Holding in Company

RNS Number : 1915J

Ryanair Holdings PLC

28 November 2008

 



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/EC

1.    Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:  Ryanair Holdings 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 obligation: FMR LLC and FIL Limited and their direct subsidiaries

4.    Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

5.     Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: 26 November 2008

6.    Date on which issuer notified; 28 November 2008

7.     Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 8%

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
IE00B1GKF381	118,196,660	118,196,660	117,196,660	117,196,660		7.95%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)	118,196,660	118,196,660	117,196,660	117,196,660		7.95%

B) Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date	Exercise/Conversion Period/ Date	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)

Total (A+B)	number of voting rights	% of voting rights
	117,196,660	7.95%

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

10.    In case of proxy voting: FMR LLC and FIL Limited will cease to hold 

1,000,000 voting rights as of 26 November 2008.

11.    Additional information:

None.

Fidelity
Issuer name:	Ryanair Holdings Plc
Current ownership percentage:	7.95%
Total shares held:	117,196,660
Issued share capital:	1,472,942,713
	SHARES HELD	NOMINEE	MANAGEMENT COMPANY
FIL Limited (FIL) is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including FIL Fund Management Limited (FFML), FIL Investment Services Ltd (FISL), FIL Gestion (FIGEST), FIL Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIAKL), FIL Investments Management (Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), FIL Pension Management (FPM), FIL Investments Japan (FIJ) and FIL Investments International (FII), investment managers for various non-US investment companies and institutional clients. FMR LLC 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).	3,052,713	BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS	FIL
	187,300	BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS	FPM
	493,700	BNP PARIBAS, PARIS	FIL
	323,500	BNP PARIBAS, PARIS (C)	FIL
	16,401,755	BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO	FMRCO
	2,206,800	CDC FINANCE	FIGEST
	334,200	CITIBANK LONDON	FPM
	33,643,000	JP MORGAN CHASE BANK	FMRCO
	2,247,688	JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH	FII
	4,277,776	JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH	FIL
	23,397,172	JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH	FISL
	7,375,037	JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH	FPM
	440,500	MASTER TRUST BANK OF JAPAN	FIJ
	1,172,700	NORTHERN TRUST LONDON	FPM
	2,032,846	STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN (S	FPM
	600,245	STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO	FMRCO
	15,764,194	BROWN BROS HARRIMAN LTD LUX	FIL
	2,756,523	JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH (C)	FIL

This announcement has been issued through the Companies Announcement Service of

the Irish Stock Exchange.

 

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