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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:
10
October 2018
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6. Date on which issuer notified:
11 October
2018
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: Below 15% - 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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14.8994%
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0.0000%
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14.8994%
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1,133,395,322
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Position
of previous notification (if applicable)
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15.4469%
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0.0000%
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15.4469%
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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:
IE00BYTBXV33)
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453,231
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0.0400%
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ADRs
(ISIN:
US7835132033)
(1 ADR
= 5 Ordinary Shares)
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168,415,855
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14.8594%
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SUBTOTAL A
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168,869,086
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14.8994%
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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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14.8994%
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0.0000%
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14.8994%
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Capital Research and Management Company1
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14.4105%
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0.0000%
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14.4105%
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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
(Direct shareholding that does not
exercise its own voting shares. Voting shares are exercised by
CRMC)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.
Mutual 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:
The
Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("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 your company 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 15,728,157 ADRs,
which convert to 78,640,785 ordinary shares (6.9385% 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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