Irish Continental Group plc : Holding(s) in Com...

Irish Continental Group plc : Holding(s) in Company

21 May 2015

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
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: Irish Continental 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 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: Bank of Montreal (previously disclosed as F&C Management Limited (part of BMO Financial Group))
4.         Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): n/a
5.         Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: 19 May 2015
6.         Date on which issuer notified: 21 May 2015
7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 4%
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
IE00BLP58571  Units 7,310,438 7,310,438 7,537,984 - 7,537,984 - 4.06%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights) 7,310,438 7,310,438 7,537,984 7,537,984 4.06%

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) 0 0.00%

Total (A+B)number of voting rights% of voting rights
  7,537,9844.06%

9.         Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:  Voting rights are held by F&C Management Limited (an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank of Montreal) as discretionary investment manager for its underlying clients.
10.       In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [number] voting rights as of [date]. - n/a
11.       Additional information: Calculation based on Total Voting Rights of 185,781,890 (as at 31st March 2015)

Done at Edinburgh, Scotland, UK on 20 May 2015.



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) Irish Continental Group PLC
Contact address (registered office for legal entities) Ferry Port, Alexandra Road, Dublin 1, Ireland
Phone number Tel:+353 1 607 5700
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons): tom.corcoran@icg.ie Company Secretary
derek.tighe@icg.ie Group Financial Accountant
investorrelations@icg.ie
Also: tr1shareholder@corporatefinance-cbi.ie

 

b)         Identity of the notifier, if applicable:

Full name F&C Management Limited, (an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank of Montreal)
Contact address 80 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3BU, Scotland, UK
Phone number Mike Bassi +44 131 718 1093
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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