Irish Continental Irish Continental Group Plc : Holding(s) In Company

 
TIDMICGC 
 
 
   8 August 2016 
 
   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) 
 
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 
 [X] An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments 
 [ ] An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
 [ ] Other (please specify): 
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation: 
                                                                                            City and country of registered office (if applicable): 
Name:                                                                                        c/o Wellington Management Company LLP, 280 Congress 
 Wellington Management Group LLP                                                             Street, Boston, MA 02210 USA 
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 
 3.): 
 BONY (Nominees) Ltd. 
 Brown Brothers Harriman 
 Citibank NA 
 State Street Nominees Limited 
 FMTC-Delphi Salaried Ret Savings Program/Wellington 
 Mgmt 
 Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees) Ltd. 
 Chase Nominees Ltd. 
 ROY Nominees Limited 
 Nortrust Nominees Limited 
 USBK William Blair Wellington 
 BNY Custodial Nominees (Ireland) Ltd. 
 
  5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached: 
  04 Aug 2016 
6. Date on which issuer notified: 
 08 Aug 2016 
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 
 12% 
8. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification 
 obligation: 
                                                     % of voting rights attached to shares  % of voting rights through financial instruments                   Total of both in % 
                                                                 (total of 9.A)                         (total of 9.B.1 + 9.B.2)                                   (9.A + 9.B)                       Total number of voting rights of issuer 
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold 
 was crossed or reached                                                             11.94%                                             0.11%                                                 12.06%                                                                         188,250,890 
Position of previous notification (if applicable)                                   11.04%                                             0.12%                                                 11.16% 
 
9. Notified details of the resulting situation on 
 the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached: 
A) Voting rights attached to shares 
Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)                                                                                                                                Number of voting rights                                                                  % of voting rights 
                                                                    Direct                                                                 Indirect                                                                            Direct                                          Indirect 
IE00BLP58571 Units                                                                                                                                                                       22,485,916                                                                              11.94% 
 
SUBTOTAL A                                                                                                             22,485,916                                                                                                          11.94% 
 
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation 
 17(1)(a) of the Regulations 
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the 
Type of financial instrument                                               Expiration date                       Exercise/ Conversion Period                                                                                  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 date                       Exercise/ Conversion Period                            Physical or cash settlement                                     Number of voting rights      % of voting rights 
                                                                                                                                                                                                     164,669 Equity Swap shares or 164,669 votes on a converted 
Equity Swap                                                                    15 May 2017                        17 Jul 2015 to 15 May 2017                                                   Cash                                                       basis                   0.09% 
                                                                                                                                                                                                       19,224 Equity Swap shares or 19,224 votes on a converted 
Equity Swap                                                                    15 May 2017                        13 Aug 2015 to 15 May 2017                                                   Cash                                                       basis                   0.01% 
                                                                                                                                                                                                       26,708 Equity Swap shares or 26,708 votes on a converted 
Equity Swap                                                                    15 May 2017                        22 Feb 2016 to 15 May 2017                                                   Cash                                                       basis                   0.01% 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                       SUBTOTAL B.2                           210,601                                             0.11% 
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. 
[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: 
                                                                        % of voting rights if it equals or is higher than                      % of voting rights through financial instruments if              Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable 
                       Name                                                          the notifiable threshold                                  it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold                                       threshold 
Wellington Management Group LLP                                                                                                       11.94%                                                                                                                                     12.06% 
Wellington Group Holdings LLP                                                                                                         11.94%                                                                                                                                     12.06% 
Wellington Investment Advisors Holdings LLP                                                                                           11.94%                                                                                                                                     12.06% 
Wellington Management Company LLP                                                                                                     11.86%                                                                                                                                     11.97% 
 
Wellington Management Group LLP                                                                                                       11.94%                                                                                                                                     12.06% 
Wellington Group Holdings LLP                                                                                                         11.94%                                                                                                                                     12.06% 

Wellington Investment Advisors Holdings LLP                                                                                           11.94%                                                                                                                                     12.06% 
Wellington Management Global Holdings, Ltd. 
Wellington Management International Ltd 
 
 
11. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] 
 will cease to hold [% and number] voting rights as 
 of [date]. 
 
12. Additional information: 
 
Done at [place] on [date] . 
 
 
 
   This announcement is distributed by NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions on 
behalf of NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions clients. 
 
   The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely 
responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information 
contained therein. 
 
   Source: Irish Continental Group plc via Globenewswire 
 
   HUG#2033910 
 
 
  http://www.icg.ie/ 
 

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