Notification of Major Interest in Shares

RNS Number : 7266I

Kerry Group PLC

10 December 2015

 

REGULATORY Announcement

10 December 2015

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

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/ECⁱ

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedii:

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 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 obligationiii:	BlackRock, Inc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from the person mentioned in point 3.)iv:	See Schedule A
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reachedv:	2 December 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:	10 December 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Below 4%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transactionvi		Resulting situation after the triggering transactionviii
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary Shares IE0004906560	7,042,421	7,042,421	N/A	N/A	6,779,051	N/A	3.85%
Subtotal A (based on aggregate voting rights)				6,779,051		3.85%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transactionxiv
Type of financial instrument	Expiration datexv	Exercise/ Conversion Period/Datexvi	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
NA
		Subtotal B (in relation to all expiration dates)

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) (where applicable in accordance with national law)	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
6,779,051	6,779,051	3.85%

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

See Schedule A http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/7266I_-2015-12-10.pdf

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:

Done at 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL, UK on 3 December 2015

-ENDS-

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

 

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