Last checked at 29 May 2018 07:00
28 May 2018
Kerry Group
Regulatory Announcement
TR-1 Notification of Major Holdings
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: | Kerry Group plc |
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | X | |
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: | Massachusetts Financial Services Company |
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | See Note 9 |
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: | 24 May 2018 |
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 25 May 2018 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | 3% |
8. Notified details: | |||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares | |||||||
Class/type of shares if possible usingthe ISIN CODE | Situation previous to the triggering transaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||
Number ofShares | Number ofVotingRights | Numberof shares | Number of votingrights | % of voting rights | |||
Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||
IE0004906560 |
| 2.99% |
| N/A | 5,288,255 | N/A | 3.00% |
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
Type of financialinstrument | Expirationdate | Exercise/ConversionPeriod | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted. | % of votingrights |
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Exerciseprice | Expirationdate | Exercise/Conversionperiod | Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to | % of voting rights
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Total (A+B+C) | |
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
Massachusetts Financial Services Company Massachusetts Financial Services Company MFS Heritage Trust Company Massachusetts Financial Services Company MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc Massachusetts Financial Services Company MFS Investment Management Canada Ltd Massachusetts Financial Services Company MFS International Ltd MFS International Holdings Pty Ltd MFS International (U.K.) Ltd |
Proxy Voting: | |
10. Name of the 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 |
Contact Information
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Company Secretarial | |||
Ronan Deasy | Company Secretary | +353 66 7182000 | ronan.deasy@kerry.ie |
Website | |||
www.kerrygroup.com | |||