Holding(s) in Company

| Source: Irish Continental Group Plc Irish Continental Group Plc


10 August 2018

 

Pursuant to its obligations under the Transparency (Directive 2004/109/EC) Regulations 2007 (“The Regulations”), Irish Continental Group plc sets out below details of a notification received under The Regulations.

 

Tom Corcoran

 

Company Secretary

 

 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)
 
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Irish Continental Group plc
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

[X] An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

[X] An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments

[ ] An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

[ ] Other (please specify):

 
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation:
Name:

Wellington Management Group LLP 		City and country of registered office (if applicable):

c/o Wellington Management Company LLP, 280 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210 USA
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

BONY (Nominees) Ltd.

Brown Brothers Harriman

Chase Nominees Ltd.

Citibank NA

FMTC-Delphi Salaried Ret Savings Program/Wellington Mgmt

Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees) Ltd.

Nortrust Nominees Limited

ROY Nominees Limited

State Street Nominees Limited

USBK William Blair Wellington
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached:

09 Aug 2018
6. Date on which issuer notified:

10 Aug 2018




7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

11%
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 issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached 10.83% 0.14% 10.96% 190,014,390
Position of previous notification (if applicable) 10.91% 0.13% 11.04%  
 
9. 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 of shares ISIN code (if possible) Number of voting rights % of voting rights
Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
IE00BLP58571 Units   20,573,802   10.83%
         
SUBTOTAL A 20,573,802 10.83%
 
B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation 17(1)(a) of the Regulations
Type of financial instrument Expiration date Exercise/ Conversion Period 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 date Exercise/ Conversion Period Physical or cash settlement Number of voting rights % of voting rights
Equity Swap 15 May 2020 17 Jul 2015 to 15 May 2020 Cash 16,575 Equity Swap shares or 16,575 votes on a converted basis 0.01%
Equity Swap 15 May 2020 13 Aug 2015 to 15 May 2020 Cash 19,224 Equity Swap shares or 19,224 votes on a converted basis 0.01%
Equity Swap 15 May 2020 22 Feb 2016 to 15 May 2020 Cash 26,708 Equity Swap shares or 26,708 votes on a converted basis 0.01%
Equity Swap 15 May 2020 19 May 2017 to 15 May 2020 Cash 9,254 Equity Swap shares or 9,254 votes on a converted basis 0.00%
Equity Swap 10 May 2020 06 Jul 2017 to 10 May 2020 Cash 5,847 Equity Swap shares or 5,847 votes on a converted basis 0.00%
Equity Swap 10 May 2020 11 Jul 2017 to 10 May 2020 Cash 1,111 Equity Swap shares or 1,111 votes on a converted basis 0.00%
Equity Swap 15 May 2020 21 Aug 2017 to 15 May 2020 Cash 8,550 Equity Swap shares or 8,550 votes on a converted basis 0.00%
Equity Swap 15 May 2020 22 Aug 2017 to 15 May 2020 Cash 21,234 Equity Swap shares or 21,234 votes on a converted basis 0.01%
Equity Swap 15 May 2020 29 Jan 2018 to 15 May 2020 Cash 17,400 Equity Swap shares or 17,400 votes on a converted basis 0.01%
Equity Swap 15 May 2020 07 Feb 2018 to 15 May 2020 Cash 18,333 Equity Swap shares or 18,333 votes on a converted basis 0.01%
Equity Swap 15 May 2020 08 Feb 2018 to 15 May 2020 Cash 467 Equity Swap shares or 467 votes on a converted basis 0.00%
Equity Swap 15 May 2020 16 Apr 2018 to 15 May 2020 Cash 63,448 Equity Swap shares or 63,448 votes on a converted basis 0.03%
Equity Swap 15 May 2020 29 May 2018 to 15 May 2020 Cash 38,925 Equity Swap shares or 38,925 votes on a converted basis 0.02%
Equity Swap 15 May 2020 23 Jul 2018 to 15 May 2020 Cash 13,815 Equity Swap shares or 13,815 votes on a converted basis 0.01%
           
      SUBTOTAL B.2 260,891 0.14%



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.
[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:
Name % 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
Wellington Management Group LLP 10.83%   10.96%
Wellington Group Holdings LLP 10.83%   10.96%
Wellington Investment Advisors Holdings LLP 10.83%   10.96%
Wellington Management Company LLP 10.38%   10.52%
       
Wellington Management Group LLP 10.83%   10.96%
Wellington Group Holdings LLP 10.83%   10.96%
Wellington Investment Advisors Holdings LLP 10.83%   10.96%
Wellington Management Global Holdings, Ltd.      
Wellington Management International Ltd      
       
 
11. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [% and number] voting rights as of [date].
 
12. Additional information:

 
 
Done in London, 10th Aug 2018.