Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9151I

Smurfit Kappa Group PLC

30 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:        Henderson Global Investors Limited

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 March 2015

6.         Date on which issuer notified;    30 March 2015

7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:       Above 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
Ordinary IE00B1RR8406	Below 3%	Below 3%				7,064,131		3.01%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)	Below 3%	Below 3%		7,064,131			3.01%

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
	7,064,131	3.01%

9.         Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instrumentsare 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: This disclosure has been calculated based on total voting rights outstanding amount 234,541,679.

Done at 201 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3AE on 30 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)	Henderson Global Investors
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	201 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3AE, UK
Phone number	[phone]
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)	…………………………………………….

b)         Identity of the notifier, if applicable:

Full name	Scott Dickenson
Contact address	201 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3AE
Phone number	[phone]
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

c)         Additional information

 

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