Irish Continental Holding(s) In Company

 
TIDMICGC 
 
 
   2 October 2019 
 
   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)(i) 
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares 
 to which voting rights are attached(ii) : 
 Irish Continental Group 
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2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
 [ ] An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 
 [ ] An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments 
 [ X ] 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 office (if applicable): 
 Marathon Asset Management LLP    London, UK 
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(v) : 
 See attached breakdown 
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5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached(vi) : 
 1 October 2019 
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6. Date on which issuer notified: 
 2 October 2019 
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 
 7% 
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8. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: 
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                                                      % of voting rights 
                                                       through financial 
                                 % of voting rights       instruments                          Total number 
                                 attached to shares     (total of 9.B.1     Total of both     of voting rights 
                                 (total of 9.A)            + 9.B.2)        in % (9.A + 9.B)    of issuer(vii) 
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Resulting situation 
 on the date on 
 which threshold 
 was crossed or 
 reached                                        7.56                   0               7.56        189,764,390 
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Position of previous 
 notification (if 
 applicable)                                    6.12                   0               6.12 
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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 
 shares 
 ISIN code (if 
 possible)          Number of voting rights(ix)            % of voting rights 
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                        Direct             Indirect                       Direct                                    Indirect 
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Ordinary Shares 
 (IE00BLP58571)                                14,343,681                                                                                  7.56 
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SUBTOTAL A                                     14,343,681                                                                                  7.56 
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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 rights 
 instrument           date(x)      Conversion Period(xi)    rights that may 
                                                            be acquired if the 
                                                            instrument is exercised/converted. 
-------------------  -----------  -----------------------  -----------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------- 
None 
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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 cash                     Number of       % of voting rights 
 instrument          date(x)      Conversion               settlement(xii)                      voting rights 
                                  Period (xi) 
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None 
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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): 
 
   [ X ] 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) 
 
   [] 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 if it equals or is higher than the notifiable 
threshold 
 
   % of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is 
higher than the notifiable threshold 
 
   Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold 
 
   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(xvi) : 
 
   Breakdown of Holdings: 
 
 
 
 
Custodian                             Nominal 
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Bank of New York Mellon               2,752,678 
Brown Brothers Harriman                   9,306 
BNP Paribas                              10,718 
JP Morgan Chase                         396,632 
Northern Trust                        6,328,737 
Royal Bank of Canada                     11,433 
State Street Bank & Trust Company, 
 Boston                               6,159,313 
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Total                                15,668,817 
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   The shares referred to in this disclosure correspond to a number of 
funds and accounts managed by portfolio managers under the control of 
Marathon Asset Management LLP.  The provided breakdown of holdings refer 
to the total number of shares in Irish Continental Group controlled by 
Marathon Asset Management LLP but the firm only has authority to vote in 
connection with 14,343,681 shares. 
 
 
 
 
 
   Done at London on 2(nd) October 2019. 
 
 
 
 

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