Kerry Group Plc — Major Shareholding Notification 2017

Dec 1, 2017

1 December 2017

Kerry Group

Regulatory Announcement Standard Form for Notification of Major Holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the Central Bank of Ireland)ⁱ

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedii : Kerry Group plc
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): [X] An acquisition or disposal of voting rights [ ] An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments [ ] An event changing the breakdown of voting rights [ ] Other (please specify)iii :
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv :
Name: The Capital Group Companies, Inc.	City and country of registered office (if applicable): Los Angeles, California 90071 U.S.A.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v : See Box 10
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi 29 November 2017	:
6. Date on which issuer notified: 30 November 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Below (3%) - Aggregate of voting rights from shares
8. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 9.A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 9.B.1 + 9.B.2)	Total of both in % (9.A + 9.B)	Total number of voting rights of issuervii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	2.8596%	0.0000%	2.8596%	176,164,038
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	3.9442%	0.0000%	3.9442%

9. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii:
	A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of	Number of voting rightsix		% of voting rights
shares ISIN code (if possible)	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary Shares (IE00049065 60)		5,037,604		2.8596%
SUBTOTAL A		5,037,604		2.8596%

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Regulation 17(1)(a) of the Regulations
Type of financial instrument	Expiration datex	Exercise/ Conversion Periodxi	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.	% of voting rights

	SUBTOTAL B.1

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Regulation 17(1)(b) of the Regulations

Type of financial instrument	Expiration datex	Exercise/ Conversion Period xi	Physical or cash settlementxii	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
			SUBTOTAL B.2

10. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation

[ ] Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer.xiii

[ X ] Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entityxiv:

Namexv	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
The Capital Group Companies, Inc. Holdings by CG Management companies are set out below:	2.8596%	0.0000%	2.8596%
Capital Research and Management Company1	2.8596%	0.0000%	2.8596%

1. Wholly Owned subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, Inc.

2. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [% and number] voting rights as of [date]

12. Additional informationxvi:

CGC is the parent company of Capital Research and Management Company ("CRMC"). CRMC is a U.S. based investment management company that manages the American Funds family of mutual funds. CRMC manages equity assets for various investment companies through three divisions, Capital Research Global Investors, Capital International Investors and Capital World Investors. CRMC in turn is the parent company of Capital Group International, Inc. ("CGII"), which in turn is the parent company of five investment management companies ("CGII management companies"): Capital Guardian Trust Company, Capital International, Inc., Capital International Limited, Capital International Sàrl and Capital International K.K. The CGII management companies primarily serve as investment managers to institutional clients.

Neither CGC nor any of its affiliates own shares of your company for its own account. Rather, the shares reported on this Notification are owned by accounts under the discretionary investment management of one or more of the investment management companies described above.

Done at Los Angeles, California on 30 November 2017

Contact Information

Company Secretarial
Brian Durran	Company Secretary	+353 66 7182000	brian.durran@kerry.ie
Website
www.kerrygroup.com