Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4462O

Flutter Entertainment PLC

09 February 2021

 

Standard Form TR-1   Standard form for notification of major holdings
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the Central Bank of Ireland)
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: 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):
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation:
Name: The Capital Group Companies, Inc.	City and country of registered office (if applicable): Los Angeles, USA
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): See Box 10
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached: 05 Feb 2021
6. Date on which issuer notified: 09 Feb 2021
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: The Capital Group Companies, Inc. decreased below 16.00% of total voting rights outstanding. Capital Research and Management Company decreased below 16.00% of total voting rights outstanding.

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 issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached		15.85%		0.00%		15.85%			175,363,701
Position of previous notification (if applicable)		16.95%		0.00%		16.95%
9. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)	Number of voting rights							% of voting rights
	Direct		Indirect					Direct		Indirect
IE00BWT6H894 Common Stock			27,661,706							15.77%
US3440441026 Depository Receipt			129,060							0.07%
SUBTOTAL A	27,790,766							15.85%
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation 17(1)(a) of the Regulations
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
N/A
			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		Exercise/ Conversion Period		Physical or cash settlement		Number of voting rights			% of voting rights
N/A
					SUBTOTAL B.2

10. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please tick the applicable box):
[ ] 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.
[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:
Name	% 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
Capital Research and Management Company	15.84%		15.84%
Capital International, Inc.
Capital International Sarl
Capital Bank and Trust Company
EuroPacific Growth Fund (a mutual fund managed by Capital Research and Management Company)	5.83%		5.83%
The Growth Fund of America (a mutual fund managed by Capital Research and Management Company)	3.61%		3.61%
Total	15.85%		15.85%
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: 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 the Issuer 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.
Done at Los Angeles on 09 Feb 2021.

 

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