Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5213Z
Paddy Power plc
14 January 2011
 



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:

            Ameriprise Financial Inc

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

            Columbia Wanger Asset Management LLC

            &

            Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC

            &        

            Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd

5.         Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

13/01/2011

6.         Date on which issuer notified:

14/01/2011

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

5%

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

No 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

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

IE0002588105

1,993,061

1,993,061

0

0

2,461,306


5.104%









SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)

1,993,061

1,993,061

0

2,461,306

5.104%

 

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


2,461,306

5.104%

 

9.         Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC, Columbia Wanger Asset Management LLC, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

 

Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC - 76,993 Shares

Columbia Wanger Asset Management LLC - 511,107 Shares

Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd - 1,873,206 Shares

 

10.       In case of proxy voting: [name of proxy holder] will cease to hold [number] noting rights as of [date].

 

11.       Additional information:

Done at Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, Holbrook House, Station Road, Swindon SN1 1HH on 14/01/2011

 

 


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