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FORMÂ 8.3
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IRISHÂ TAKEOVERÂ PANEL
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DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2013
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DEALINGSÂ BYÂ PERSONSÂ WITHÂ INTERESTSÂ INÂ RELEVANTÂ SECURITIESÂ REPRESENTINGÂ 1%Â ORÂ MORE
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1. KEYÂ INFORMATION
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Name of person dealing (Note 1) | BlackRock, Inc. |
Company dealt in | Smurfit Kappa Group plc |
Class of relevant security to which the dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2) | €0.001 ordinary shares |
Date of dealing | 15 March 2018 |
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2. INTERESTSÂ ANDÂ SHORTÂ POSITIONS
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(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 3)
Long | Short | |||||
Number | (%) | Number | (%) | |||
(1) Relevant securities | 12,394,045 (5.22%) | 0 (0.00%) | ||||
(2) Derivatives (other than options) | 18,299 (0.00%) | 378,359 (0.15%) | ||||
(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell | 0 (0.00%) | 56,000 (0.02%) | ||||
Total | 12,412,344 (5.23%) | 434,359 (0.18%) | ||||
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(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3)
Class of relevant security: | Long | Short | ||||
Number | (%) | Number | (%) | |||
(1) Relevant securities | ||||||
 (2) Derivatives (other than options) | ||||||
 (3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell | ||||||
Total | ||||||
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1. DEALINGS (Note 4)
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(a) Purchases and sales
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 Purchase/sale |  Number of relevant securities |  Price per unit (Note 5) |
Purchase | 2,025 | EUR 35.5000 |
Please note: there was also a Transfer In of 16,687 Shares
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(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions)
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Product name, e.g. CFD | Nature of transaction (Note 6) | Number of relevant securities (Note 7) | Price per unit (Note 5) |
CFD | Reducing Short | 127 | EUR 35.4915 |
CFD | Reducing Short | 76,568 | EUR 35.4949 |
CFD | Reducing Short | 82 | EUR 35.5629 |
CFD | Increasing Short | 593 | EUR 35.4905 |
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities
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(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
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Product name, e.g. call option | Writing, selling, purchasing, varying etc. | Number of securities to which the option relates (Note 7) | Exercise price | Type, e.g. American, European etc. | Expiry date | Option money paid/received per unit (Note 5) |
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(ii) Exercising
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Product name, e.g. call option | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit (Note 5) |
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(d) Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note 4)
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Nature of transaction (Note 8) | Details | Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5) |
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2. OTHERÂ INFORMATION
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Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
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Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of anyÂ
relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this
should be stated.
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None
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) YES
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Date of disclosure | 16 March 2018 |
Contact name | James Michael |
Telephone number | +44 20 7743 3650 |
If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connected | |
If a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10) |
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SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8
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IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL
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DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.1 AND RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2013
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DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS
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(This form should be attached to Form 8.1(a) & (b)(i), Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate)
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OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1)
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Product name, e.g. call option | Written, or purchased | Number of relevant securities to which the option or derivative relates | Exercise price (Note 2) | Type, e.g. American, European etc. | Expiry date |
Call Option | Written | 28,000 | EUR 29.29 | European | 03/04/2018 |
Call Option | Written | 28,000 | EUR 29.29 | European | 11/04/2018 |
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Notes
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1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (except for CFDs), full details should be given. Full details of any existing agreements to purchase or to sell must also be given on this form.
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2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated.
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For full details of disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 of the Rules. If in doubt, consult the Panel.
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