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:
05 February 2019
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6. Date on which issuer notified: 6 February 2019
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: Below 10% -
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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9.9834%
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0.0000%
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9.9834%
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1,133,395,322
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Position of previous notification (if applicable)
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10.2816%
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0.0000%
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10.2816%
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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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424,959
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0.0375%
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American Depositary Shares (ISIN: US7835131043)
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112,726,160
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9.9459%
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SUBTOTAL A
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113,151,119
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9.9834%
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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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N/A
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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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N/A
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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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9.9834%
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0.0000%
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9.9834%
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Capital Research and Management
Company1
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9.5498%
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0.0000%
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9.5498%
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Capital Guardian Trust
Company2
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Capital International,
Inc.2
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Capital International
Sárl2
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EuroPacific Growth Fund
(EUPAC) 3
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See box 12
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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 8,134,459 ADRs (3.5885% 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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