31 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| | | |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 | |State Street Nominees Ltd. | |USBK William Blair Wellington | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached: | | | |30 Aug 2017 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |6. Date on which issuer notified: | | | |31 August 2017 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | | | |13% | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |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 |12.85% |0.14% |12.99% |188,684,390 | |situation on the | | | | | |date on which | | | | | |threshold was | | | | | |crossed or | | | | | |reached | | | | | +-----------------+------------+-------------+------------+--------------------+ |Position of |12.98% |0.11% |13.10% | | |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 | |24,246,232 | |12.85% | |Units | | | | | +--------------+------------+--------------------------+------------+----------+ | | | | | | +--------------+------------+--------------------------+------------+----------+ |SUBTOTAL A | 24,246,232 | 12.85% | +--------------+---------------------------------------+-----------------------+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |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 rights|voting | |instrument | |Period |settlement | |rights | +--------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+----------+ |Equity Swap |15 May 2020 |17 Jul 2015 |Cash |164,669 |0.09% | | | |to 15 May | |Equity Swap | | | | |2020 | |shares or | | | | | | |164,669 votes| | | | | | |on a | | | | | | |converted | | | | | | |basis | | +--------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+----------+ |Equity Swap |15 May 2020 |13 Aug 2015 |Cash |19,224 Equity|0.01% | | | |to 15 May | |Swap shares | | | | |2020 | |or 19,224 | | | | | | |votes on a | | | | | | |converted | | | | | | |basis | | +--------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+----------+ |Equity Swap |15 May 2020 |22 Feb 2016 |Cash |26,708 Equity|0.01% | | | |to 15 May | |Swap shares | | | | |2020 | |or 26,708 | | | | | | |votes on a | | | | | | |converted | | | | | | |basis | | +--------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+----------+ |Equity Swap |15 May 2020 |19 May 2017 |Cash |9,254 Equity |0.00% | | | |to 15 May | |Swap shares | | | | |2020 | |or 9,254 | | | | | | |votes on a | | | | | | |converted | | | | | | |basis | | +--------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+----------+ |Equity Swap |10 May 2020 |06 Jul 2017 |Cash |5,847 Equity |0.00% | | | |to 10 May | |Swap shares | | | | |2020 | |or 5,847 | | | | | | |votes on a | | | | | | |converted | | | | | | |basis | | +--------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+----------+ |Equity Swap |10 May 2020 |11 Jul 2017 |Cash |1,111 Equity |0.00% | | | |to 10 May | |Swap shares | | | | |2020 | |or 1,111 | | | | | | |votes on a | | | | | | |converted | | | | | | |basis | | +--------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+----------+ |Equity Swap |15 May 2020 |21 Aug 2017 |Cash |8,550 Equity |0.00% | | | |to 15 May | |Swap shares | | | | |2020 | |or 8,550 | | | | | | |votes on a | | | | | | |converted | | | | | | |basis | | +--------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+----------+ |Equity Swap |15 May 2020 |22 Aug 2017 |Cash |21,234 Equity|0.01% | | | |to 15 May | |Swap shares | | | | |2020 | |or 21,234 | | | | | | |votes on a | | | | | | |converted | | | | | | |basis | | +--------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+----------+ | | | | | | | +--------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+----------+ |SUBTOTAL B.2| 256,597 | 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|% 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|12.85% | |12.99% | |Group LLP | | | | +---------------------+------------------+-------------------+-----------------+ |Wellington Group |12.85% | |12.99% | |Holdings LLP | | | | +---------------------+------------------+-------------------+-----------------+ |Wellington Investment|12.85% | |12.99% | |Advisors Holdings LLP| | | | +---------------------+------------------+-------------------+-----------------+ |Wellington Management|12.30% | |12.44% | |Company LLP | | | | +---------------------+------------------+-------------------+-----------------+ | | | | | +---------------------+------------------+-------------------+-----------------+ |Wellington Management|12.85% | |12.99% | |Group LLP | | | | +---------------------+------------------+-------------------+-----------------+ |Wellington Group |12.85% | |12.99% | |Holdings LLP | | | | +---------------------+------------------+-------------------+-----------------+ |Wellington Investment|12.85% | |12.99% | |Advisors Holdings LLP| | | | +---------------------+------------------+-------------------+-----------------+ |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 at London, 31(st) August 2017 .
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Source: Irish Continental Group plc via GlobeNewswire
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