Paddy Power Betfair plc Holding(s) in Company (0764O)
February 04 2016 - 8:40AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMPPB
RNS Number : 0764O
Paddy Power Betfair plc
04 February 2016
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)
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of
existing shares to which voting rights are attached(ii)
:
Paddy Power Betfair plc
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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
[ ] An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
[x] Other (please specify)(iii) : share exchange under
terms of merger.
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3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation(iv)
:
Name: City and country of registered
The Capital Group Companies, office (if applicable):
Inc. Los Angeles, California 90071 U.S.A.
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(v)
:
See Box 10
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5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached(vi)
:
02 February 2016
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6. Date on which issuer notified:
03 February 2016
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Below
9% - aggregate of voting rights from shares
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8. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification
obligation:
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% of voting % of voting Total of Total number
rights attached rights through both in % of voting
to shares financial (9.A + 9.B) rights of
(total of instruments issuer(vii)
9.A) (total of
9.B.1 + 9.B.2)
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Resulting
situation
on the date
on which
threshold
was crossed
or reached 8.2140% 0 8.2140% 83,699,321
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Position
of previous
notification
(if applicable) 9.068% 0 9.068%
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9. Notified details of the resulting situation on the
date on which the threshold was crossed or reached(viii)
:
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A: Voting rights attached to shares
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Class/type Number of voting rights(ix) % of voting rights
of
shares
ISIN code
(if possible)
--------------------
Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
-------------------- ---------------------- ------------- ------------------- ----------------------------
Ordinary
Shares (IE00BWT6H894) 6,875,023 8.2140%
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SUBTOTAL
A 6,875,023 8.2140%
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B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation 17(1)(a)
of the Regulations
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Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
instrument date(x) Conversion rights that rights
Period(xi) may be acquired
if the instrument
is exercised/converted.
--------------------- -------------------- -------------- -------------------------------- ---------------
none
--------------------- ----------------------------------- -------------------------------- ---------------
SUBTOTAL B.1
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B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect
according to Regulation 17(1)(b) of the Regulations
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Type of Expiration Exercise/ Physical Number % of voting
financial date(x) Conversion or cash of voting rights
instrument Period settlement(xii) rights
(xi)
-------------------- --------------------- -------------- ------------------- ----------- ---------------
none
-------------------------------------------- ------------- ------------------- ----------- ---------------
SUBTOTAL
B.2
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10. Information in relation to the person subject to
the notification obligation
[ ] 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
entity(xiv) :
Name(xv) % of voting % of voting Total of both
rights if rights through if it equals
it equals financial or is higher
or is higher instruments than the notifiable
than the notifiable if it equals threshold
threshold or is higher
than the
notifiable
threshold
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The Capital Group
Companies, Inc.
Holdings by CG
Management companies
and Funds are
set out below: 8.2140% 0 8.2140%
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Capital Research
and Management
Company(*) ("CRMC")
* EuroPacific Growth Fund (See section 12) 8.2140% 0 8.2140%
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* Wholly Owned subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies,
Inc.
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11. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder]
will cease to hold [% and number] voting rights as of
[date]
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12. Additional information(xvi) :
EuroPacific Growth Fund ("EUPAC") is a mutual fund registered
in the United States under the Investment Company Act
of 1940. EUPAC is a direct holder of 4,362,876 shares.
EUPAC has delegated proxy voting authority to its investment
adviser CRMC.
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Done at Los Angeles, California on 03 February 2016
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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