5 October 2017
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 | |[ ] 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: |City and country of registered office (if | | |applicable): | |Eamonn Rothwell | | | |c/o Ferryport, Alexandra Road, Dublin. | +--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ |4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | |Eamonn Rothwell | | | |Rokeby Investments Limited | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached: | | | |5 October 2017 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |6. Date on which issuer notified: | | | |5 October 2017 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | | | |15% | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |8. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: | +------------------+------------+---------------+-------------+----------------+ | |% of voting | % of voting |Total of both|Total number of | | | rights |rights through | in % |voting rights of| | |attached to | financial | (9.A + 9.B) |issuer | | | shares | instruments | | | | | (total of | (total of | | | | | 9.A) |9.B.1 + 9.B.2) | | | +------------------+------------+---------------+-------------+----------------+ |Resulting |15.24% | |15.24% |189,054,390 | |situation on the | | | | | |date on which | | | | | |threshold was | | | | | |crossed or reached| | | | | +------------------+------------+---------------+-------------+----------------+ |Position of |14.79% | |14.79% | | |previous | | | | | |notification (if | | | | | |applicable) | | | | | | (3 Jun 2016) | | | | | +------------------+------------+---------------+-------------+----------------+
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 |Number of voting rights |% of voting rights | |shares ISIN +------------+----------------------------+---------+----------+ |code (if | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |possible) | | | | | +---------------+------------+----------------------------+---------+----------+ |IE00BLP58571 |28,812,842 | |15.24% | | |Units | | | | | +---------------+------------+----------------------------+---------+----------+ | | | | | | +---------------+------------+----------------------------+---------+----------+ |SUBTOTAL A | 28,812,842 | 15.24% | +---------------+-----------------------------------------+--------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation 17(1)(a) of the Regulations| +---------------+------------+------------+-------------------------+----------+ |Type of |Expiration |Exercise/ |Number of voting rights |% of | |financial |date |Conversion |that may be acquired if |voting | |instrument | |Period |the instrument is |rights | | | | |exercised/converted | | +---------------+------------+------------+-------------------------+----------+ | | | | | | +---------------+------------+------------+-------------------------+----------+ |SUBTOTAL B.1| | | +------------+-------------------------+----------+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to | |Regulation 17(1)(b) of the Regulations | +---------------+------------+------------+--------------+----------+----------+ |Type of |Expiration |Exercise/ |Physical or |Number of |% of | |financial |date |Conversion |cash |voting |voting | |instrument | |Period |settlement |rights |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. | | | |[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| % of voting |Total of both if | | |equals or is higher than|rights through | it equals or is | | |the notifiable threshold| financial | higher than the | | | |instruments if | notifiable | | | |it equals or is| threshold | | | |higher than the| | | | | notifiable | | | | | threshold | | +-------------------+------------------------+---------------+-----------------+ |Eamonn Rothwell |15.24% | |15.24% | +-------------------+------------------------+---------------+-----------------+ |Rokeby Investments |9.38% | |9.38% | |Limited | | | | +-------------------+------------------------+---------------+-----------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |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 at Dublin on 5 October 2017.
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Source: Irish Continental Group plc via GlobeNewswire
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