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NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the
relevant issuer and to the Central Bank of
Ireland)i
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing
shares to which voting rights are attachedii:
Ryanair
Holdings plc
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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)iii:
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3. Details of person subject to the notification
obligationiv :
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Name:
The
Capital Group Companies, Inc.
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City
and country of registered office (if applicable):
Los
Angeles, California 90071 U.S.A.
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from
3.)v:
See Box
10
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5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or
reachedvi:
15
October 2018
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6. Date on which issuer notified:
16
October 2018
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: Below 14% - Aggregate of voting rights
from shares
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8. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification
obligation:
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% of
voting rights attached to shares (total of 9.A)
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% of
voting rights through financial instruments(total of 9.B.1 +
9.B.2)
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Total
of both in % (9.A + 9.B)
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Total
number of voting rights of issuervii
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Resulting
situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or
reached
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14.5434%
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0.0000%
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14.5434%
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1,133,395,322
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Position
of previous notification (if applicable)
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14.9583%
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0.0000%
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14.9583%
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9. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which
the threshold was crossed or reachedviii:
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A: Voting rights attached to shares
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Class/type ofshares
ISIN
code (if possible)
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Number of voting rightsix
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% of voting rights
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Direct
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Indirect
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Direct
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Indirect
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Ordinary
Shares (ISIN: IE00B1GKF381)
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453,231
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0.0400%
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American
Depositary Shares (ISIN: US7835131043)
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164,380,685
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14.5034%
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SUBTOTAL A
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164,833,916
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14.5434%
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B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation 17(1)(a) of the
Regulations
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Type of financial instrument
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Expirationdatex
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Exercise/Conversion Periodxi
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Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is
exercised/converted.
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% of voting rights
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SUBTOTAL B.1
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B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according
to Regulation 17(1)(b) of the Regulations
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Type of financial instrument
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Expirationdatex
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Exercise/Conversion Period xi
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Physical or cash settlementxii
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Number of voting rights
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% of voting rights
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SUBTOTAL B.2
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10. Information in relation to the person subject to the
notification obligation
[ ] 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.xiii
[ X ] Full chain of controlled undertakings through
which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are
effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural
person or legal entityxiv:
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Namexv
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% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable
threshold
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% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is
higher than the notifiable threshold
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Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable
threshold
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The Capital Group Companies, Inc.
Holdings
by CG Management companies are set out below:
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14.5434%
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0.0000%
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14.5434%
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Capital Research and Management Company1
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13.9834%
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0.0000%
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13.9834%
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Capital Guardian Trust Company2
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Capital International, Inc.2
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Capital International Limited2
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Capital International Sárl2
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Capital International K.K.2
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EuroPacific Growth Fund (EUPAC) 3
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1.
Wholly owned subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies,
Inc.
2.
Wholly owned indirect subsidiaries of Capital Research and
Management Company
3.
Fund managed by Capital Research and Management
Company
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11. In case of proxy voting: [name
of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [%
and number] voting
rights as of [date]
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12. Additional informationxvi:
CGC is
the parent company of Capital Research and Management Company
("CRMC"). CRMC is a U.S.-based investment management company
that manages the American Funds family of mutual funds. CRMC
manages equity assets for various investment companies through
three divisions, Capital Research Global Investors, Capital
International Investors and Capital World Investors. CRMC in
turn is the parent company of Capital Group International, Inc.
("CGII"), which in turn is the parent company of five investment
management companies ("CGII management companies"): Capital
Guardian Trust Company, Capital International, Inc., Capital
International Limited, Capital International Sàrl and Capital
International K.K. The CGII management companies primarily
serve as investment managers to institutional clients.
Neither
CGC nor any of its affiliates own shares of Ryanair Holdings plc
for its own account. Rather, the shares reported on this
Notification are owned by accounts under the discretionary
investment management of one or more of the investment management
companies described above.
EuroPacific
Growth Fund ("EUPAC") is a mutual fund registered in the United
States under the Investment Company Act of 1940. EUPAC is the legal
owner of 17,233,200 ADRs (7.602% of the outstanding shares) and it
has granted proxy voting authority to its investment adviser
CRMC.
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RYANAIR
HOLDINGS PLC
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By:___/s/
Juliusz Komorek____
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Juliusz
Komorek
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Company
Secretary
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