Holding(s) in Company

10 Jul 2009 15:21

Standard Form TR-1 Voting rights attached to shares- Article 12(1) of directive 2004/109/EC Financial instruments - Article 11(3) of the Commission Directive 2007/14/EC

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: 

Kingspan Group plc

2. Reason for the notification (please place an X inside the appropriate bracket/s):

[X]  an acquisition or disposal of voting rights 

[ ]  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 

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

Generation Investment Management LLP

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

N/A

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

7 July 2009

6. Date on which issuer notified: 

9 July 2009

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

11%

8.  Notified details: 

A) Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares (if possible using the ISIN CODE)	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
Ordinary Shares(IE0004927939)	18,787,177	18,787,177	18,888,877		18,888,877		11.371%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)			18,888,877	18,888,877		11.371%

B) Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date	Exercise/Conversion Period/ Date	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights
		SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates)

Total (A+B)	number of voting rights	% of voting rights
	18,888,877	11.371%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 

N/A

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

 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:

Notification is based on using the total voting rights figure of 166,112,934.

14. Contact name:

Peter Harris

15. Contact telephone number:

00 44 (0)20 7534 4700

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