Holding(s) in Company (0878P)

TIDMKYGA

RNS Number : 0878P

Kerry Group PLC

28 September 2011

REGULATORY Announcement

28 September, 2011

For filings with the FSA include the annex

For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES (i)

 
 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying            Kerry Group plc 
  issuer 
  of existing shares to which voting rights 
  are 
  attached: (ii) 
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 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box 
  or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                               X 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments 
  which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued 
  to which voting rights are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic 
  effect to qualifying financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject               M&G Investment Funds 1 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)              Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MEJ01 
  (if different from 3.): (iv)                Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MEK01 
                                              Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MEU01 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                26 September 2011 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                  27 September 2011 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed                    Below 3% 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii) 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type 
  of 
  shares 
  if possible     Situation previous 
  using            to the triggering                 Resulting situation after the triggering 
  the ISIN CODE    transaction                        transaction 
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                                       Number 
                  Number                of           Number 
                   of                   Voting       of       Number of voting         % of voting 
                   Shares               Rights       shares    rights                   rights (x) 
--------------   -------------------  ------------  -------  -----------------------  -------------------------- 
                                                              Direct        Indirect 
                                                     Direct    (xi)          (xii)     Direct          Indirect 
--------------   ------  ---  ------  -----  -----  -------  ------------  ---------  --------------  ---------- 
                                                     Below       Below                     Below 
  IE0004906560        5,539,182         5,539,182      3%          3%                        3% 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial        Expiration          Exercise/               Number of voting             % of voting 
  instrument               date (xiii)         Conversion Period       rights that may              rights 
                                               (xiv)                   be 
                                                                       acquired if the 
                                                                       instrument is 
                                                                       exercised/ converted. 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying 
  Financial 
  Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of         Exercise      Expiration     Exercise/       Number of voting              % of voting 
  financial       price         date (xvii)   Conversion       rights instrument             rights (xix, 
  instrument                                  period           refers to                     xx) 
                                              (xviii) 
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                                                                                            Nominal     Delta 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                      Percentage of voting rights 
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                          Below 3%                                                 Below 3% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights 
  and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi) 
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 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:                                  N/A 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will                  N/A 
  cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to                   N/A 
  hold 
  voting rights: 
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 13. Additional information:           With reference to item 3, M&G 
                                        Investments Funds 1 is an Open 
                                        Ended Investment Company (OEIC) 
                                        and is not a Prudential group 
                                        company and must be separately 
                                        disclosed. 
                                        This OEIC Fund is managed by M&G 
                                        Investment Management Limited 
                                        (a wholly owned subsidiary of 
                                        Prudential plc) and will have 
                                        been previously attributed to 
                                        Prudential plc solely on the basis 
                                        that M&G Investment Management 
                                        Ltd has direct fund management 
                                        control over the shares identified 
                                        in this notification. 
                                        Therefore the below 3% holding 
                                        being disclosed in this notification 
                                        is encompassed in the 3.07% already 
                                        disclosed under The Prudential 
                                        plc group of companies and is 
                                        NOT in addition to it. 
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         For further information please contact: 
 
 
        Brian Durran, Company Secretary, Kerry Group plc. 
         Tel no: [phone] 
         Email: [e-mail] 
         Kerry Web Site: www.kerrygroup.com 
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