Ryanair Holdings PLC Standard Form TR-1 (8770L)

TIDMRYA

RNS Number : 8770L

Ryanair Holdings PLC

06 October 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 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) 
  : 
  04 October 2016 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified: 
  05 October 2016 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Above 
  14% - 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              14.03%             0.00%           14.03%      1,254,248,074 
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 Position 
  of previous 
  notification 
  (if applicable)         13.49%             0.00%           13.49% 
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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 of            Number of voting                    % of voting rights 
  shares                   rights(ix) 
  ISIN code (if 
  possible) 
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                                 Direct           Indirect           Direct                    Indirect 
----------------------   -------------------  -------------  --------------------  ----------------------------- 
    Ordinary Shares 
  (ISIN: IE00BYTBXV33)                           776,001                                       0.06% 
-----------------------  -------------------  -------------  --------------------  ----------------------------- 
          ADRs 
  (ISIN: US7835132033)                         175,180,175                                     13.97% 
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 SUBTOTAL A                                    175,956,176                                     14.03% 
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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 
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                       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) 
-----------------------  ------------------  --------------  --------------------  -----------  ---------------- 
 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 instruments    or is higher 
                            higher than       if it equals             than the notifiable 
                            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 set 
  out below:                    14.03%                0.00%                   14.03% 
------------------------  ----------------  -----------------------  --------------------- 
 Capital Research 
  and Management 
  Company(1)                    13.58%                0.00%                   13.58% 
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 EuroPacific                 See box 12 
  Growth Fund(3) 
  (Direct shareholding 
  that does not 
  exercise its 
  own voting shares. 
  Voting shares 
  are exercised 
  by CRMC) 
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 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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      1. Wholly owned subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, 
       Inc. 
       2. Wholly owned indirect subsidiaries of Capital Research 
       and Management Company. 
       3. 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) : 
 
  The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("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 10,729,994 ADRs 
  (4.28% of the outstanding shares) and it has granted 
  proxy voting authority to its investment adviser CRMC. 
  EUPAC has made a separate notification disclosing its 
  holdings as of 21 September 2016. 
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Done at Los Angeles, California on 05 October 2016

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