Holding(s) in Company (5019X)

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RNS Number : 5019X

Smurfit Kappa Group PLC

15 February 2012

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

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 place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( X )

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): (    ) 

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

GMT Capital Corp

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):

Bay Resource Partners, LP

Bay II Resource Partners, LP

Bay Resource Partners Offshore Fund Ltd

Thomas E Claugus

5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):

9 February 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

13 February 2012

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

4%

8. Notified Details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

 
 Class/type of shares if possible use ISIN CODE     Situation previous to the triggering transaction 
                                                   Number of shares       Number of voting rights 
 IE00B1RR8406                                      8,865,096              8,865,096 
 
 
                                   Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
Class/type of shares         Number of shares  Number of voting rights    % of voting rights 
 if possible use ISIN CODE 
                                                   Direct       Indirect    Direct   Indirect 
IE00B1RR8406                   8,928,596         8,928,596      Nil          4.02%      Nil 
 

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 
 Type of       Expiration   Exercise/conversion   No. of voting rights     % of voting 
  financial     date         period/date           that may be acquired     rights 
  instrument                                       (if the instrument 
                                                   exercised/ converted) 
 Nil 
 

Total (A+B)

 
 Number of voting rights   % of voting rights 
 8,928,596                 4.02% 
 

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 proxy holder:

N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/A

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

N/A

13. Additional information:

N/A

14. Contact name:

Michael O'Riordan / Jim Fitzharris

15. Contact telephone number:

[phone]

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.

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