REG - Paddy Power Betfair - Holding(s) in Company
RNS Number : 4974PPaddy Power Betfair plc08 February 2019Standard 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
[ X ] An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
[ ] Other (please specify)iii:
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:
7th February 2019
6. Date on which issuer notified:
8th February 2019
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
3.06
0
3.06
78,429,856
Position of previous notification (if applicable)
2.99
0
2.99
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 of
sharesISIN code (if possible)
Number of voting rightsix
% of voting rights
Direct
Indirect
Direct
Indirect
Ordinary Shares IE00BWT6H894
2,398,866
3.06
SUBTOTAL A
2,398,866
3.06
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation 17(1)(a) of the Regulations
Type of financial instrument
Expiration
datexExercise/
Conversion PeriodxiNumber 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
Expiration
datexExercise/
Conversion Period xiPhysical 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
[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 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
3.06
0
3.06
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
516,109
Bank of America Merill Lynch
129,120
Brown Brothers Harriman
1,687
JP Morgan Chase
112,254
Northern Trust
1,278,754
Royal Bank of Canada
2,018
State Street Bank & Trust Company, Boston
1,312,664
Total
3,352,606
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 2,398,866 shares.
Done at London on 8th February 2019.
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