Greencore Group PLC Holding(s) in Company (8351K)

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RNS Number : 8351K

Greencore Group PLC

12 July 2017

Standard Form TR-1

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) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of 
  existing shares to which voting rights are attached(ii) 
  : 
  Greencore 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. ("CGC")                           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) 
  : 
  10 July 2017 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified: 
  11 July 2017 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Above 
  4% - 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 + 9.B)    rights of 
                      (total of          instruments                      issuer(vii) 
                      9.A)               (total of 
                                         9.B.1 + 9.B.2) 
------------------  -----------------  ----------------  -------------  ------------- 
 Resulting 
  situation 
  on the date 
  on which 
  threshold 
  was crossed 
  or reached         4.0028%            0.0000%           4.0028%        705,114,915 
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 Position 
  of previous 
  notification 
  (if applicable)    3.0197%            0.0000%           3.0197% 
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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 rights(ix)          % of voting rights 
  of 
  shares 
  ISIN code 
  (if possible) 
---------------------- 
 
                                Direct            Indirect          Direct                   Indirect 
----------------------  --------------------  -------------  ------------------  ----------------------------- 
                  Ordinary 
                    Shares 
             (ISIN: IE0003864109)              28,223,990                         4.0028% 
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 SUBTOTAL 
  A                                            28,223,990                         4.0028% 
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 B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation 17(1)(a) 
  of the Regulations 
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 Type of financial        Expiration          Exercise/       Number of voting                 % of voting 
  instrument               date(x)             Conversion      rights that                      rights 
                                               Period(xi)      may be acquired 
                                                               if the instrument 
                                                               is exercised/converted. 
-----------------------  ------------------  --------------  -------------------------------  ---------------- 
 Not applicable 
-----------------------   ---------------------------------  -------------------------------  ---------------- 
 
 
                           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) 
----------------------  -------------------  --------------  ------------------  -----------  ---------------- 
 Not applicable 
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                                                              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) : 
 Name(xv)                % of voting       % of voting              Total of both 
                          rights if it      rights through           if it equals 
                          equals or is      financial instruments    or is higher 
                          higher than       if it equals             than the notifiable 
                          the notifiable    or is higher             threshold 
                          threshold         than the notifiable 
                                            threshold 
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 The Capital 
  Group Companies, 
  Inc. 
  Holdings by 
  CG Management 
  companies are 
  set out below:              4.0028%              0.0000%                 4.0028% 
----------------------  ----------------  -----------------------  --------------------- 
 Capital Research 
  and Management 
  Company(1)                  4.0028%              0.0000%                 4.0028% 
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 SMALLCAP World 
  Fund, Inc. ("SCWF") 
  (2) 
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      1. Wholly Owned subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, 
       Inc. 
       2. Mutual fund managed by CRMC 
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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] 
  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 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. 
 
  SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc. ("SCWF") is a mutual funds 
  registered in the United States under the Investment 
  Company Act of 1940. 
 
  SCWF is the legal owner of 28,223,990 shares (4.0028% 
  of the outstanding shares). SCWF has granted proxy voting 
  authority to CRMC, its investment adviser. 
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 12. Additional information(xvi) : 
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Done at Los Angeles, California on 11 July 2017

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