Notification of Major Holdings

RNS Number : 7158O

Bank of Ireland Group PLC

02 June 2020

 

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 oftheissuer orthe underlyingissuerof existingsharestowhichvotingrightsareattached : Bank of Ireland Group PLC, IE00BD1RP616
2.Reasonforthenotification (please tick theappropriateboxorboxes): [X]Anacquisition or disposalofvotingrights []Anacquisition or disposaloffinancial instruments[]Aneventchanging thebreakdownofvotingrights[] Other (pleasespecify):
3. Detailsof personsubjecttothenotificationobligation:
Name: Norges Bank		City and country of registeredoffice (ifapplicable): Oslo, Norway
4. Full nameof shareholder(s) (if different from3.):
5. Dateonwhichthe thresholdwascrossed orreached: 28/05/2020
6.Dateonwhichissuer notified: 01/06/2020
7.Threshold(s) that is/arecrossedorreached: Above 3%
8. Total positions of person(s) subject tothe notificationobligation:
	%ofvotingrightsattachedtoshares(totalof9.A)		%ofvotingrightsthroughfinancialinstruments (total of9.B.1+9.B.2)	Totalofbothin%(9.A+9.B)	Totalnumberofvotingrightsofissuer
Resulting situationonthedateonwhichthresholdwascrossedorreached	2.88 %		0.14 %	3.02 %	1,078,822,872
Position ofpreviousnotification(ifapplicable)	N/A		N/A	N/A

9. Notified details of theresultingsituationonthedateonwhichthethresholdwascrossedorreached:
A: Voting rightsattached toshares
Class/typeof shares ISIN code (if possible)	Numberofvotingrights		%ofvotingrights
	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
IE00BD1RP616	31,102,052		2.88%
SUBTOTAL A	31,102,052		2.88%

B 1:Financial InstrumentsaccordingtoRegulation17(1)(a)ofthe 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
Shares on Loan (Right to Recall)		At any time	1,500,000	0.14%
		SUBTOTAL B.1	1,500,000	0.14%

B 2:Financial Instrumentswith similareconomiceffect accordingtoRegulation17(1)(b) oftheRegulations
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion Period	Physical or cash settlement	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
			SUBTOTAL B.2

10. Information inrelation tothepersonsubjecttothenotificationobligation (please tick theapplicablebox): [X] Personsubject tothenotificationobligation isnot controlled byanynaturalpersonor legalentityanddoesnotcontrol anyotherundertaking(s)holdingdirectlyorindirectlyan interest inthe(underlying) issuer. [] Fullchainof controlledundertakingsthroughwhichthe votingrightsand/orthe financial instruments are effectively held starting withthe ultimate controllingnatural person orlegalentity:
Name	%ofvotingrightsifitequalsorishigherthanthenotifiablethreshold	%ofvotingrightsthroughfinancialinstrumentsifitequalsorishigherthanthenotifiablethreshold	Totalofbothifitequalsorishigherthanthenotifiablethreshold
11. In caseof proxyvoting: [nameofthe proxyholder]willceasetohold[% andnumber] votingrightsas of [date]
12. Additional information:

Done at Dublin on 2 June 2020

Contact: Sarah McLaughlin, Group Secretary

Telephone: [phone]

 

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