Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company

20 February 2019

Pursuant to its obligations under the Transparency (Directive 2004/109/EC) Regulations 2007 (“The Regulations”), Irish Continental Group plc sets out below details of a notification received under The Regulations.

Tom Corcoran
Company Secretary

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)i
 
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedii:

Irish Continental Group
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)iii:
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv:
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.)v:

See attached breakdown
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi:

19th February 2019
6. Date on which issuer notified:

20th February 2019
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

6%
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 issuervii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached6.1206.12190,264,390
Position of previous notification (if applicable)5.9905.99 



9. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of
shares

ISIN code (if possible)
Number of voting rightsix% of voting rights
 

Direct

 
 

Indirect

 
 

Direct

 
 

Indirect

 
Ordinary Shares (IE00BLP58571) 11,647,052 6.12
SUBTOTAL A 11,647,052 6.12
 
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation 17(1)(a) of the Regulations 
Type of financial instrumentExpiration
date
x
Exercise/
Conversion Period
xi
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 instrumentExpiration
date
x
Exercise/
Conversion Period
xi
Physical or cash settlementxiiNumber 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):

[ ] 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.xiii

[X] 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
xiv:

Namexv

% 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

William Arah

Jeremy Hosking

Neil Ostrer

Marathon Asset Management LLP

6.12

0

6.12

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

12. Additional informationxvi:

Breakdown of Holdings:

CustodianNominal
Bank of New York Mellon2,620,321
Brown Brothers Harriman9,758
JP Morgan Chase547,200
Northern Trust6,623,743
Royal Bank of Canada11,433
State Street Bank & Trust Company, Boston7,171,845
Total16,984,300

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 Irish Continental Group controlled by Marathon Asset Management LLP but the firm only has authority to vote in connection with 11,647,052 shares.

Done at London on 20th February 2019.

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