Bank of Ireland Group PLC Notification of Major Holdings (7409D)

TIDMBIRG TIDMPRU

RNS Number : 7409D

Bank of Ireland Group PLC

11 October 2018

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)

 
 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares 
  to which voting rights are attached: 
  Bank of Ireland Group 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 
  [] An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
  [] Other (please specify): 
  Please See Additional Information 
 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation: 
 Name:                             City and country of registered office (if applicable): 
 Prudential plc group of            London, England 
 companies 
                                  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): 
 5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached: 
  09 October 2018 
 6. Date on which issuer notified: 
  10 October 2018 
 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 
  3% 
 8. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: 
                                   % of voting rights    % of voting rights                        Total number 
                                   attached to shares     through financial     Total of both       of voting rights 
                                   (total of 9.A)         instruments           in % (9.A + 9.B)    of issuer 
                                                          (total of 9.B.1 
                                                          + 9.B.2) 
                                  --------------------  -------------------  -------------------  ------------------ 
 Resulting situation 
  on the date on 
  which threshold 
  was crossed or 
  reached                                        3.11%                  N/A                3.11%       1,078,822,872 
                                  --------------------  -------------------  -------------------  ------------------ 
 Position of previous 
  notification (if 
  applicable)                                    2.95%                  N/A                2.95% 
                                  --------------------  -------------------  -------------------  ------------------ 
 
 
 
 9. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the 
  threshold was crossed or reached: 
 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
 Class/type of           Number of voting rights         % of voting rights 
  shares 
  ISIN code (if 
  possible) 
                        ------------------------------  ------------------------- 
 
                           Direct         Indirect         Direct      Indirect 
                        -----------                     ----------  ------------- 
ORD EUR1 
 IE00BD1RP616                               33,580,388                      3.11% 
                        -----------  -----------------  ----------  ------------- 
 
 
 SUBTOTAL A                                 33,580,388                      3.11% 
                        ------------------------------  ------------------------- 
 
 
 B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation 17(1)(a) of the Regulations 
                                                               Number of voting 
   Type of financial     Expiration     Exercise/ Conversion   rights that may 
   instrument            date           Period                 be acquired if the                   % of voting rights 
                                                               instrument is 
                                                               exercised/converted. 
                      -------------  -----------------------  ---------------------------------  --------------------- 
 
 
 
                                      SUBTOTAL B.1 
                                     -----------------------  ---------------------------------  --------------------- 
 
 
 B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Regulation 
  17(1)(b) of the Regulations 
 Type of financial   Expiration   Exercise/ Conversion   Physical or        Number of 
  instrument          date         Period                 cash settlement    voting rights     % of voting rights 
                    -----------  ---------------------  -----------------  ---------------  --------------------- 
 
 
 
                                                         SUBTOTAL B.2 
                                                        -----------------  ---------------  --------------------- 
 
 
 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. 
 
  [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: 
                                                            % of voting rights 
   Name                                % of voting rights    through financial        Total of both 
                                       if it equals or       instruments if           if it equals or 
                                       is higher than        it equals or is          is higher than 
                                       the notifiable        higher than the          the notifiable 
                                       threshold             notifiable threshold     threshold 
                                    ---------------------  ----------------------  ------------------ 
Prudential plc (parent Company)      3.11%                  0.00%                   3.11% 
                                    ---------------------  ----------------------  ------------------ 
M&G Group Limited (wholly 
 owned subsidiary of Prudential 
 plc)                                3.10%                  0.00%                   3.10% 
                                    ---------------------  ----------------------  ------------------ 
M&G Limited (wholly owned 
 subsidiary of M&G Group Limited)    3.10%                  0.00%                   3.10% 
                                    ---------------------  ----------------------  ------------------ 
M&G Investment Management 
 Limited (wholly owned subsidiary 
 of M&G Limited)                     3.10%                  0.00%                   3.10% 
                                    ---------------------  ----------------------  ------------------ 
 
 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: 
 

Done at Dublin on 11 October 2018

Contact: Helen Nolan, Group Secretary

Telephone: [phone]

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