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101
Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions
As of June 30, 2009, 1,476,521,336 Ordinary Shares were outstanding. At that date, 137,619,734
ADRs, representing 688,098,674 Ordinary Shares, were held of record in the United States by 83 holders, and
represented in the aggregate 46.6% of the number of Ordinary Shares then outstanding. See “Item 10.
Additional InformationArticles of Association” and “Limitations on Share Ownership by Non-EU
Nationals.”
MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS
Based on information available to Ryanair Holdings, the following table summarizes the holdings of
those shareholders holding 3% or more of the Ordinary Shares as of June 30, 2009, June 30, 2008 and July 31,
2007, the latest practicable date prior to the Company’s publication of its statutory annual report in each of the
relevant years.
As of June 30, 2009
As of June 30, 2008
As of July 31, 2007
No. of
Shares % of
Class No. of
Shares % of
Class No. of
Shares % of
Class
Capital Research and Management
Company. ................................
..........
195,559,515 13.24%
211,322,630
14.29% 180,029,994
11.90%
Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC
........
76,570,295 5.19% 93,372,870 6.31% 93,749,190 6.20%
FMR LLC ................................
.............
64,938,500 4.40% 46,806,380 3.15% 90,452,075 5.95%
FIL Limited ................................
..........
62,235,643 4.22% 51,086,444 3.44% 28,274,071 1.86%
Michael O’Leary (a)
.............................
60,000,016 4.06% 65,000,016 4.39% 65,000,016 4.30%
Chieftain Capital Management Inc
.......
52,789,800 3.58% 77,871,400 5.27% 54,743,575 3.60%
______________
(a) On June 5, 2009, Michael O'Leary sold 5 million Ordinary Shares at €3.75 per share in a private sale
conducted outside the United States in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act.
As of June 30, 2009, the directors and executive officers of Ryanair Holdings as a group owned
76,118,220 Ordinary Shares, representing 5.16% of Ryanair Holdings’ outstanding Ordinary Shares as of such
date. See also Note 19(d) to the consolidated financial statements included herein.
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The Company has not entered into any “related party transactions” as defined in Item 7.B. of this
annual report in the three fiscal years ending March 31, 2009 or in the period from March 31, 2009 to the date
hereof.