Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6223Q

Paddy Power plc

15 April 2009

 



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 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

[X]    other: disaggregation of holdings of FMR LLC and FIL Limited 

3.  Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: FMR LLC 

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: N/A

6.    Date on which issuer notified: 14 April 2009

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

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
			Indirect	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
IE0002588105	N/A	N/A	4,109,347		4,109,347		8.64
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)	N/A	N/A	4,109,347	4,109,347		8.64

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
	4,109,347	8.64

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: N/A

11.    Additional information:

Previous notifications were made in the joint names of FIL Limited and FMR LLC. Henceforth, the holdings of these companies will be notified to you separately as allowed by the Transparency Directive (Directive 2004/109/EC). This notification is as a result of the disaggregation of the holdings of FIL Limited and FMR LLC and not as a result of any market transaction.

FIDELITY

Issuer name:     Paddy Power plc

Current ownership percentage:  8.64%

Total shares held:     4,109,347

Issued voting right capital:     47,548,377

Shares Held	Nominee	Management Company
1,541,800	BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO	FMRCO
4,100	BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO	PTC
20,650	CIBC MELLON TRUST	FCL
1,900,097	JP MORGAN CHASE BANK	FMRCO
68,400	MELLON BANK N.A.	FMRCO
31,300	NORTHERN TRUST CO	PTC
203,200	STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO	FMRCO
3,800	STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO	FMTC
112,900	STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO	PTC
32,500	MELLON BANK NA (C)	PTC
186,900	NORTHERN TRUST CO (C)	PTC
3,700	CREDIT SUISSE SECS (USA) LLC	PTC

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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