Holding in Company

Smurfit Kappa Group PLC
06 July 2007

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 attached ii:  Smurfit Kappa 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

() Other

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligationiii: JPMorgan
Chase & Co.

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

JF Asset Management (Taiwan) Limited

J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.

JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited

J.P. Morgan Partners, LLC



5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reachedv: 02 July 2007

6. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 3%

7. Notified details:


A: Voting rights attached to shares


Class/type of      Situation previous to the Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares             triggering transaction
                   Number of    Number of    Number of    Number of voting      Percentage of voting
If possible use    shares       voting       shares       rights                rights
ISIN code                       rights

                                                          Direct    Indirect    Direct    Indirect
IE00B1RR8406       7,345,775    7,345,775    6,415,251    Nil       6,415,251   Nil       2.95%


SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)



6,415,251



B: Financial Instruments


Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


Type of financial  Expiration date     Exercise/           No. of voting rights  Percentage of voting
instrument                             conversion period/  that may be acquired  rights
                                       date                (if the instrument
                                                           exercised/converted)
Nil
SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates)



Nil


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



6,415,251                     6,415,251                                             2.95%



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



Total disclosable holding for JPMorgan Chase & Co.: 6,415,251 (2.95%)



Holdings by controlled undertakings of JPMorgan Chase & Co. are as follows:

JF Asset Management (Taiwan) Limited

J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.

JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited

J.P. Morgan Partners, LLC





9. In case of proxy voting: (name of the proxy holder) will cease to hold
(number) voting rights as of (date). N/A

10. Additional information: N/A

Done at (place) on (date).




c) Additional information




Notes to Form TR-1

i This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to be filed
with the competent authority.

ii Either the full name of the legal entity or another method for identifying
the issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and accurate.

iii This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the natural person
or legal entity acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in the cases
provided for in Article 10 (b) to (h) of Directive 2004/109/EC; (c) all the
parties to the agreement referred to in Article 10 (a) of that Directive, or (d)
the holder of financial instruments entitled to acquire shares already issued to
which voting rights are attached, as appropriate.

In relation to the transactions referred to in points (b) to (h) of Article 10
of that Directive, the following list is provided as indication of the persons
who should be mentioned:

- in the circumstances foreseen in letter (b) of Article 10 of that Directive,
the natural person or legal entity that acquires the voting rights and is
entitled to exercise them under the agreement and the natural person or legal
entity who is transferring temporarily for consideration the voting rights;

- in the circumstances foreseen in letter (c) of Article 10 of that Directive,
the natural person or legal entity holding the collateral, provided the person
or entity controls the voting rights and declares its intention of exercising
them, and natural person or legal entity lodging the collateral under these
conditions;

- in the circumstances foreseen in letter (d) of Article 10 of that Directive,
the natural person or legal entity who has a life interest in shares if that
person or entity is entitled to exercise the voting rights attached to the
shares and the natural person or legal entity who is disposing of the voting
rights when the life interest is created;

- in the circumstances foreseen in letter (e) of Article 10 of that Directive,
the controlling natural person or legal entity and, provided it has a
notification duty at an individual level under Article 9, under letters (a) to
(d) of Article 10 of that Directive or under a combination of any of those
situations, the controlled undertaking;

- in the circumstances foreseen in letter (f) of Article 10 of that Directive,
the deposit taker of the shares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached
to the shares deposited with him at his discretion, and the depositor of the
shares allowing the deposit taker to exercise the voting rights at his
discretion;

- in the circumstances foreseen in letter (g) of Article 10 of that Directive,
the natural person or legal entity that controls the voting rights;

- in the circumstances foreseen in letter (h) of Article 10 of that Directive,
the proxy holder, if he can exercise the voting rights at his discretion, and
the shareholder who has given his proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latter
to exercise the voting rights at his discretion.

iv Applicable in the cases provided for in Article 10 (b) to (h) of Directive
2004/109/EC. This should be the full name of the shareholder who is the
counterparty to the natural person or legal entity referred to in Article 10 of
that Directive unless the holdings of the shareholder would be lower than 5% of
the total number of voting rights.

v The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case of an on exchange
transaction, the date on which the matching of orders occurs; in the case of an
off exchange transaction, date of the entering into an agreement.

The date on which threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which the
acquisition, disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes effect. For
passive crossings, the date when the corporate event took effect.




vi Please refer to the situation disclosed in the previous notification. In case
the situation previous to the triggering transaction was below 5%, please state
'below 5%'.

vii If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party
should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new
holding is below 5%.

For the case provided for in Article 10(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC, there
should be no disclosure of individual holdings per party to the agreement unless
a party individually crosses or reaches an Article 9 threshold. This applies
upon entering into, introducing changes to or terminating an agreement.

viii To be used in Member States where applicable.

ix Direct and indirect.

x To be used in Member States where applicable.

xi In case of combined holdings of shares with voting rights attached 'direct
holding' and voting rights 'indirect holding', please split the voting rights
number and percentage into the direct and indirect columns - if there is no
combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank.

xii Voting rights attached to shares held by the notifying party (Article 9 of
Directive 2004/109/EC).

xiii Voting rights held by the notifying party independently of any holding of
shares (Article 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC).

xiv If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party
should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new
holding is below 5%.

xv Date of maturity/expiration of the financial instrument i.e. the date when
right to acquire shares ends.

xvi If the financial instrument has such a period - please specify this period -
for example once every 3 months starting from (date).

xvii The notification should include the name(s) of the controlled undertakings
through which the voting rights are held. The notification should also include
the amount of voting rights and the percentage held by each controlled
undertaking, [DEL:i:DEL]nsofar as individually the controlled undertaking holds
5% or more, and insofar as the notification by the parent undertaking is
intended to cover the notification obligations of the controlled undertaking.

xviii This annex is only to be filed with the competent authority.

xix Whenever another person makes the notification on behalf of the shareholder
or the natural person/legal entity referred to in Articles 10 and 13 of
Directive 2004/109/EC













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