TIDMKYGA

RNS Number : 3644M

Kerry Group PLC

15 August 2011

REGULATORY Announcement

15 August, 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 
  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): 
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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 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii)                 M&G Investment Funds 1 
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                                             Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MEJ01 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s)               Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MEK01 
  (if different from 3.): (iv)                Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MEU01 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed or 
  reached: (v)                                       11 August 2011 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                   12 August 2011 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                                    4% to 3% 
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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 
                   of                   Voting         Number of   Number of voting         % of voting 
                   Shares               Rights         shares       rights                   rights (x) 
-------------    -------------------  --------------  ----------  -----------------------  --------------------------- 
                                                                   Direct        Indirect 
                                                       Direct       (xi)          (xii)     Direct        Indirect 
-------------    ------  ---  ------  -----    -----  ----------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ------------- 
 IE0004906560         7,024,036          7,024,036     6,981,871    6,981,871                  3.97% 
                 -------------------  --------------  ----------  ------------  ---------  ------------  ------------- 
 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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                                                                        Number of voting 
                                                                         rights that may 
                                                                         be 
                                              Exercise/                  acquired if the 
 Type of financial        Expiration           Conversion Period         instrument is                  % of voting 
  instrument               date (xiii)         (xiv)                     exercised/ converted.           rights 
-----------------------  ------------------  ------------------------  ------------------------------  --------------- 
 
 
 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/          Number of voting              % of voting 
 financial      Exercise       Expiration        Conversion         rights instrument             rights (xix, 
 instrument      price          date (xvii)      period (xviii)     refers to                     xx) 
-------------  -------------  ---------------  -----------------  ----------------------------  ---------------------- 
                                                                                                 Nominal       Delta 
-------------  -------------  ---------------  -----------------  ----------------------------  ------------  -------- 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                           Percentage of voting rights 
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                            6,981,871                                                     3.97% 
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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 3.97% holding being 
                                       disclosed in this notification 
                                       is encompassed in the 4.99% already 
                                       disclosed on 17/12/2010 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: +353 66 7182000 
         Email: brian.durran@kerry.ie 
         Kerry Web Site: www.kerrygroup.com 
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