Notification of Major Holdings

RNS Number : 3001S

Kerry Group PLC

22 June 2018

 

22 June 2018

Kerry Group

Regulatory Announcement

TR-1 Notification of Major Holdings

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:	Massachusetts Financial Services Company
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	See section 9 below
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	20 June 2018
6. Date on which issuer notified:	21 June 2018
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	3%

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		3.00%		N/A	5,275,458	N/A	2.99%

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

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date	Exercise/ Conversion period	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights

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

Massachusetts Financial Services Company Massachusetts Financial Services Company MFS Heritage Trust Company Massachusetts Financial Services Company MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc Massachusetts Financial Services Company MFS Investment Management Canada Ltd Massachusetts Financial Services Company MFS International Ltd MFS International Holdings Pty Ltd MFS International (U.K.) Ltd

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:

N/A

 

Contact Information

Company Secretarial
Ronan Deasy	Company Secretary	[phone]	[e-mail]
Website
www.kerrygroup.com

 

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