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RNS Number : 5265Q
Wizz Air Holdings PLC
12 September 2017
 

Standard Form TR-1

Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS

 

1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedii: Wizz Air Holdings plc

 

1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer  (please  mark with an "X" if   appropriate): Non-UK issuer

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:

 

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv :

The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CGC")

City and country of registered office (if applicable): Los Angeles, CA 90071, USA

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v:

N/A

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi:

18 August 2017

6. Date on which issuer notified:

21 August 2017

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

 

8. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

 

% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 9.A)

% of voting rights through financial instruments
(total of 9.B.1 + 9.B.2)

Total of both in % (9.A + 9.B)

Total number of voting rights of issuervii

Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached

5.3196%

0.0000%

5.3196%

72,479,671

Position of previous notification (if applicable)

 

2.9954%

 

0.0000%

 

2.9954%

 

 

9. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of
shares

ISIN code (if possible)

Number of voting rightsix

% of voting rights

 

Direct

(Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC ) (DTRS 1)

 

Indirect

(Art 10 of Directive 2004/ 109 /EC) (DTRS.2.1)

 

Direct

(Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTRS 1)

 

Indirect

(Art 10 of Directive 2004 /109/EC)

(DTRS. 2 1)

 

Ordinary Shares

(JSIN:JE00BN57 4F90)

 

 

 

3,855 ,647

 

 

 

5.3196%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBTOTAL A

3,855,647

 

5.3196%

 

 

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation 17(1)(a) of the Regulations 

Type of financial instrument

Expiration
datex

Exercise/
Conversion Periodxi

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.

% of voting rights

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBTOTAL B.1

 

 

 

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Regulation 17(1)(b) of the Regulations

Type of financial instrument

Expiration
datex

Exercise/
Conversion Period xi

Physical or cash settlementxii

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBTOTAL B.2

 

 
                   

 

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.xiii

 

[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 entityxiv:

 

Namexv

% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

The Capital Group Companies, Inc.

Holding by CG Management Companies are set out below 

5.3196%

0.0000%

5.3196%

Capital Guardian Trust Company1

 

 

 

Capital International Sarl1

 

 

 

Capital International, Inc1

 

 

 

Capital Research and Management Company2

 

 

 

1Indirect subsidiaries of Capital Research and Management Company.

2Subsidiary a/The Capital Group Companies, Inc.

11. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [% and number] voting rights as of [date]

 

 

 

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  Sari  and Capital  International  K.K.  The CG\\ management companies primarily serve as investment managers to institutional clients.

Neither CGC nor any of its affiliates own shares of Wizz Air Holdings pie 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.

 

Place of completion

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Date of completion

21 August 2017

 


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