28 August 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): | |Wellington Management Group LLP on | | |behalf of Wellington Trust Company, |c/o Wellington Management Company LLP, | |National Association Multiple Common |280 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210 | |Trust Funds Trust, Durable Companies |USA | |Portfolio | | +--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ |4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | |Brown Brothers Harriman | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached: | | | |25 Aug 2017 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |6. Date on which issuer notified: | | | |28 Aug 2017 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | | | |3% | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |8. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: | +------------------+------------+-------------+------------+-------------------+ | |% of voting | % of voting | Total of | Total number of | | | rights | rights | both in % | voting rights of | | |attached to | through |(9.A + 9.B) | issuer | | | shares | financial | | | | | (total of | instruments | | | | | 9.A) | (total of | | | | | | 9.B.1 + | | | | | | 9.B.2) | | | +------------------+------------+-------------+------------+-------------------+ |Resulting |3.00% | |3.00% |188,684,390 | |situation on the | | | | | |date on which | | | | | |threshold was | | | | | |crossed or reached| | | | | +------------------+------------+-------------+------------+-------------------+ |Position of | | | | | |previous | | | | | |notification (if | | | | | |applicable) | | | | | +------------------+------------+-------------+------------+-------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |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 | |5,660,681 | |3.00% | |Units | | | | | +---------------+------------+--------------------------+-----------+----------+ | | | | | | +---------------+------------+--------------------------+-----------+----------+ |SUBTOTAL A | 5,660,681 | 3.00% | +---------------+---------------------------------------+----------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |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|% of voting rights | Total of both if | | |if it equals or is| through financial | it equals or is | | | higher than the | instruments if it | higher than the | | | notifiable |equals or is higher| notifiable | | | threshold |than the notifiable| threshold | | | | threshold | | +--------------------+------------------+-------------------+------------------+ |Wellington | | | | |Management Group LLP| | | | +--------------------+------------------+-------------------+------------------+ |Wellington Group | | | | |Holdings LLP | | | | | | | | | +--------------------+------------------+-------------------+------------------+ |Wellington | | | | |Investment Advisors | | | | |Holdings LLP | | | | +--------------------+------------------+-------------------+------------------+ |Wellington | | | | |Management Company | | | | |LLP | | | | +--------------------+------------------+-------------------+------------------+ |Wellington Trust |3.00% | |3.00% | |Company, National | | | | |Association Multiple| | | | |Common Trust Funds | | | | |Trust, Durable | | | | |Companies Portfolio | | | | +--------------------+------------------+-------------------+------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |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: | | | |Wellington Trust Company, National Association Multiple Common Trust Funds | |Trust, Durable Companies Portfolio, which crossed the 3% notification | |threshold in its own right, is a fund under investment management of | |Wellington Management Company LLP. | |Wellington Management Company LLP is a direct controlled undertaking of | |Wellington Investment Advisors Holdings LLP, which, in turn, is a direct | |controlled undertaking of Wellington Group Holdings LLP, which, in turn, is a | |direct controlled undertaking of Wellington Management Group LLP. | | | | | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Done at Boston, MA USA on 28 Aug 2017.
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Source: Irish Continental Group plc via GlobeNewswire
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