Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3180G

Smurfit Kappa Group PLC

02 March 2015

 

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:

BlackRock, Inc.

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:

27^th February 2015

6.         Date on which issuer notified:

2^nd March 2015

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

Holding has gone below 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
IE00B1RR8406	7,042,423	7,042,423	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Below 3%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)				N/A		Below 3%

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
N/A	N/A	Below 3%

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

10.       In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [number] voting rights as of [date].

11.       Additional information:

Done at 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL on 2^nd March 2015.

Annex to the standard form TR-1

a)         Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation:

Full name (including legal form for legal entities)	BlackRock, Inc.
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055, U.S.A.
Phone number	[phone]
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)	BlackRock Regulatory Thresholds Reporting Team

b)         Identity of the notifier, if applicable:

Full name	Gareth Slade
Contact address	12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL
Phone number	[phone]
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)	BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team

c)         Additional information

 

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