Notification of Major Holdings

RNS Number : 7597N
Bank of Ireland Group PLC
02 February 2021
 

Standard Form TR-1

S tandard 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 of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Bank of Ireland Group 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

[] An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

[ ] Other (please specify):

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation:

Name:

Marathon Asset Management LLP

City and country of registered office (if applicable):

London, UK

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

See attached breakdown

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached:

29th January 2021

6. Date on which issuer notified:

1st February 2021

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

3%

8. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:


% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 9.A)

% of voting rights through financial instruments
(total of 9.B.1 + 9.B.2)

Total of both in % (9.A + 9.B)

Total number of voting rights of issuer

Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached

2.99

0

2.99

1,078,822,872

Position of previous notification (if applicable)

3.02

0

3.02


 

9. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of
shares

ISIN code (if possible)

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

 

Direct

 

 

Indirect

 

 

Direct

 

 

Indirect

 

Ordinary Shares IE00BD1RP616


32,209,305


2.99

SUBTOTAL A


32,209,305


2.99


B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation 17(1)(a) of the 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

None







SUBTOTAL B.1




B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Regulation 17(1)(b) of the Regulations

Type of financial instrument

Expiration
date

Exercise/
Conversion Period

Physical or cash settlement

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

None









SUBTOTAL B.2



 

10. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please tick the applicable box):

 

[X] Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer.

 

[] Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity:

Name

% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold






11. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [% and number] voting rights as of [date]

 


12. Additional information:

Breakdown of Holdings:

 

Custodian

Nominal

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

263,793

Bank of New York Mellon

6,965,577

BNP Paribas

23,830

Brown Brothers Harriman

1,610,314

JP Morgan Chase

811,557

Northern Trust

14,183,863

State Street Bank & Trust Company

11,175,518

Total

35,034,452

 

The shares referred to in this disclosure correspond to a number of funds and accounts managed by portfolio managers under the control of Marathon Asset Management LLP.  The provided breakdown of holdings refer to the total number of shares in the issuer controlled by Marathon Asset Management LLP but the firm only has authority to vote in connection with 32,209,305 shares.

 

Done at Dublin on 2 February 2021

Contact: Sarah McLaughlin, Group Secretary

Telephone: +353 (0) 76 624 8577  

 

 

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