Holding(s) in Company (5888J)

TIDMIPM

RNS Number : 5888J

Irish Life & Permanent Grp HldgsPLC

01 July 2011

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

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached

Irish Life & Permanent Group Holdings plc.

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

[ ] Other

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company ("MassMutual") on behalf of its subsidiary OpenheimerFunds, Inc. ("OFI")

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)

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

29 June 2011

6. Date on which issuer notified;

30 June 2011

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

Fell below 3% (in aggregate)

8. Notified details:

 
 A) Voting rights attached to shares 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Class/type 
  of shares 
  (if possible   Situation previous 
  using the       to the Triggering    Resulting situation after the triggering 
  ISIN CODE)      transaction           transaction 
--------------  --------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                 Number   Number 
                 of        of Voting   Number           Number of voting                % of voting 
                 Shares    rights       of shares        rights                          rights 
--------------  -------  -----------  ---------------  ------------------------------  ------------------ 
                                       Direct           Direct               Indirect   Direct   Indirect 
--------------  -------  -----------  ---------------  -------------------  ---------  -------  --------- 
                 3.31%    3.31%             2,600,008            2,600,008              0.95% 
--------------  -------  -----------  ---------------  -------------------  ---------  -------  --------- 
 SUBTOTAL A 
  (based on 
  aggregate 
  voting 
  rights)        3.31%    3.31%          2,600,008               2,600,008                       0.95% 
--------------  -------  -----------  ---------------  ------------------------------  ------------------ 
 
 
 B) Financial Instruments 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Type of      Expiration   Exercise/Conversion   Number of voting      % of voting 
 financial     Date         Period/ Date         rights that may be     rights 
 instrument                                      acquired if the 
                                                 instrument is 
                                                 exercised/converted 
-----------  -----------  --------------------  --------------------  ------------ 
 
 
                           SUBTOTAL B 
                            (in relation 
                            to all expiration 
                            dates) 
                          --------------------  --------------------  ------------ 
 
 
               number of voting 
 Total (A+B)    rights            % of voting rights 
------------  -----------------  ------------------- 
 2,600,008     2,600,008          0.95% 
------------  -----------------  ------------------- 
 

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

MassMutual is the parent company of several subsidiaries, including for purposes of this matter, MassMutual Holdings LLC, Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp., and OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

MassMutual Holdings LLC is a holding company for certain MassMutual subsidiaries, including Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp., who is the holding company for OppenheimerFunds Inc.

OppenheimerFunds, Inc. is an investment manager that independently exercise its respective voting powers on behalf of the clients and investment funds whose assets they are managing.

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

11. Additional information:

Done at New York, NY, USA (trades placed by OppenheimerFunds, Inc.).

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