UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
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| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On June 3, 2024, Flutter Entertainment plc (the “Company”) released, via the Regulatory News Service in London, an announcement (the “RNS Announcement”) regarding the submission to the Company of a notification on Standard Form TR-1 (Standard Form for Notification of Major Holdings), which is furnished as Exhibits 99.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The RNS Announcement was made in order to comply with disclosure requirements pursuant to the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority’s Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits |
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 99.1 | RNS Announcement dated June 3, 2024 | |
| 104 | The cover page of this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL. | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Flutter Entertainment plc | ||||||
| (Registrant) | ||||||
| Date: June 3, 2024 | By: | /s/ Edward Traynor | ||||
| Name: | Edward Traynor | |||||
| Title: | General Counsel and Company Secretary | |||||
Exhibit 99.1
TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings
| 1. Issuer Details |
ISIN
| IE00BWT6H894 |
Issuer Name
| Flutter Entertainment plc |
UK or Non-UK Issuer
| Non-UK |
| 2. Reason for Notification |
| An acquisition or disposal of voting rights |
| 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation |
Name
| BlackRock, Inc. |
City of registered office (if applicable)
| Wilmington |
Country of registered office (if applicable)
| USA |
| 4. Details of the shareholder |
Full name of shareholder(s) if different from the person(s) subject to the notification obligation, above
City of registered office (if applicable)
Country of registered office (if applicable)
| 5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached |
| 30-May-2024 |
| 6. Date on which Issuer notified |
| 31-May-2024 |
| 7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation |
| % of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8.A) |
% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2) |
Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B) |
Total number of voting rights held in issuer |
| Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached |
Below 5% | Below 5% | Below 5% | Below 5% | ||||
| Position of previous notification (if applicable) | 4.930000 | 0.600000 | 5.530000 |
| 8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached |
| 8A. Voting rights attached to shares |
| Class/Type of shares ISIN code(if possible) |
Number of direct voting rights (DTR5.1) |
Number of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1) |
% of direct voting rights (DTR5.1) |
% of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1) | ||||
| IE00BWT6H894 | Below 5% | Below 5% | ||||||
| Sub Total 8.A | Below 5% | Below 5% |
| 8B1. Financial Instruments according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (a)) |
| Type of financial instrument |
Expiration date |
Exercise/conversion period |
Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted |
% of voting rights | ||||
| Securities Lending | Below 5% | Below 5% | ||||||
| Sub Total 8.B1 | Below 5% | Below 5% | ||||||
| 8B2. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (b)) |
| Type of financial instrument |
Expiration date |
Exercise/conversion period |
Physical or cash settlement |
Number of voting rights |
% of voting rights | |||||
| CFD | Cash | Below 5% | Below 5% | |||||||
| Sub Total 8.B2 | Below 5% | Below 5% | ||||||||
| 9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation |
| 2. 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 entities (please add additional rows as necessary) |
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Ultimate controlling person |
Name of controlled undertaking |
% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold |
% of voting rights through financial threshold |
Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold | ||||
| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 1) | BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 1) | BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 1) | BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 1) | BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 1) | BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 1) | BlackRock HK Holdco Limited |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 1) | BlackRock Lux Finco S.a.r.l. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 1) | BlackRock Japan Holdings GK |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 1) | BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 2) | Trident Merger, LLC |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 2) | BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 3) | BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 3) | BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 3) | BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 3) | BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 3) | BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 3) | BlackRock Cayman 1 LP |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 3) | BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 3) | BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 3) | BlackRock Group Limited |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 3) | BlackRock Finance Europe Limited |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 3) | BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 4) | BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 4) | BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 4) | BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 4) | BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 4) | BlackRock Australia Holdco Pty. Ltd. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 4) | BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 5) | BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 5) | BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 5) | BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 5) | BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 5) | BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 5) | BlackRock Cayman 1 LP |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 5) | BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 5) | BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 5) | BlackRock Group Limited |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 5) | BlackRock International Limited |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 6) | BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 6) | BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 6) | BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 6) | BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 6) | BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 6) | BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, |
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| National Association |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 7) | BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 7) | BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 7) | BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 7) | BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 7) | BlackRock Delaware Holdings Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 7) | BlackRock Fund Advisors |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 8) | BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 8) | BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 9) | BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 9) | BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 9) | BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, | BR Jersey | |||||||
| Inc. (Chain 9) | International Holdings L.P. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 9) | BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 9) | BlackRock HK Holdco Limited |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 9) | BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 10) | BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 10) | BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 10) | BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 10) | BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 10) | BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 10) | BlackRock Cayman 1 LP |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 10) | BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 10) | BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited |
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| BlackRock, | BlackRock Group | |||||||
| Inc. (Chain 10) | Limited | |||||||
| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 10) | BlackRock Finance Europe Limited |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 10) | BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 10) | BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 11) | BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 11) | BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 11) | BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 11) | BlackRock Canada Holdings ULC |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 11) | BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 12) | BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 12) | BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 12) | BlackRock Capital Holdings, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, | BlackRock | |||||||
| Inc. (Chain 12) | Advisors, LLC | |||||||
| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 13) | BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 13) | BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 13) | BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 13) | BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 13) | BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 13) | BlackRock Cayman 1 LP |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 13) | BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 13) | BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 13) | BlackRock Group Limited |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 13) | BlackRock Finance Europe Limited |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 13) | BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited |
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| BlackRock, | BlackRock Holdco | |||||||
| Inc. (Chain 14) | 2, Inc. | |||||||
| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 14) | BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 14) | BlackRock International Holdings, Inc. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 14) | BR Jersey International Holdings L.P. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 14) | BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd. |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 14) | BlackRock (Singapore) Limited |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 15) | Trident Merger, LLC |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 15) | BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 15) | Amethyst Intermediate, LLC |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 15) | Aperio Holdings, LLC |
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| BlackRock, Inc. (Chain 15) | Aperio Group, LLC | |||||||
| 10. In case of proxy voting |
Name of the proxy holder
The number and % of voting rights held
The date until which the voting rights will be held
| 11. Additional Information |
| BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team
Jana Blumenstein
020 7743 3650 |
| 12. Date of Completion |
| 31st May 2024 |
| 13. Place Of Completion |
| 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, U.K. |