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Holding(s) in Company - REPLACEMENT

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RNS Number : 4087X

Paddy Power Betfair plc

23 November 2017

The following replaces the 'Holding(s) in Company' announcement released on 6th February 2017 at 09:41 RNS no 1009W. The full amended form is now shown below (as notified by the shareholder).

Standard Form TR-1

Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the Central Bank of Ireland)ⁱ

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedⁱⁱ:
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): [ ] An acquisition or disposal of voting rights [ ] An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments [ ] An event changing the breakdown of voting rights [X] Other (please specify)ⁱⁱⁱ: Restatement of voting rights as of 2 February 2017 (please see section 12 below).
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation^iv :
Name: Massachusetts Financial Services Company (whose trading name is MFS Investment Management)		City and country of registered office (if applicable): Boston, USA
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)^v: Refer to Box 10
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached^vi: Restatement of voting rights as of 2 February 2017 (please see section 12 below).
6. Date on which issuer notified: 22 November 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Restatement of voting rights as of 2 February 2017 (please see section 12 below).
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 issuer^vii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	7.47		7.47	84,044,726
Position of previous notification (if applicable)

9. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached^viii:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible)	Number of voting rights^ix					% of voting rights
	Direct			Indirect		Direct		Indirect
IE00BWT6H894				6,279,580				7.47


SUBTOTAL A				6,279,580				7.47

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation 17(1)(a) of the Regulations
Type of financial instrument		Expiration date^x	Exercise/ Conversion Period^xi			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 date^x		Exercise/ Conversion Period ^xi		Physical or cash settlement^xii		Number of voting rights		% of voting rights



					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 entity^xiv:

Name^xv

% 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

MFS Investment Management*

5.30%

MFS Investment Management Canada Ltd

0.08%

MFS Heritage Trust Company

0.33%

MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc.

0.44%

MFS International (U.K.) Ltd.

1.15%

MFS Investment Management K.K.

0.04%

MFS International Singapore Pte. Ltd

0.13%

* Please note that MFS Investment Management is the parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries, including MFS Investment Management Canada Ltd., MFS Heritage Trust Company, MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc., MFS International (U.K.) Ltd., MFS Investment Management K.K., and MFS International Singapore Pte. Ltd., investment managers for various pooled products and institutional clients.

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

12. Additional information^xvi: MFS is making this notification to restate its holdings in voting rights as of 2 February 2017 following the notification made on 3 February 2017 (the "February Notification"). Upon further review, it has come to our attention that the February Notification included certain holdings which MFS did not need to include.

Done at Boston, USA on 22 November 2017.

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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