
Capital Research and Management Company1	18.2576 %	0.0000 %	18.2576 %
EuroPacific Growth Fund ("EUPAC")   2 (Direct shareholding that does not exercise its own voting shares. Voting shares are exercised by CRMC)	See additional information below (box 12)
Growth Fund of America ("GFA")2 (Direct shareholding that does not exercise its own voting shares. Voting shares are exercised by CRMC)	See additional information below (box 12)
Capital World Growth and Income Fund ("WGI")   2 (Direct shareholding that does not exercise its own voting shares. Voting shares are exercised by CRMC)	See additional information below (box 12)
1.  Wholly owned subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, Inc. 2.  Mutual fund managed by Capital Research and Management Company.
11. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [% and number] voting rights as of [date]
12. Additional information xvi : The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CGC") is the parent company of Capital Research and Management Company ("CRMC") and Capital Bank & Trust Company ("CB&T"). CRMC is a U.S.-based investment management company that serves as investment manager to the American Funds family of mutual funds, other pooled investment vehicles, as well as individual and institutional clients.  CRMC and its investment manager affiliates manage equity assets for various investment companies through three divisions, Capital Research Global Investors, Capital International Investors and Capital World Investors.  CRMC is the parent company of Capital Group International, Inc. ("CGII"), which in turn is the parent company of four investment management companies ("CGII management companies"): Capital International, Inc., Capital International Limited, Capital International Sàrl and Capital International K.K.  CGII management companies and CB&T primarily serve as investment managers to institutional and high net worth clients.  CB&T is a U.S.-based investment management company that is a registered investment adviser and an affiliated federally chartered bank. Neither CGC nor any of its affiliates own shares of Flutter Entertainment plc for its own account.  Rather, the shares reported on this Notification are owned by accounts under the discretionary investment management of one or more of the investment management companies described above. EuroPacific Growth Fund ("EUPAC") is a mutual fund registered in the United States under the Investment Company Act of 1940. EUPAC is the legal owner of 6,271,346 (8.0036% of outstanding shares). EUPAC has granted proxy voting authority to its investment adviser CRMC. Growth Fund of America ("GFA") is a mutual fund registered in the United States under the Investment Company Act of 1940. GFA is the legal owner of 3,873,563 (4.9435% of outstanding shares). EUPAC has granted proxy voting authority to its investment adviser CRMC. Capital World Growth and Income Fund ("WGI") is a mutual fund registered in the United States under the Investment Company Act of 1940. WGI is the legal owner of 3,350,949 (4.2765% of outstanding shares). WGI has granted proxy voting authority to its investment adviser CRMC.

Done at Los Angeles, California on 19 March 2020

 

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