Shareholding in Company

RNS Number : 0634F

Kerry Group PLC

05 January 2010

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: 

 

Kerry Group plc

 

 

2. Reason for the notification (please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s):

 

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 (please specify): (X) This report does not reflect an acquisition of shares, but rather on January 1, 2010, CRMC began exercising the voting rights for funds that previously voted their own shares.

 

 

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

 

Capital Research and Management Company

 

 

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 if different):

 

01 January 2010

 

6. Date on which issuer notified:

 

05 January 2010

 

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

 

     Above 5%

 

 

 

 

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
	Number of shares	Number of voting Rights
IE0004906560 Kerry Group plc A Ordinary Shares of €0.125 each	0	0

 

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
	Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
IE0004906560 Kerry Group plc A Ordinary Shares of €0.125 each			8,965,824		5.1185%

 

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

 

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
8,965,824	5.1185%

 

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

 

Proxy Voting:

 

10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A

 

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: Please note The Growth Fund of America, Inc., a mutual fund under management that has previously submitted a notification on behalf of its holdings in Kerry Group plc, has delegated it’s voting rights to CRMC as of January 1, 2010

 

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: N/A

 

13. Additional information:  N/A

 

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