Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2202N

Kerry Group PLC

12 February 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: Kerry Group plc

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

[ ]     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 

[x]    Other - Confirmation of Current Position

3.    Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: 

M&G Investment Funds 1

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

Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MEJ01

Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MEU01

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

6.    Date on which issuer notified; 11 February 2009

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

8.     Notified details: 

A) Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares (if possible using the ISIN CODE)	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
Kerry Group plc IE0004906560	5,452,500	5,452,500	5,452,500	5,452,500		3.11%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)	5,452,500	5,452,500	5,452,500	5,452,500		3.11%

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
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
		SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates)	N/A	N/A

Total (A+B)	number of voting rights	% of voting rights
	5,452,500	3.11%

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

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

11.  Additional information:

With reference to item 3, M&G Investments Funds 1 is an Open Ended Investment Company (OEIC) and is not a Prudential group company and must be separately disclosed. 

This OEIC Fund is managed by M&G Investment Management Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) and will have been previously attributed to Prudential plc solely on the basis that M&G Investment Management Ltd has direct fund management control over the shares identified in this notification. 

Therefore the 3.11% holding being disclosed in this notification is encompassed in the 3.49% already disclosed under The Prudential plc group of companies and is NOT in addition to it.

 

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