Holding in Company

RNS Number : 8462U

Paddy Power plc

04 January 2013

 



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:

Paddy Power plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights		X
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See Schedule A
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	02 January 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	03 January 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Below 9%

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
Ordinary (IE0002588105)	4,415,163	4,415,163			4,415,163		8.9891%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)	4,415,163	4,415,163			4,415,163		8.9891%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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

Total (A+B)	Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
4,415,163	4,415,163	8.9891%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
See Schedule A
10. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [number] voting rights as of [date]. n/a
11. Additional information: Due to a company reorganization, Capital Research and Management Company ("CRMC") and Capital Group International, Inc. ("CGII") will no longer report relevant holdings under management.  With effect from 1 September 2012, the holdings under management of CRMC and CGII are being reported in aggregated by The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
12. Additional information:	Done at Los Angeles, California on 03 January 2013
13. Contact name:	Gina Martinez, [e-mail]
14. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

Schedule A

As of 2 January 2013

Paddy Power plc

	Number of Shares	Percent of Outstanding
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CG") holdings	4,415,163	8.989%
Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds:
- Capital Research and Management Company	4,415,163	8.989%
·      SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc.	1,681,726	3.424%
·      EuroPacific Growth Fund (Direct shareholding that does not exercise its own voting shares.  Voting shares are exercised by CRMC.)	1,948,937	3.968%

 

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