Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8439I

Kerry Group PLC

08 July 2013

 



REGULATORY Announcement

08 July, 2013

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

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		X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	Kerry Co-operative Creameries Limited
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:	8 July 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:	8 July 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	17.11% - 13.69%

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
IE0004906560	30,057,906	30,057,906	24,048,456	24,048,456	-	13.69%	-

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
24,048,456	13.69%

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:

Calculations based on Total Voting Rights of 175,720,328. The transaction is not a sale but a distribution in specie of shares in Kerry Group plc to the shareholders of Kerry Co-operative Creameries Ltd in return for the cancellation of 20% of the share capital of the latter.

Brian Durran, Company Secretary, Kerry Group plc. Tel no:  [phone] Email:  [e-mail] Kerry Web Site:  www.kerrygroup.com

 

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