Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3915L
Paddy Power plc
09 August 2013
 



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:

BlackRock, Inc.

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:

31st July 2013

6.         Date on which issuer notified:

02nd August 2013

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

Holding has below above 6%

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

2,951,644

2,951,644

N/A

N/A

2,924,150

N/A

5.95%









SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)




2,924,150

5.95%

 

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

2,951,644

2,924,150

5.95%

 

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

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 2,924,150 (5.95%)

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

11.       Additional information:

Done at 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K. on 02nd August 2013.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annex to the standard form TR-1 

 

a)         Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation:

Full name (including legal form for legal entities)

BlackRock, Inc.

Contact address (registered office for legal entities)

BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team

Phone number

+44 20 7743 3334 emeadisclosures@blackrock.com

Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

Duncan Murray

b)         Identity of the notifier, if applicable:

Full name

BlackRock, Inc.


Contact address

c/o 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K.


Phone number

+44 20 7743 3334


Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)



c)         Additional information

 

 


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