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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
 
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
FORM 6-K
 
 
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
 
 
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 
 
For the month of August 2015

 
RYANAIR HOLDINGS PLC
(Translation of registrant's name into English)

 
c/o Ryanair Ltd Corporate Head Office

Dublin Airport

County Dublin Ireland
(Address of principal executive offices)



 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.



Form 20-F..X.. Form 40-F.....



 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.

 
 
Yes ..... No ..X..

 
 
If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant
in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- ________




 
Standard Form TR-1
 
Voting rights attached to shares- Article 12(1) of directive 2004/109/EC
 
Financial instruments - Article 11(3) of the Commission Directive 2007/14/EC i
 
1.  Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedii:
Ryanair Holdings 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 which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
 
[    ]
an event changing the breakdown of voting rights
 
 
 
 
3.  Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligationiii:
The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
 
 
 
4.  Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from the person mentioned in point 3.)iv:
See Schedule A
 
 
 
5.  Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reachedv:
11 August 2015
 
 
 
6.  Date on which issuer is notified:
12 August 2015
 
 
 
7.  Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
Below 13%
 
 
 
8.         Notified details:
 
 
 
 
 
A) Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares (if possible using the ISIN CODE)
Situation previous to the Triggering transactionvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transactionvii
Number of Sharesviii
Number of Voting rightsix
Number of sharesx
Number of voting rights xi
% of voting rights
Direct
Direct xii
Indirect xiii
Direct
Indirect
Ordinary Shares (IE00B1GKF381)
534,900
534,900
    
534,900
  
0.039%
ADRs (US7835131043)
35,405,716
177,028,580
    
175,187,150
  
12.924%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)
  
177,563,480
  
175,722,050
12.963%
 
 
 
B) Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xiv
Type of financial instrument
Expiration Date xv
Exercise/Conversion  Period/ Date xvi
Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted
% of voting rights
N/A
        
         
 
SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates)
    
 
 
 
Total (A+B) [where applicable in accordance with national law]
number of voting rights
% of voting rights
175,722,050
175,722,050
12.963%
 
 
 
9.  Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable xvii:
See Schedule A
 
 
 
10.  In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [number] voting rights as of [date].
n/a
 
 
 
11.  Additional information:
 
 
Done at Los Angeles, California on 12 August 2015
 
 
         Annex to the standard form TR-1xviii
 
 
a)         Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation:
 
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)
The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)
333 South Hope Street, 55th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90071
Phone number
(213) 615-0469
Other useful information (at least a contact person for legal persons)
Vivien Tan
Email:  GRGroup@capgroup.com
 
b)         Identity of the notifier xix:
 
Full name
Vivien Tan
Contact address
333 South Hope Street, 55th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90071
Phone number
(213) 615-0469
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)
Fax: (213) 615-4056
 
c)         Additional information
 
As of 11 August 2015
 
 
    
Ryanair Holdings plc
 
    
 
Number of
Shares
 
Percent of
Outstanding
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CG") holdings
 
175,722,050
12.963%
Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds:
 
    
·     Capital Research and Management Company
 
175,722,050
12.963%
·      EuroPacific Growth Fund
 
69,075,445
5.096%
(Direct shareholding that does not exercise its own voting shares.  Voting shares are exercised by CRMC.)
    
 
       
 
 
   Notes to Form TR-1
 
 
 
i.      This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to be filed with the competent authority.
 
 
ii.     Either the full name of the legal entity or another method for identifying the issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and accurate.
 
 
iii.    This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the natural person or legal entity acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in the cases provided for in Article 10 (b) to (h)
        of Directive 2004/109/EC; (c) all the parties to the agreement referred to in Article 10 (a) of that Directive, or (d) the holder of financial instruments entitled to acquire shares already issued to which voting  rights are attached,
        as appropriate.

                  In relation to the transactions referred to in points (b) to (h) of Article 10 of that Directive, the following list is provided as indication of the persons who should be mentioned:
 
 
-               in the circumstances foreseen in letter (b) of Article 10 of that Directive, the natural person or legal entity that acquires the voting rights and is entitled to exercise them under the agreement and the natural person 
                or legal entity who is transferring temporarily for consideration the voting rights;
 
 
-               in the circumstances foreseen in letter (c) of Article 10 of that Directive, the natural person or legal entity holding the collateral, provided the person or entity controls the voting rights and declares its intention of 
                exercising them, and natural person or legal entity lodging the collateral under these conditions;
 
 
-               in the circumstances foreseen in letter (d) of Article 10 of that Directive, the natural person or legal entity who has a life interest in shares if that person or entity is entitled to exercise the voting rights attached to
                the shares and the natural person or legal entity who is disposing of the voting rights when the life interest is created;
 
 
-               in the circumstances foreseen in letter (e) of Article 10 of that Directive, the controlling natural person or legal entity and, provided it has a notification duty at an individual level under Article 9, under letters (a) to
                (d) of Article 10 of that Directive or under a combination of any of those situations, the controlled undertaking;
 
 
-               in the circumstances foreseen in letter (f) of Article 10 of that Directive, the deposit taker of the shares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached to the shares deposited with him at his discretion, and the
                depositor of the shares allowing the deposit taker to exercise the voting rights at his discretion;
 
 
-               in the circumstances foreseen in letter (g) of Article 10 of that Directive, the natural person or legal entity that controls the voting rights;
 
 
-               in the circumstances foreseen in letter (h) of Article 10 of that Directive, the proxy holder, if he can exercise the voting rights at his discretion, and the shareholder who has given his proxy to the proxy holder
                allowing the latter to exercise the voting rights at his discretion.
 
 
 
iv.    Applicable in the cases provided for in Article 10 (b) to (h) of Directive 2004/109/EC. This should be the full name of the shareholder who is the counterparty to the natural person or legal entity referred to in Article 10 of that
        Directive unless the holdings of the shareholder would be lower than 3% of the total number of voting rights.
 
 
v.     The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case of an on exchange transaction, the date on which the matching of orders occurs; in the case of an off exchange transaction, date of the entering into an agreement. 

                 The date on which threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which the acquisition, disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes effect. For passive crossings, the date when the corporate event took       
                 effect.
 
 
vi.    Please refer to the situation disclosed in the previous notification. In case the situation previous to the triggering transaction was below 3%, please state "below 3%".
 
 
vii.   If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new holding is below 3%.
 
    
                 For the case provided for in Article 10(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC, there should be no disclosure of individual holdings per party to the agreement unless a party individually crosses or reaches an Article 9 threshold. This
                 applies upon entering into, introducing changes to or terminating an agreement.
 
 
viii.  To be used in Member States where applicable.
 
 
ix.    Direct and indirect.
 
 
x.     To be used in Member States where applicable.
 
 
xi.    In case of combined holdings of shares with voting rights attached "direct holding" and voting rights "indirect holding", please split the voting rights number and percentage into the direct and indirect columns - if there is
        no combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank.
 
 
xii.   Voting rights attached to shares held by the notifying party (Article 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC).
 
 
xiii.  Voting rights held by the notifying party independently of any holding of shares (Article 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC).
 
 
xiv.  If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new holding is below 3%.
 
 
xv.   Date of maturity/expiration of the financial instrument i.e. the date when right to acquire shares ends.
 
 
xvi.  If the financial instrument has such a period - please specify this period - for example once every 3 months starting from [date].
 
 
xvii. The notification should include the name(s) of the controlled undertakings through which the voting rights are held. The notification should also include the amount of voting rights and the    percentage held by each
        controlled undertaking, insofar as individually the controlled undertaking holds 3% or more, and insofar as the notification by the parent undertaking is intended to cover the notification obligations of the controlled
        undertaking.
 

 
 
SIGNATURES
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.



 
 
RYANAIR HOLDINGS PLC
 
 
 
Date: 14 August, 2015
 
 
By:___/s/ Juliusz Komorek____
   
 
Juliusz Komorek
 
Company Secretary