Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9712Q

Greencore Group PLC

22 April 2009

 

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

1.         Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: Greencore Group 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: Polaris Capital Management, LLC

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

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

            3^rd April, 2009

6.         Date on which issuer notified;

            21^st April, 2009

7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:  11%

8.         Notified details:

A) VOTING RIGHTS ATTACHED TO SHARES
Class/type of   shares (if possible   using the ISIN   CODE)   SEDOL	Situation previous to the    Triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of   Shares	Number of    Voting    rights	Number   of   shares	Number of voting   rights		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
5013832	20,365,756		22,194,911
0386410	1,622,392		1,718,151
SUBTOTAL A (based on   aggregate voting   rights)	21,988,148		23,913,062			TOTAL 11.70%

 

 

 

 

 

B) FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial   instrument	Expiration Date	Exercise/Conversion    Period/ Date	Number of voting rights that may be   acquired if the   instrument is   exercised/converted	% of voting rights
		SUBTOTAL B (in   relation to all   expiration dates)

 

Total (A+B)	number of voting rights	% of voting rights

 

 

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

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

11.       Additional information: Acquisition through SCRIP Dividend Scheme

Done at Dublin on 3^rd April, 2009.

 

 

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