Holding in Company Form TR1 (8651B)

TIDMFBH

RNS Number : 8651B

FBD Holdings PLC

23 April 2012

Standard Form TR-1 Voting rights attached to shares- Article 12(1) of directive 2004/109/EC Financial instruments - Article 11(3) of the Commission Directive 2007/14/EC[i]

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are

attached [ii]: FBD Holdings PLC

   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 which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

   [ ]      an event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
   3.         Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation[iii]:

Wellington Management Company, LLP

   4.         Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)[iv]:

BONY (Nominees) Ltd.

Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees) Ltd.

State Street Nominees Ltd.

Vidacos Nominees

   5.         Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached[v]:

18 April 2012

   6.         Date on which issuer notified;

20 April 2012

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

3.00%

   8.         Notified details:

   1.     1.    1. 
 
 A) Voting rights attached to shares 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Class/type       Situation previous             Resulting situation after the triggering 
  of shares        to the Triggering              transaction[vii] 
  (if possible     transaction [vi] 
  using the 
  ISIN CODE) 
---------------  -----------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                  Number          Number         Number           Number of voting               % of voting 
                  of               of Voting      of shares[x]     rights[xi]                     rights 
                  Shares[viii]     rights[ix] 
---------------  --------------  -------------  ---------------  -----------------------------  ---------------------- 
                                                 Direct           Direct[xii]   Indirect[xiii]   Direct     Indirect 
---------------  --------------  -------------  ---------------  ------------  ---------------  ---------  ----------- 
 Ordinary Shares 
  IE0003290289                                                                  1,111,510                   3.34% 
---------------------------------------------------------------  ------------  ---------------  ---------  ----------- 
 
 SUBTOTAL A 
  (based on 
  aggregate 
  voting rights)                                                           1,111,510                           3.34% 
---------------------------------------------------------------  -----------------------------  ---------------------- 
 
 
 B) Financial Instruments 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[xiv] 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Type of financial   Expiration   Exercise/Conversion   Number of voting          % of voting 
  instrument          Date[xv]     Period/ Date[xvi]     rights that               rights 
                                                         may be acquired 
                                                         if the instrument 
                                                         is exercised/converted 
------------------  -----------  --------------------  ------------------------  ------------ 
 
 
                                  SUBTOTAL B 
                                   (in relation 
                                   to all expiration 
                                   dates) 
                                 --------------------  ------------------------  ------------ 
 
 
 Total (A+B)    number of voting   % of voting rights 
                 rights 
-------------  -----------------  ------------------- 
                1,111,510          3.34% 
-------------  -----------------  -------------------

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instrumentsare effectively held, if applicable[xvii]:

BONY (Nominees) Ltd. - 326,404 shares

Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees) Limited - 492,067 shares

State Street Nominees Ltd. - 67,008 shares

Vidacos Nominees - 226,031 shares

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