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Holding(s) in Company

5th Feb 2016 16:00

RNS Number : 2868O
Paddy Power Betfair plc
05 February 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

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

Paddy Power Betfair Plc

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

[ ] An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

[X ] Other (please specify)iii: Merger of Paddy Power Plc and Betfair Group Plc as at 02 February 2016

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv :

Name:

Marathon Asset Management LLP

City and country of registered office (if applicable):

London, UK

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

See attached breakdown

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi:

02 February 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

05 February 2016

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

3%

8. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 9.A)

% of voting rights through financial instruments(total of 9.B.1 + 9.B.2)

Total of both in % (9.A + 9.B)

Total number of voting rights of issuervii

Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached

4.33

0

4.33

83,699,321

Position of previous notification (if applicable)

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

9. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type ofshares

ISIN code (if possible)

Number of voting rightsix

% of voting rights

 

Direct

 

 

Indirect

 

 

Direct

 

 

Indirect

 

Ordinary shares (IE00BWT6H894)

3,627,299

3,051,177

4.33

3.64

SUBTOTAL A

3,051,177

3.64

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation 17(1)(a) of the Regulations

Type of financial instrument

Expirationdatex

Exercise/Conversion Periodxi

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.

% of voting rights

None

SUBTOTAL B.1

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Regulation 17(1)(b) of the Regulations

Type of financial instrument

Expirationdatex

Exercise/Conversion Period xi

Physical or cash settlementxii

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

None

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.xiii

 

[ ] Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entityxiv:

 

Namexv

% 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

William Arah

Jeremy Hosking

Neil Ostrer

Marathon Asset Management LLP

3.64

0

3.64

11. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [% and number] voting rights as of [date]

 

 

12. Additional informationxvi:

Breakdown of Holdings:

 

Custodian

Nominal

Bank of New York Mellon

615,510

BNP Paribas Securities Services

27,342

Brown Brothers Harriman

39,093

JP Morgan Chase

190,802

MEHF

124,943

Northern Trust

1,618,950

Royal Bank of Canada

4,681

State Street Bank & Trust Company, Boston

1,005,978

Total

3,627,299

 

Done at London on 5th February 2016.

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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