Holding(s) in Company

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

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

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

Kerry Co-operative Creameries Limited

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

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

8 July 2013

6. Date on which issuer notified:

8 July 2013

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

 17.11% - 13.69%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

IE0004906560

30,057,906

30,057,906

24,048,456

24,048,456

-

 13.69%

-

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

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

 24,048,456

13.69%

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. Additional information:

Calculations based on Total Voting Rights of 175,720,328. The transaction is not a sale but a distribution in specie of shares in Kerry Group plc to the shareholders of Kerry Co-operative Creameries Ltd in return for the cancellation of 20% of the share capital of the latter.

Brian Durran, Company Secretary, Kerry Group plc.

Tel no: +353 66 7182000

Email: [email protected]

Kerry Web Site: www.kerrygroup.com