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RNS Number : 3197V  Flutter Entertainment PLC  04 April 2023

Standard Form TR-1

Standard form for notification of major holdings

Flutter Entertainment plc ("Flutter") understands that the notification of
major shareholdings below relates to certain financial instruments which had
previously benefitted from an exemption from notification in accordance with
Article 9(6) of the EU Transparency Directive, and therefore were not
previously notified. Flutter has been advised that the exemption no longer
applies and that the positions disclosed below correctly reflect the
aggregated holdings of the notifying group as at the notification date.

 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 attached(ii): Flutter Entertainment Public Limited Company

 LEI: 635400EG4YIJLJMZJ782
 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

  X  An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

  X  An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments

 [ ] An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

 [ ] Other (please specify)(iii):
 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation(iv) :
 Name:                                                                                                                            City and country of registered office (if applicable):

 The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.                                                                                                    Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington DE 19801, USA
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(v): Goldman Sachs
 International
 5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached(vi): 29/03/2023
 6. Date on which issuer notified: 31/03/2023
 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Above 6%
 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 both in % (9.A + 9.B)  Total number of voting rights of issuer(vii)

(total of 9.B.1 + 9.B.2)
 Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached  0.99%                                                 5.28%                                             6.27%                           176,150,521
 Position of previous notification (if applicable)                          0.34%                                                 0.38%                                             0.72%

 

 9. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the
 threshold was crossed or reached(viii):
 A: Voting rights attached to shares
 Class/type of                 Number of voting rights(ix)                                                 % of voting rights

shares

 ISIN code (if possible)

                                                            Direct                                         Indirect                                                  Direct                                                In

                                                     di
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           re
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           ct

 IE00BWT6H894                                                             1,611,012                                                                                  0.91%
 US3440441026                                                             133,277                                                                                    0.08%

 SUBTOTAL A                                                               1,744,289                                                                                  0.99%

 B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation 17(1)(a) of the
 Regulations
 Type of financial instrument                   Expiration  Exercise/                                      Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is                           % of voting rights

date(x)
Conversion Period(xi)                         exercised/converted.
 Securities Lending                             Open                                                       51,780                                                                                      0.03%
 Swap                                           15/06/2023                                                 462,186                                                                                     0.26%
                                                            SUBTOTAL B.1                                   513,966                                                                                     0.29%

 B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to
 Regulation 17(1)(b) of the Regulations
 Type of financial instrument  Expiration                   Exercise/                   Physical or cash settlement(xii)           Number of voting rights                                             % of voting rights

date(x)
Conversion Period (xi)
 Please refer annexure

                                                                                        SUBTOTAL B.2                                                          8,788,457                                4.99%

 

 

 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 if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold  % of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher  Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
                                                                                                                                                           than the notifiable threshold
 The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
 Goldman Sachs (UK) L.L.C.
 Goldman Sachs Group UK Limited
 Goldman Sachs International                                                                                                                               4.03%                                                                       4.70%

 The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
 Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

 The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
 GSAM Holdings LLC
 Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.

 The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
 Goldman Sachs Bank USA
 Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE

 The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
 Folio Financial, Inc.
 Folio Investments, Inc.

 The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
 IMD Holdings LLC
 United Capital Financial Partners, Inc.
 United Capital Financial Advisers, LLC

 The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
 GSAM Holdings LLC
 GSAMI Holdings I Ltd
 GSAMI Holdings II Ltd
 Goldman Sachs Asset Management International Holdings Ltd
 Goldman Sachs Asset Management International

 The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
 The Goldman Sachs Trust Company, National Association
 The Goldman Sachs Trust Company of Delaware

 The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
 Murray Street Corporation
 Sphere Fundo de Investimento Multimercado - Investimento no Exterior Credito
 Privado
 Sphere Fund

 The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
 GS Finance Corp.

 The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
 Goldman Sachs (UK) L.L.C.
 Goldman Sachs Group UK Limited
 Goldman Sachs International Bank

 The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
 GS Global Markets, Inc.
 Goldman Sachs Finance Corp International Ltd

 The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
 Goldman Sachs Do Brasil Banco Multiplo S/A

 The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
 GSAM Holdings LLC
 Goldman Sachs Asset Management Holdings LLC
 Goldman Sachs Asset Management UK Holdings I Ltd
 Goldman Sachs Asset Management UK Holdings II Ltd
 Goldman Sachs Asset Management Holdings I B.V. / Goldman Sachs Asset
 Management Holdings II B.V.
 Goldman Sachs Asset Management Holdings B.V.

 The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
 Goldman Sachs Financial Markets L.L.C.
 Goldman Sachs Financial Markets, L.P.

 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):

 Please note, the total amount of voting rights have been rounded to 2 decimal
 places therefore there is a possibility of a rounding error.

 General email contact:

 gs-regops-emea-position-enquiries@gs.com
 (mailto:gs-regops-emea-position-enquiries@gs.com)

 

Done at Warsaw on 31/03/2023

 

 

 

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