Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4489C

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 Growth Fund of America, Inc. ("GFA")

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:

12 April 2013

6.         Date on which issuer notified:

15 April 2013

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

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 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	9,100,000	9,100,000	11,350,000	0		0%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)	9,100,000	9,100,000	11,350,000			0%

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
11,350,000	0	0%

9.         Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instrumentsare 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:

GFA has granted proxy voting authority to Capital Research and Management Company, its investment adviser.

Please note that the notification submitted on behalf of the Capital Group Companies, Inc. dated 12 April 2013 included GFA's holdings.

Done at Los Angeles, California on 15 April 2013.

 

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