DCC PLC Holding in Company TR-1 (6788Z)

TIDMDCC

RNS Number : 6788Z

DCC PLC

16 March 2017

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) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of 
  existing shares to which voting rights are attached(ii) 
  : 
  DCC plc 
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 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) : 
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 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation(iv) 
  : 
 Name:                                  City and country of registered 
  The Capital Group Companies,           office (if applicable): 
  Inc. ("CGC")                           Los Angeles, California 90071 U.S.A. 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(v) 
  : 
  See Box 10 
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 5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached(vi) 
  : 
  14 March 2017 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified: 
  15 March 2017 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Above 
  5% - Aggregate of voting rights from shares 
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 8. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification 
  obligation: 
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                     % of voting        % of voting       Total of       Total number 
                      rights attached    rights through    both in %      of voting 
                      to shares          financial         (9.A + 9.B)    rights of 
                      (total of          instruments                      issuer(vii) 
                      9.A)               (total of 
                                         9.B.1 + 9.B.2) 
------------------  -----------------  ----------------  -------------  ------------- 
 Resulting 
  situation 
  on the date 
  on which 
  threshold 
  was crossed 
  or reached             5.0588%            0.0000%         5.0588%      88,816,361 
------------------  -----------------  ----------------  -------------  ------------- 
 Position 
  of previous 
  notification 
  (if applicable)        4.0564%            0.0000%         4.0564% 
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 9. Notified details of the resulting situation on the 
  date on which the threshold was crossed or reached(viii) 
  : 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type              Number of voting rights(ix)        % of voting rights 
  of 
  shares 
  ISIN code 
  (if possible) 
---------------------- 
 
                               Direct           Indirect         Direct                  Indirect 
----------------------  ------------------  -------------  ----------------  ----------------------------- 
        Ordinary 
          Shares 
   (ISIN: IE0002424939)                       4,493,000                                 5.0588% 
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 SUBTOTAL 
  A                                           4,493,000                                 5.0588% 
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 B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation 17(1)(a) 
  of the Regulations 
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 Type of financial        Expiration         Exercise/      Number of voting               % of voting 
  instrument               date(x)            Conversion     rights that                    rights 
                                              Period(xi)     may be acquired 
                                                             if the instrument 
                                                             is exercised/converted. 
-----------------------  -----------------  -------------  -----------------------------  ---------------- 
 Not applicable 
-----------------------  -----------------  -------------  -----------------------------  ---------------- 
 
 
                                             SUBTOTAL B.1 
                                            -------------  -----------------------------  ---------------- 
 
 B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
  according to Regulation 17(1)(b) of the Regulations 
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 Type of                 Expiration          Exercise/      Physical          Number       % of voting 
  financial              date(x)             Conversion     or cash           of voting     rights 
  instrument                                 Period         settlement(xii)   rights 
                                             (xi) 
----------------------  ------------------  -------------  ----------------  -----------  ---------------- 
 Not applicable 
----------------------  ------------------  -------------  ----------------  -----------  ---------------- 
 
 
                                                            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 
  entity(xiv) : 
 Name(xv)                  % of voting                      % of voting       Total of both 
                            rights if it                    rights through     if it equals 
                            equals or is                    financial          or is higher 
                            higher than                     instruments        than the notifiable 
                            the notifiable                  if it equals       threshold 
                            threshold                       or is higher 
                                                            than the 
                                                            notifiable 
                                                            threshold 
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 The Capital 
  Group Companies, 
  Inc. 
  Holdings by 
  CG Management 
  company is set 
  out below:                           5.0588%                   0.0000%                 5.0588% 
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 Capital Research 
  and Management 
  Company(1)                           5.0588%                   0.0000%                 5.0588% 
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 EuroPacific 
  Growth Fund(2) 
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      1. Wholly-owned subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, 
       Inc. 
       2. Mutual fund managed by Capital Research and Management 
       Company. 
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 11. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] 
  will cease to hold [% and number] voting rights as of 
  [date] 
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 12. Additional information(xvi) : 
  CGC is the parent company of Capital Research and Management 
  Company ("CRMC"). CRMC is a U.S.-based investment management 
  company that manages the American Funds family of mutual 
  funds. CRMC manages equity assets for various investment 
  companies through three divisions, Capital Research 
  Global Investors, Capital International Investors and 
  Capital World Investors. CRMC in turn is the parent 
  company of Capital Group International, Inc. ("CGII"), 
  which in turn is the parent company of five investment 
  management companies ("CGII management companies"): 
  Capital Guardian Trust Company, Capital International, 
  Inc., Capital International Limited, Capital International 
  Sàrl and Capital International K.K. The CGII management 
  companies primarily serve as investment managers to 
  institutional clients. 
 
  Neither CGC nor any of its affiliates own shares of 
  your company for its own account. Rather, the shares 
  reported on this Notification are owned by accounts 
  under the discretionary investment management of one 
  or more of the investment management companies described 
  above. 
 

  EuroPacific Growth Fund ("EUPAC") is a mutual fund registered 
  in the United States under the Investment Company Act 
  of 1940. EUPAC is the legal owner of 4,235,000 shares 
  (4.7683% of outstanding shares). 
 
  EUPAC has granted proxy voting authority to CRMC, its 
  investment adviser. 
 
  Please note that EUPAC submitted a separate disclosure 
  disclosing holdings as of 8 March 2017. 
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Done at Los Angeles, California on 15 March 2017

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