Standard Form TR-1

RNS Number : 7785N

Ryanair Holdings PLC

02 February 2016

 

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: Ryanair Holdings 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 [ ] An event changing the breakdown of voting rights [ ] Other (please specify)iii:
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv :
Name: The Capital Group Companies, Inc.		City and country of registered office (if applicable): Los Angeles, California 90071 U.S.A.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v: See Box 10
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi: 29 January 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified: 01 February 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:  Below 13%  - Aggregate of voting rights from shares
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 reached	12.972%		12.972%	1,319,320,802
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	13.198%		13.198%

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 (IE00BYTBXV33)				700,527				0.053%
ADRs (US7835123033)				170,434,560				12.918%
SUBTOTAL A				171,135,087				12.971%
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation 17(1)(a) of the Regulations
Type of financial instrument	Expiration datex		Exercise/ Conversion Periodxi			Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.			% of voting rights
			SUBTOTAL B.1
B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Regulation 17(1)(b) of the Regulations
Type of financial instrument		Expiration datex	Exercise/ Conversion Period xi		Physical or cash settlementxii		Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
					SUBTOTAL B.2

10. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation [ ] 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 entityxiv:
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
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. Holdings by CG Management companies are set out below:	12.971%		12.971%
Capital Research and Management Company1	12.817%		12.817%
EuroPacific Growth Fund (Direct shareholding that does not exercise its own voting shares. Proxy voting has been delegated to Capital Research and Management Company
Capital Guardian Trust Company2
Capital International, Inc.2
Capital International Limited2
Capital International Sárl2
Capital International K.K.2
1.        Wholly Owned subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, Inc. 2.        Wholly owned indirect subsidiaries of Capital Research and Management Company
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: Please note that EuroPacific Growth Fund, a fund managed by Capital Research and Management Company has a direct holding of 52,756,495 shares (3.999% of the outstanding shares).

Done at Los Angeles, California on 1 February 2016

 

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