Ryanair Holdings PLC STANDARD FORM TR-1 (3543H)

TIDMRYA TIDMHSBA

RNS Number : 3543H

Ryanair Holdings PLC

30 November 2015

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[i]

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached [ii]: RyanAir Holdings

   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[iii]: 

HSBC Holdings plc

   4.         Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)[iv]: 

HSBC Bank plc

HSBC Global Asset Management (France)

HSBC Global Asset Management (International) Limited

HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited

HSBC Investment Management

HSBC Trust Company (UK) Limited

INKA Internationale Kapitalanlagegesellschft mbH, Dusseldorf

   5.         Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached[v]: 

25(th) November 2015

   6.         Date on which issuer notified; 

27(th) November 2015

   7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 

Below 5%

   8.         Notified details: 
 
 A) Voting rights attached to shares 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Class/type         Situation previous               Resulting situation after the triggering 
  of shares          to the Triggering                transaction[vii] 
  (if possible       transaction [vi] 
  using the 
  ISIN CODE) 
-----------------  -------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------ 
                    Number            Number         Number          Number of voting               % of voting 
                    of Shares[viii]    of Voting      of shares[x]    rights[xi]                     rights 
                                       rights[ix] 
-----------------  ----------------  -------------  --------------  -----------------------------  ------------------- 
                                                     Direct          Direct[xii]   Indirect[xiii]   Direct    Indirect 
-----------------  ----------------  -------------  --------------  ------------  ---------------  --------  --------- 
 
                                                          Below          Below       Below            Below     Below 
    IE00B1GKF381       79,520,004       79,520,004         5%             5%         5%                5%         5% 
-----------------  ----------------  -------------  --------------  ------------  ---------------  --------  --------- 
 
 SUBTOTAL A 
  (based on                                                                     Below 5%                  Below 5% 
  aggregate 
  voting rights) 
-----------------  ----------------  -------------  --------------  -----------------------------  ------------------- 
 
 
 B) Financial Instruments 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[xiv] 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Type of financial   Expiration   Exercise/Conversion   Number of voting          % of voting 
  instrument          Date[xv]     Period/ Date[xvi]     rights that               rights 
                                                         may be acquired 
                                                         if the instrument 
                                                         is exercised/converted 
------------------  -----------  --------------------  ------------------------  ------------ 
 
 
                                  SUBTOTAL B 
                                   (in relation 
                                   to all expiration 
                                   dates) 
                                 --------------------  ------------------------  ------------ 
 
 
 Total (A+B)   number of voting   % of voting 
                rights             rights 
------------  -----------------  ------------ 
 
                    Below 5%        Below 5% 
------------  -----------------  ------------ 
 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable[xvii]:

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

   11.       Additional information: 

Done at London on 27(th) November 2015.

Notes to Form TR-1

[i] This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to be filed with the competent authority.

[ii] Either the full name of the legal entity or another method for identifying the issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and accurate.

[iii] This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the natural person or legal entity acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in the cases provided for in Article 10 (b) to (h) of Directive 2004/109/EC; (c) all the parties to the agreement referred to in Article 10 (a) of that Directive, or (d) the holder of financial instruments entitled to acquire shares already issued to which voting rights are attached, as appropriate.

In relation to the transactions referred to in points (b) to (h) of Article 10 of that Directive, the following list is provided as indication of the persons who should be mentioned:

- in the circumstances foreseen in letter (b) of Article 10 of that Directive, the natural person or legal entity that acquires the voting rights and is entitled to exercise them under the agreement and the natural person or legal entity who is transferring temporarily for consideration the voting rights;

- in the circumstances foreseen in letter (c) of Article 10 of that Directive, the natural person or legal entity holding the collateral, provided the person or entity controls the voting rights and declares its intention of exercising them, and natural person or legal entity lodging the collateral under these conditions;

- in the circumstances foreseen in letter (d) of Article 10 of that Directive, the natural person or legal entity who has a life interest in shares if that person or entity is entitled to exercise the voting rights attached to the shares and the natural person or legal entity who is disposing of the voting rights when the life interest is created;

- in the circumstances foreseen in letter (e) of Article 10 of that Directive, the controlling natural person or legal entity and, provided it has a notification duty at an individual level under Article 9, under letters (a) to (d) of Article 10 of that Directive or under a combination of any of those situations, the controlled undertaking;

- in the circumstances foreseen in letter (f) of Article 10 of that Directive, the deposit taker of the shares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached to the shares deposited with him at his discretion, and the depositor of the shares allowing the deposit taker to exercise the voting rights at his discretion;

- in the circumstances foreseen in letter (g) of Article 10 of that Directive, the natural person or legal entity that controls the voting rights;

- in the circumstances foreseen in letter (h) of Article 10 of that Directive, the proxy holder, if he can exercise the voting rights at his discretion, and the shareholder who has given his proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latter to exercise the voting rights at his discretion.

[iv] Applicable in the cases provided for in Article 10 (b) to (h) of Directive 2004/109/EC. This should be the full name of the shareholder who is the counterparty to the natural person or legal entity referred to in Article 10 of that Directive unless the holdings of the shareholder would be lower than 3% of the total number of voting rights.

[v] The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case of an on exchange transaction, the date on which the matching of orders occurs; in the case of an off exchange transaction, date of the entering into an agreement.

The date on which threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which the acquisition, disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes effect. For passive crossings, the date when the corporate event took effect.

[vi] Please refer to the situation disclosed in the previous notification. In case the situation previous to the triggering transaction was below 3%, please state "below 3%".

[vii] If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new holding is below 3%.

For the case provided for in Article 10(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC, there should be no disclosure of individual holdings per party to the agreement unless a party individually crosses or reaches an Article 9 threshold. This applies upon entering into, introducing changes to or terminating an agreement.

   [viii]             To be used in Member States where applicable. 
   [ix]              Direct and indirect. 
   [x]               To be used in Member States where applicable. 

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