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RNS Number : 3314N
Ryanair Holdings PLC
25 July 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 i  
 
1.         Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares
to which voting rights are attached ii : 
 
Ryanair Holdings 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 iii : 
 
BlackRock, Inc. 
 
4.         Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) iv : 
 
5.         Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed
or reached v : 
 
23rd July 2014 
 
6.         Date on which issuer notified: 
 
24th July 2014 
 
7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 
 
Holding has gone 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  vi   Resulting situation after the triggering transaction vii   
 Number of Shares viii                                   Number of Voting rights ix                             Number of shares x                                         Number of voting rights xi   % of voting rights  
 Direct                                                  Direct xii                                             Indirect xiii                                              Direct                       Indirect            
 IE00B1GKF381                                            71,249,504                                             71,249,504                                                 N/A                          N/A                 55,011,404  N/A  3.97%  
 US7835131043                                            10,335,440                                             10,335,440                                                 N/A                          N/A                 11,090,350  N/A  0.80%  
 SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)                                                                                                                                                          66,101,754          4.78%       
 
 
 B) Financial Instruments                                   
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xiv   
 Type of financial instrument                               Expiration Date xv                                Exercise/Conversion  Period/ Date xvi   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  
 66,101,754   66,101,754               4.78%               
 
 
9.         Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights
and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xvii : 
 
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 66,101,754 (4.78%) 
 
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 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL on 24th July 2014 
 
Annex to the standard form TR-1  xviii  
 
a)         Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification
obligation: 
 
 Full name (including legal form for legal entities)                         BlackRock, Inc.                                
 Contact address (registered office for legal entities)                      c/o 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL    
 Phone number                                                                +44 (0) 20 7743 3334                           
 Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)  BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team  
 
 
b)         Identity of the notifier, if applicable xix : 
 
 Full name                                                                                                                       Duncan Murray                                  
 Contact address                                                                                                                 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL        
 Phone number                                                                                                                    +44 (0) 20 7743 3334                           
 Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)  BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team  
 
 
c)         Additional information 
 
 i                This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer
and to be filed with the competent authority. 
 
 ii                Either the full name of the legal entity or another method
for identifying the issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and
accurate. 
 
 iii               This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b)
the natural person or legal entity acquiring, disposing of or exercising
voting rights in the cases provided for in Article 10 (b) to (h) of Directive
2004/109/EC; (c) all the parties to the agreement referred to in Article 10
(a) of that Directive, or (d) the holder of financial instruments entitled to
acquire shares already issued to which voting rights are attached, as
appropriate. 
 
In relation to the transactions referred to in points (b) to (h) of Article 10
of that Directive, the following list is provided as indication of the persons
who should be mentioned: 
 
-               in the circumstances foreseen in letter (b) of Article 10 of
that Directive, the natural person or legal entity that acquires the voting
rights and is entitled to exercise them under the agreement and the natural
person or legal entity who is transferring temporarily for consideration the
voting rights; 
 
-               in the circumstances foreseen in letter (c) of Article 10 of
that Directive, the natural person or legal entity holding the collateral,
provided the person or entity controls the voting rights and declares its
intention of exercising them, and natural person or legal entity lodging the
collateral under these conditions; 
 
-               in the circumstances foreseen in letter (d) of Article 10 of
that Directive, the natural person or legal entity who has a life interest in
shares if that person or entity is entitled to exercise the voting rights
attached to the shares and the natural person or legal entity who is disposing
of the voting rights when the life interest is created; 
 
-               in the circumstances foreseen in letter (e) of Article 10 of
that Directive, the controlling natural person or legal entity and, provided
it has a notification duty at an individual level under Article 9, under
letters (a) to (d) of Article 10 of that Directive or under a combination of
any of those situations, the controlled undertaking; 
 
-               in the circumstances foreseen in letter (f) of Article 10 of
that Directive, the deposit taker of the shares, if he can exercise the voting
rights attached to the shares deposited with him at his discretion, and the
depositor of the shares allowing the deposit taker to exercise the voting
rights at his discretion; 
 
-               in the circumstances foreseen in letter (g) of Article 10 of
that Directive, the natural person or legal entity that controls the voting
rights; 
 
-               in the circumstances foreseen in letter (h) of Article 10 of
that Directive, the proxy holder, if he can exercise the voting rights at his
discretion, and the shareholder who has given his proxy to the proxy holder
allowing the latter to exercise the voting rights at his discretion. 
 
 iv               Applicable in the cases provided for in Article 10 (b) to
(h) of Directive 2004/109/EC. This should be the full name of the shareholder
who is the counterparty to the natural person or legal entity referred to in
Article 10 of that Directive unless the holdings of the shareholder would be
lower than 5% of the total number of voting rights. 
 
 v                The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case
of an on exchange transaction, the date on which the matching of orders
occurs; in the case of an off exchange transaction, date of the entering into
an agreement. 
 
The date on which threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which
the acquisition, disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes
effect. For passive crossings, the date when the corporate event took effect. 
 
 vi               Please refer to the situation disclosed in the previous
notification. In case the situation previous to the triggering transaction was
below 3%, please state "below 3%". 
 
 vii              If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the
notifying party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding,
only that the new holding is below 3%. 
 
For the case provided for in Article 10(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC, there
should be no disclosure of individual holdings per party to the agreement
unless a party individually crosses or reaches an Article 9 threshold. This
applies upon entering into, introducing changes to or terminating an
agreement. 
 
 viii              To be used in Member States where applicable. 
 
 ix               Direct and indirect. 
 
 x                To be used in Member States where applicable. 
 
 xi               In case of combined holdings of shares with voting rights
attached "direct holding" and voting rights "indirect holding", please split
the voting rights number and percentage into the direct and indirect columns -
if there is no combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank. 
 
 xii              Voting rights attached to shares held by the notifying party
(Article 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC). 
 
 xiii              Voting rights held by the notifying party independently of
any holding of shares (Article 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC). 
 
 xiv              If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the
notifying party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding,
only that the new holding is below 3%. 
 
 xv              Date of maturity/expiration of the financial instrument i.e.
the date when right to acquire shares ends. 
 
 xvi              If the financial instrument has such a period - please
specify this period - for example once every 3 months starting from  date . 
 
 xvii             The notification should include the name(s) of the
controlled undertakings through which the voting rights are held. The
notification should also include the amount of voting rights and the
percentage held by each controlled undertaking, insofar as individually the
controlled undertaking holds 3% or more, and insofar as the notification by
the parent undertaking is intended to cover the notification obligations of
the controlled undertaking. 
 
 xviii            This annex is only to be filed with the competent
authority. 
 
 xix              Whenever another person makes the notification on behalf of
the shareholder or the natural person/legal entity  referred to in Articles 10
and 13 of Directive 2004/109/EC 
 
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