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Paddy Power plc
10 June 2014
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: Paddy Power 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
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
Standard Life Investments Ltd
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): Vidacos
Nominees
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed
or reached: 06 June 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified; 10 June 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Dropped below 5%
8. Notified details:
A) Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares (if possible using the ISIN CODE) Situation previous to the Triggering transaction Resulting situation after the triggering transaction i
Number of Shares Number of Voting rights Number of shares Number of voting rights % of voting rights
Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
IE0002588105 2,519,407 2,519,407 2,425,095 950,581 1,474,514 1.928179 2.990937
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)
B) Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument Expiration Date Exercise/Conversion Period/ Date Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted % of voting rights
SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates)
Total (A+B) number of voting rights % of voting rights
2,425,095 4.919116
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights
and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
10. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to
hold urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:number voting rights as of date .
11. Additional information:
Done at 1 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2LL, United Kingdom on 10 June 2014
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