RYA.L Regulatory News (RYA)

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: Ryanair Holdings plc

LEI: 635400BR2ROC1FVEBQ56

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

[ ] An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

[x] 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 :

Name:

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

City and country of registered office (if applicable):

Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington DE 19801, USA

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

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi: 18/02/2021

6. Date on which issuer notified: 22/02/2021

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: The 5% threshold was crossed within voting rights attached to financial instruments by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

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

0.40%

4.98%

5.38%

1,127,467,028

Position of previous notification (if applicable)

0.39%

5.02%

5.41%

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 ofshares

ISIN code (if possible)

Number of voting rightsix

% of voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

IE00BYTBXV33

4,218,093

0.37%

US7835132033

284,711

0.03%

SUBTOTAL A

4,502,804

0.40%

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

Type of financial instrument

Expirationdatex

Exercise/Conversion Periodxi

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

% of voting rights

Securities Lending

Open

288,308

0.03%

Swap

24/02/2021

5,000,093

0.44%

Call Option

19/03/2021

 4,307,300

0.38%

Put Option

17/09/2021

 50,000

0.004%

Call Option

17/12/2021

 21,000

0.002%

Put Option

19/03/2021

 2,400

0.0002%

SUBTOTAL B.1

9,669,101

0.86%

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

Type of financial instrument

Expirationdatex

Exercise/Conversion Period xi

Physical or cash settlementxii

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

Swap

23/02/2021

Cash

9,999,933

0.89%

Swap

09/06/2021

Cash

7,497,920

0.67%

Swap

28/09/2021

Cash

5,874,954

0.52%

Swap

04/03/2021

Cash

4,800,412

0.43%

Swap

27/09/2021

Cash

4,554,629

0.40%

Swap

26/02/2021

Cash

2,480,002

0.22%

Swap

01/03/2021

Cash

2,400,002

0.21%

Swap

02/03/2021

Cash

2,350,003

0.21%

Swap

03/03/2021

Cash

2,320,004

0.21%

Swap

04/03/2021

Cash

1,750,006

0.16%

CFD

30/09/2030

Cash

853,377

0.08%

CFD

30/09/2030

Cash

337,130

0.03%

CFD

06/01/2031

Cash

243,609

0.02%

CFD

30/09/2030

Cash

166,167

0.01%

CFD

30/09/2030

Cash

121,330

0.01%

CFD

29/01/2031

Cash

104,115

0.01%

CFD

17/02/2031

Cash

79,339

0.01%

CFD

23/02/2022

Cash

74,999

0.01%

CFD

15/07/2025

Cash

66,161

0.01%

CFD

16/12/2030

Cash

51,260

0.005%

CFD

23/02/2022

Cash

50,000

0.004%

CFD

23/02/2022

Cash

50,000

0.004%

CFD

23/02/2022

Cash

50,000

0.004%

CFD

08/07/2030

Cash

43,426

0.004%

CFD

13/11/2023

Cash

28,000

0.002%

CFD

16/12/2030

Cash

26,073

0.002%

CFD

17/02/2031

Cash

19,560

0.002%

CFD

07/03/2029

Cash

17,086

0.002%

CFD

15/07/2025

Cash

14,311

0.001%

CFD

04/05/2021

Cash

13,925

0.001%

CFD

13/11/2023

Cash

7,000

0.001%

CFD

16/12/2030

Cash

5,242

0.0005%

Swap

01/03/2021

Cash

4,500

0.0004%

CFD

16/12/2030

Cash

3,998

0.0004%

CFD

02/05/2023

Cash

3,409

0.0003%

CFD

30/07/2030

Cash

3,053

0.0003%

CFD

17/12/2030

Cash

1,502

0.0001%

CFD

30/07/2030

Cash

1,462

0.0001%

CFD

30/07/2030

Cash

1,081

0.0001%

CFD

25/11/2030

Cash

900

0.0001%

CFD

25/11/2030

Cash

900

0.0001%

CFD

31/07/2030

Cash

792

0.0001%

CFD

17/12/2030

Cash

753

0.0001%

CFD

16/12/2030

Cash

600

0.0001%

CFD

17/12/2030

Cash

551

0.00005%

CFD

17/12/2030

Cash

358

0.00003%

Swap

05/07/2022

Cash

250

0.00002%

CFD

07/01/2031

Cash

100

0.00001%

Swap

08/07/2022

Cash

71

0.00001%

Swap

04/09/2022

Cash

19

0.000002%

Swap

17/05/2021

Cash

13

0.000001%

Swap

11/05/2021

Cash

11

0.000001%

SUBTOTAL B.2

46,474,295

4.12%

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 thefinancial 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 Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Goldman Sachs (UK) L.L.C.

Goldman Sachs Group UK Limited

Goldman Sachs International

4.98%

5.35%

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

GSAM Holdings LLC

Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Folio Financial, Inc.

Folio Investments Inc.

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Goldman Sachs (Cayman) Holding Company

Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

IMD Holdings LLC

United Capital Financial Partners, Inc.

United Capital Financial Advisers, LLC

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:

Please note, the total amount of voting rights have been rounded to 2 decimal places therefore there is a possibility of a rounding error.

General email contact:

gs-regops-emea-position-enquiries@gs.com