Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7920X

Paddy Power plc

27 June 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: Paddy Power 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: 25 June 2008

6.    Date on which issuer notified: 27 June 2008

7.    Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 10%

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
IE0002588105	4,826,713	4,826,713	4,846,713	4,846,713		10.02
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)	4,826,713	4,826,713	4,846,713	4,846,713		10.02

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
	4,846,713	10.02

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 acquire to hold 20,000 voting rights as of 25 June 2008.

11.    Additional information:

None

FIDELITY

Issuer name:                              Paddy Power plc

Current ownership percentage:  10.02%

Total shares held:                       4,846,713

Issued voting right capital:          48,331,752

Shares Held	Nominee	Management Company
76,800	BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS	FPM
479,070	BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMN LTD LUX	FIL
27,120	BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO	FIJ
1,387,800	BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO	FMRCO
18,850	CIBC MELLON TRUST	FCL
110,200	CITIBANK LONDON	FPM
1,417,097	JP MORGAN CHASE BANK	FMRCO
139,400	JP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH	FIL
603,200	JP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH	FISL
83,700	JP MORGAN BOURNEMOUTH	FPM
189,500	MELLON BANK N.A.	FMRCO
16,400	NORTHERN TRUST CO	FTC
192,500	STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO	FMRCO
70,126	MORGAN STANLEY LONDON	FIL
35,450	NATIONAL ASTL BK MELBOURNE	FIL

FIL Limited (FIL) is the

parent holding company for various direct and

indirect subsidiaries, including Fidelity Fund

Management Limited (FFML), Fidelity Investment 

Services Limited (FISL), Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST),  

Fidelity Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited

(FIAKL), Fidelity Investments Management

(Hong Kong) Limited (FIMHK), Fidelity

Pension Management (FPM), Fidelity

Investments Japan (FIJ) and Fidelity 

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).

 

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