Notification of Major Holdings

RNS Number : 8603O

Bank of Ireland Group PLC

03 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. Identityoftheissuer 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.) v :
5. Dateonwhichthe thresholdwascrossed orreached vi : 29/05/2020
6.Dateonwhichissuer notified: 02/06/2020
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	3.85 %		0.01 %	3.86 %	1,078,822,872
Position ofpreviousnotification(ifapplicable)	2.88 %		0.14 %	3.02 %

9. Notified details of theresultingsituationonthedateonwhichthethresholdwascrossedorreached:
A: Voting rightsattached toshares
Class/typeof shares ISIN code (if possible)	Numberofvotingrights		%ofvotingrights
	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
IE00BD1RP616	41,583,725		3.85%
SUBTOTAL A	41,583,725		3.85%

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.	%ofvotingrights
Shares on Loan (Right to Recall)		At any time	100,000	0.01%
		SUBTOTAL B.1	100,000	0.01%

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 3 June 2020

Contact: Sarah McLaughlin, Group Secretary

Telephone: [phone]

 

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