Bank of Ireland Group PLC Notification of Major Holdings (5492R)
March 08 2021 - 11:30AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMBIRG
RNS Number : 5492R
Bank of Ireland Group PLC
08 March 2021
TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer
and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)
1a. Identity of the issuer or the BANK OF IRELAND GROUP PLC
underlying issuer of existing shares
to which voting rights are attached:
1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark
with an "X" if appropriate)
Non-UK issuer X
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2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box
or boxes with an "X")
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights X
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An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
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Other (please specify):
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3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation
Name Massachusetts Financial Services
Company
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City and country of registered Boston, US
office (if applicable)
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)
Name MFS invests in securities of the
issuer on behalf of its various
mutual funds and institutional
account clients and qualifies
under exemption DTR 5.1.5R(1)
as a U.S. Registered Investment
Manager.
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City and country of registered
office (if applicable)
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5. Date on which the threshold 03/03/2021
was crossed or reached:
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6. Date on which issuer notified 05/03/2021
(DD/MM/YYYY):
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7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
% of voting % of voting rights Total of both Total number
rights attached through financial in % of voting rights
to shares instruments of issuer
(total of (total of 8.B.1 (8.A + 8.B)
8.A) + 8.B.2)
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Resulting situation
on the date on
which threshold
was crossed or
reached 4.99% 4.99% 1,078,822,872
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Position of previous
notification
(if applicable) 5.00% 5.00%
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8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which
the threshold was crossed or reached:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type Number of voting rights % of voting rights
of shares
ISIN code
(if possible)
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Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
(DTR5.1) (DTR5.2.1) (DTR5.1) (DTR5.2.1)
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IE00BD1RP616
Common Stock 53,859,308 4.99%
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SUBTOTAL 8.A 53,859,308 4.99%
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B 1: Financial Instruments DTR5.3.1R (1) (a)
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
instrument date Conversion rights that may be rights
Period acquired if the instrument
is exercised/converted
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SUBTOTAL
8.B.1
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B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect DTR5.3.1R
(1) (b)
Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Physical Number of % of voting
instrument date Conversion or cash voting rights rights
Period settlement
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SUBTOTAL
8.B.2
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9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification
obligation (please mark the applicable box with an "X")
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
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting X
rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held
starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal
entity (please add additional rows as necessary)
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Name % of voting rights % of voting rights Total of both
if it equals through financial if it equals
or is higher instruments if or is higher
than the notifiable it equals or than the notifiable
threshold is higher than threshold
the notifiable
threshold
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Massachusetts Financial
Services Company
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Massachusetts Financial
Services Company
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MFS International
Limited
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MFS International
Holdings Pty Ltd
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MFS Investment Management
Company (LUX) S.a
r.l.
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Massachusetts Financial
Services Company
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MFS International
Limited
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MFS International
Holdings Pty Ltd
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MFS International
Singapore Pte. Ltd.
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Massachusetts Financial
Services Company
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MFS Institutional
Advisors, Inc.
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Massachusetts Financial
Services Company
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MFS International
Limited
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MFS International
Holdings Pty Ltd
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MFS International
(U.K.) Limited
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Massachusetts Financial
Services Company
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MFS International
Limited
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MFS International
Holdings Pty Ltd
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MFS Investment Management
K.K.
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Massachusetts Financial
Services Company
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MFS Institutional
Advisors, Inc.
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MFS Investment Management
Canada Limited
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Massachusetts Financial
Services Company
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MFS Heritage Trust
Company
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10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
Name of the proxy holder
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The number and % of voting rights
held
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The date until which the voting
rights will be held
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11. Additional information:
Done at Dublin on 8 March 2021
Contact: Sarah McLaughlin, Group Secretary
Telephone: +353 (0) 76 624 8577
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