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RNS Number : 9226J
Paddy Power plc
22 December 2015
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 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)iii:
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv:
Name:Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
City and country of registered office (if applicable): Minneapolis, USA
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v:
Vidacos Nominees Ltd
Bank Lombard Odier & Co Ltd
Nortrust Nominees LTD
HSBC Global Custody Nominees (UK) Ltd
Chase Nominees Ltd
Securities Services Nominees Limited
State Street Bank & Trust Boston
BNY (OCS) Nominees Ltd
BNP Paribas Nominees Pty Limited
Please note that the above entities are the nominee companies used by the entities listed in section 10 of this form to hold the shares in the issuer.
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi: 18/12/2015
6. Date on which issuer notified: 22/12/2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Above 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
3.055%
0%
3.055%
44,104,413
Position of previous notification (if applicable)
Not Applicable
Not Applicable
Not Applicable

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
shares
ISIN code (if possible)
Number of voting rightsix
% of voting rights
Direct
Indirect
Direct
Indirect
IE00BWT6H894

1,347,352

3.055%










SUBTOTAL A

1,347,352

3.055%

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

















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
datex
Exercise/
Conversion Period xi
Physical or cash settlementxii
Number of 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.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
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.



Ameriprise International Holdings GmbH



Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Srl



Threadneedle Holdings Limited



TAM UK Holdings Limited



Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited



TC Financing Limited



Threadneedle Asset Management Limited







Ameriprise Financial, Inc.



Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC




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: 
The two chains of control set out in Section 10 of this form represent the controlled entities within the Ameriprise Financial, Inc. group.
Ameriprise Financial, Inc., as the ultimate parent company, holds voting rights in shares in the issuer which in aggregate exceeds the notifiable threshold, however the two chains of control set out in section 10 have not individually exceeded the notifiable threshold. 
For clarity: 
 the entities within the chain of control of which Threadneedle Asset Management Limited is the ultimate subsidiary hold 2.975% of the voting rights in the issuer.
 the entities within the chain of control of which Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC is the ultimate subsidiary hold 0.080% of the voting rights in the issuer.
Done at ThreadneedleAsset Management Holdings Ltd, Holbrook House, Station Road, Swindon SN1 1HH on 22nd December 2015.

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