Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4486C

Smurfit Kappa Group PLC

16 April 2013

 



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:   

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

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

The Capital Group Companies, Inc.

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

            See Schedule A

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

12 April 2013

6.         Date on which issuer notified:

15 April 2013

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

Above 7%

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
IE00B1RR8406	14,100,000	14,100,000			16,350,000		7.16%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)	14,100,000	14,100,000		16,350,000		7.16%

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
		SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates)

Total (A+B)	number of voting rights	% of voting rights
16,500,000	16,500,000	7.16%

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

See Schedule 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:

Due to a company reorganisation, Capital Research and Management Company ("CRMC") and Capital Group International, Inc. ("CGII") will no longer report relevant holdings separately.  With effect from 1 September 2012, the holdings under management of CRMC and CGII are being reported in aggregate by The Capital Group Companies, Inc.

Done at Los Angeles, California on 15 April 2013.

Schedule A

                                                                                                         Number       Percent of

                                                                                                      Of shares   Outstanding

The Capital Group Companies, Inc. ("CG") holdings              16,350,000             7.16%

Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds:

·   Capital Research and Management Company                    16,350,000             7.16%

·     The Growth Fund of America, Inc.                           11,350,000             4.97%

(Direct shareholding that does not exercise its own voting shares.  Voting shares are exercised by CRMC)

 

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