Kerry Group PLC Notification of Major Holdings (1611Y)

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RNS Number : 1611Y

Kerry Group PLC

01 December 2017

1 December 2017

Kerry Group

Regulatory Announcement

Standard Form for Notification of Major Holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the Central Bank of Ireland)(i)

 
 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying 
  issuer of existing shares to which voting rights 
  are attached(ii) : 
  Kerry Group plc 
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 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 
  [ ] An event changing the breakdown of voting 
  rights 
  [ ] Other (please specify)(iii) : 
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 3. Details of person subject to the notification 
  obligation(iv) : 
 Name:                                  City and country of registered 
  The Capital Group Companies,           office (if applicable): 
  Inc.                                   Los Angeles, California 
                                         90071 U.S.A. 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different 
  from 3.)(v) : 
  See Box 10 
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 5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or 
  reached(vi) : 
  29 November 2017 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified: 
  30 November 2017 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 
  Below (3%) - Aggregate of voting rights from 
  shares 
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 8. Total positions of person(s) subject to the 
  notification obligation: 
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                     % of voting        % of voting       Total of    Total number 
                      rights attached   rights through     both in     of voting 
                      to shares         financial          % (9.A +    rights of 
                      (total of         instruments        9.B)        issuer(vii) 
                      9.A)              (total 
                                        of 9.B.1 
                                        + 9.B.2) 
------------------  -----------------  ----------------  ----------  ------------- 
 Resulting 
  situation 
  on the date 
  on which 
  threshold 
  was crossed 
  or reached         2.8596%            0.0000%           2.8596%     176,164,038 
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 Position 
  of previous 
  notification 
  (if applicable)    3.9442%            0.0000%           3.9442% 
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 9. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which 
  the threshold was crossed or reached(viii) : 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type           Number of voting                % of voting rights 
  of                   rights(ix) 
  shares 
  ISIN 
  code 
  (if possible) 
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                        Direct           Indirect       Direct                           Indirect 
-------------------  ---------------  -------------  -------------------------------  ------------- 
 Ordinary 
  Shares 
  (IE0004906560)                       5,037,604                                       2.8596% 
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 SUBTOTAL 
  A                                    5,037,604                                       2.8596% 
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 B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation 17(1)(a) of the 
  Regulations 
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 Type of                Expiration     Exercise/      Number of voting                 % of voting 
  financial              date(x)        Conversion     rights that                      rights 
  instrument                            Period(xi)     may be acquired 
                                                       if the instrument 
                                                       is exercised/converted. 
---------------------  -------------  -------------  -------------------------------  ------------- 
 
 
 
                                       SUBTOTAL 
                                        B.1 
                                      -------------  -------------------------------  ------------- 
 
 B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according 
  to Regulation 17(1)(b) of the Regulations 
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 Type of               Expiration      Exercise/      Physical           Number        % of voting 
  financial             date(x)         Conversion    or cash             of voting     rights 
  instrument                            Period        settlement(xii)     rights 
                                        (xi) 
--------------------  --------------  -------------  -----------------  ------------  ------------- 
 
 
 
                                                      SUBTOTAL 
                                                       B.2 
                                                     -----------------  ------------  ------------- 
 
 
 
 10. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification 
  obligation 
  [ ] Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled 
  by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any 
  other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest 
  in the (underlying) issuer.(xiii) 
  [ X ] Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting 
  rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting 
  with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity(xiv) 
  : 
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 Name(xv)               % of voting       % of voting        Total of both if it 
                         rights if         rights through     equals or is higher 
                         it equals         financial          than the notifiable 
                         or is higher      instruments        threshold 
                         than the          if it equals 
                         notifiable        or is higher 
                         threshold         than the 
                                           notifiable 
                                           threshold 
---------------------  ----------------  -----------------  ---------------------- 
 The Capital 
  Group Companies, 
  Inc. 
  Holdings 
  by CG Management 
  companies 
  are set out 
  below:                  2.8596%           0.0000%            2.8596% 
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 Capital Research 
  and Management 
  Company(1)              2.8596%           0.0000%            2.8596% 
---------------------  ----------------  -----------------  ---------------------- 
 1. Wholly Owned subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, Inc. 
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 11. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease 
  to hold [% and number] voting rights as of [date] 
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 12. Additional information(xvi) : 
  CGC is the parent company of Capital Research and Management Company 
  ("CRMC"). CRMC is a U.S.-based investment management company that 
  manages the American Funds family of mutual funds. CRMC manages 
  equity assets for various investment companies through three divisions, 
  Capital Research Global Investors, Capital International Investors 
  and Capital World Investors. CRMC in turn is the parent company 
  of Capital Group International, Inc. ("CGII"), which in turn is 
  the parent company of five investment management companies ("CGII 
  management companies"): Capital Guardian Trust Company, Capital 
  International, Inc., Capital International Limited, Capital International 
  Sàrl and Capital International K.K. The CGII management companies 
  primarily serve as investment managers to institutional clients. 
  Neither CGC nor any of its affiliates own shares of your company 
  for its own account. Rather, the shares reported on this Notification 
  are owned by accounts under the discretionary investment management 
  of one or more of the investment management companies described 
  above. 
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Done at Los Angeles, California on 30 November 2017

Contact Information

 
 
 Company Secretarial 
 Brian Durran   Company Secretary   [phone]   [e-mail] 
 Website 
 www.kerrygroup.com 
 

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