Wizz Air Holdings PLC Holding(s) in Company (5265Q)

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RNS Number : 5265Q

Wizz Air Holdings PLC

12 September 2017

Standard Form TR-1

Standard form for notification of major holdings

 
 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS 
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 1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares 
  to which voting rights are attached(ii) : Wizz Air Holdings plc 
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 1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with 
  an "X" if appropriate): Non-UK issuer 
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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) : 
 The Capital Group Companies,                  City and country of registered office (if 
  Inc. ("CGC")                                  applicable): Los Angeles, CA 90071, USA 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(v) : 
  N/A 
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 5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached(vi) : 
  18 August 2017 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified: 
  21 August 2017 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 
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 8. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: 
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                           % of voting         % of voting rights   Total of both   Total number 
                            rights attached     through financial    in % (9.A +     of voting rights 
                            to shares (total    instruments          9.B)            of issuer(vii) 
                            of 9.A)             (total of 9.B.1 
                                                + 9.B.2) 
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 Resulting situation 
  on the date 
  on which threshold 
  was crossed 
  or reached               5.3196%             0.0000%              5.3196%         72,479,671 
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 Position of 
  previous notification 
  (if applicable)            2.9954%             0.0000%              2.9954% 
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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) 
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                            Direct                 Indirect                Direct                       Indirect 
                      (Art 9 of Directive    (Art 10 of Directive    (Art 9 of Directive          (Art 10 of Directive 
                          2004/109/EC           2004/ 109 /EC)       2004/109/EC) (DTRS               2004 /109/EC) 
                          ) (DTRS 1)              (DTRS.2.1)                 1)                        (DTRS. 2 1) 
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    Ordinary 
    Shares 
    (JSIN:JE00BN57 
    4F90)                                      3,855 ,647                                     5.3196% 
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 SUBTOTAL A           3,855,647                                     5.3196% 
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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 Period(xi)    rights that may                         rights 
                                                                     be acquired if 
                                                                     the instrument 
                                                                     is exercised/converted. 
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                                            SUBTOTAL B.1 
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 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 or            Number of        % of voting 
  instrument          date(x)               Conversion              cash settlement(xii)   voting rights     rights 
                                            Period (xi) 
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 N/A 
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                                                                    SUBTOTAL B.2 
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 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.(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 rights      % of voting rights     Total of both if 
                                if it equals or         through financial      it equals or is 
                                is higher than the      instruments if it      higher than the 
                                notifiable threshold    equals or is higher    notifiable threshold 
                                                        than the notifiable 
                                                        threshold 
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 The Capital Group 
  Companies, Inc. 
  Holding by CG Management 
  Companies are set 
  out below                    5.3196%                 0.0000%                5.3196% 
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 Capital Guardian 
  Trust Company(1) 
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 Capital International 
  Sarl(1) 
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 Capital International, 
  Inc(1) 
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 Capital Research 
  and Management Company(2) 
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 (1) Indirect subsidiaries of Capital Research and Management Company. 
  (2) Subsidiary a/The Capital Group Companies, Inc. 
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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 Sari and Capital International K.K. The CG management 
  companies primarily serve as investment managers to institutional clients. 
  Neither CGC nor any of its affiliates own shares of Wizz Air Holdings 
  pie 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. 
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 Place of completion   Los Angeles, CA, USA 
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 Date of completion    21 August 2017 
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