Ryanair Holdings PLC Standard Form TR-1 (7785N)

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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) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of 
  existing shares to which voting rights are attached(ii) 
  : 
  Ryanair Holdings 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.                                   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) 
  : 
  29 January 2016 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified: 
  01 February 2016 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Below 
  13% - 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         12.972%                              12.972%        1,319,320,802 
------------------  -----------------  ----------------  -------------  -------------- 
 Position 
  of previous 
  notification 
  (if applicable)    13.198%                              13.198% 
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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 
    (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 
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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. 
-------------------  ---------------------  --------------  --------------------------------  ---------------- 
 
 
 
                         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 financial     Expiration            Exercise/       Physical             Number       % of voting 
  instrument            date(x)              Conversion      or cash              of voting     rights 
                                             Period          settlement(xii)      rights 
                                             (xi) 
--------------------  --------------------  --------------  -------------------  -----------  ---------------- 
 
 
 
                                                             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              rights through           if it equals 
                            it equals              financial instruments    or is higher 
                            or is higher           if it equals             than the notifiable 
                            than the notifiable    or is higher             threshold 
                            threshold              than the notifiable 
                                                   threshold 
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 The Capital Group 
  Companies, Inc. 
  Holdings by CG 
  Management companies 
  are set out below:              12.971%                                         12.971% 
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 Capital Research 
  and Management 
  Company(1)                     12.817%                                         12.817% 
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 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 Company(2) 
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 Capital International, 
  Inc.(2) 
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 Capital International 
  Limited(2) 
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 Capital International 
  Sárl(2) 
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 Capital International 
  K.K.(2) 
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      1. Wholly Owned subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, 
       Inc. 
       2. Wholly owned indirect subsidiaries of 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) : 
  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). 
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Done at Los Angeles, California on 1 February 2016

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