Hilton Food : s) in Company

RNS Number : 7588Y

Hilton Food Group PLC

03 January 2020

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuerandto the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)i

1a. Identity of the issuer or the underlying
issuer of existing shares to which voting	Hilton Food Group plc
rights are attachedii:

1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non- UK issuer (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)

Non-UK issuer

2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "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:

X

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation iv

Name

FMR LLC

City and country of registered office (if applicable)

Wilmington, USA

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v See Section 9

Name

City and country of registered office (if applicable)

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or

01 January 2020

reachedvi:

6. Date on which issuer notified

03 January 2020

(DD/MM/YYYY):

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

% of voting rights

% of voting rights

Total number of

through financial

Total of both in %

attached to shares

instruments

voting rights of

(total of 8. A)

(total of 8.B 1 +

(8.A + 8.B)

issuervii

8.B 2)

Resulting

situation on the

date on which

9.99%

0.00%

9.99%

81,723,602

threshold was

crossed or

reached

Position of

previous

9.99%

0.00%

9.99%

notification (if

applicable)

8. 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

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

(Art 9 of Directive

(Art 10 of

(Art 9 of Directive

(Art 10 of

possible)

2004/109/EC)

Directive

2004/109/EC)

Directive

(DTR5.1)

2004/109/EC)

(DTR5.1)

2004/109/EC)

(DTR5.2.1)

(DTR5.2.1)

GB00B1V9NW54

8,172,360

9.99%

SUBTOTAL 8. A

8,172,360

9.99%

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC

(DTR5.3.1.1 (a))

Expiration

Exercise/

Number of voting

Type of

rights that may be

% of voting

financial

datex

Conversion

acquired if the

rights

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instrument	Periodxi	instrument is
		exercised/converted.

SUBTOTAL 8. B 1

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))

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

SUBTOTAL 8.B.2

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please mark the

applicable box with an "X")

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) issuerxiii

Fullchain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the

financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person X or legal entityxiv (please add additional rows as necessary)

	% of voting rights if	% of voting rights	Total of both if it
	through financial
Namexv	it equals or is	instruments if it	equals or is higher
higher than the	equals or is higher	than the notifiable
	notifiable threshold	than the notifiable	threshold
		threshold
FMR LLC
FIAM Holdings LLC
FIAM LLC
FMR LLC
Fidelity Management
& Research Company
LLC
FMR Investment
Management (UK)
Limited
FMR LLC
Fidelity Management
& Research Company
LLC
Fidelity Management
& Research (Japan)
Limited
FMR LLC
Fidelity Management	9.20%	N/A	9.20%
& Research Company
LLC

10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:

Name of the proxy holder	N/A
The number and % of voting rights held	N/A
The date until which the voting rights will be	N/A
held

11. Additional informationxvi

With effect from 1st January 2020, Fidelity Management & Research Companyhas changed name to Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC.

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FMR Co., Inc, FIMM, and SelectCo have also merged intoFidelity Management & Research Company

LLC.

Place of	Dublin, Ireland
completion
Date of	03/01/2020
completion

Notes

• Please note that national forms may vary due to specific national legislation (Article 3(1a) of Directive 2004/109/EC) as for instance the applicable thresholds or information regarding capital holdings.

1. Full name of the legal entity and further specification of the issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and accurate (e.g. address, LEI, domestic number identity). Indicate in the relevant section whether the issuer is a non UK issuer.
2. Other reason for the notification could be voluntary notifications, changes of attribution of the nature of the holding (e.g. expiring of financial instruments) or acting in concert.
3. This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the natural person or legal entity acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in the cases provided for in DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h)/ Article 10 (b) to (h) of Directive 2004/109/EC; (c) all parties to the agreement referred to in Article 10 (a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.2.1 (a)) or (d) the holder of financial instruments referred to in Article 13(1) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1).

As the disclosure of cases of acting in concert may vary due to the specific circumstances (e.g. same or different total positions of the parties, entering or exiting of acting in concert by a single party) the standard form does not provide for a specific method how to notify cases of acting in concert.

In relation to the transactions referred to in points (b) to (h) of Article 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h)), the following list is provided as indication of the persons who should be mentioned:

1. • in the circumstances foreseen in letter (b) of Article 10 of that Directive (DTR5.2.1 (b)), the natural person or legal entity that acquires the voting rights and is entitled to exercise them under the agreement and the natural person or legal entity who is transferring temporarily for consideration the voting rights;
   • in the circumstances foreseen in letter (c) of Article 10 of that Directive (DTR5.2.1 (c)), the natural person or legal entity holding the collateral, provided the person or entity controls the voting rights and declares its intention of exercising them, and natural person or legal entity lodging the collateral under these conditions;
   • in the circumstances foreseen in letter (d) of Article 10 of that Directive (DTR5.2.1 (d)), the natural person or legal entity who has a life interest in shares if that person or entity is entitled to exercise the voting rights attached to the shares and the natural person or legal entity who is disposing of the voting rights when the life interest is created;
   • in the circumstances foreseen in letter (e) of Article 10 of that Directive (DTR5.2.1 (e)), the controlling natural person or legal entity and, provided it has a notification duty at an individual level under Article 9 (DTR 5.1), under letters (a) to (d) of Article 10 of that Directive (DTR5.2.1 (a) to (d)) or under a combination of any of those situations, the controlled undertaking;
   • in the circumstances foreseen in letter (f) of Article 10 of that Directive (DTR5.2.1 (f)), the deposit taker of the shares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached to the shares deposited with him at his discretion, and the depositor of the shares allowing the deposit taker to exercise the voting rights at his discretion;
   • in the circumstances foreseen in letter (g) of Article 10 of that Directive (DTR5.2.1 (g)), the natural person or legal entity that controls the voting rights;
   • in the circumstances foreseen in letter (h) of Article 10 of that Directive (DTR5.2.1 (h)), the proxy holder, if he can exercise the voting rights at his discretion, and the shareholder who has given his proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latter to exercise the voting rights at his discretion (e.g. management companies).

   v Applicable in the cases provided for in Article 10 (b) to (h) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h). This should be the full name of the shareholder who is the counterparty to the natural person or legal entity referred to in Article 10 of that Directive (DTR5.2) unless the percentage of voting rights held by the shareholder is lower than the lowest notifiable threshold for the disclosure of voting rights holdings in accordance with national practices (e.g. identification of funds managed by management companies).

2. The date on which threshold is crossed or reached should be the date on which the acquisition or disposal took place or the other reason triggered the notification obligation. For passive crossings, the date when the corporate event took effect.
3. The total number of voting rights shall be composed of all the shares, including depository receipts representing shares, to which voting rights are attached even if the exercise thereof is suspended.
4. If the holding has fallen below the lowest applicable threshold in accordance with national law, please note that it might not be necessary in accordance with national law to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new holding is below that threshold.
5. In case of combined holdings of shares with voting rights attached "direct holding" and voting rights "indirect holding", please split the voting rights number and percentage into the direct and indirect columns - if there is no combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank.

x Date of maturity/expiration of the financial instrument i.e. the date when right to acquire shares ends.

1. If the financial instrument has such a period - please specify this period - for example once every 3 months starting from [date].
2. In case of cash settled instruments the number and percentages of voting rights is to be presented on a delta-adjusted basis (Article 13(1a) of Directive 2004/109/EC) (DTR 5.3.3.A).
3. If the person subject to the notification obligation is either controlled and/or does control another undertaking then the second option applies.
4. The full chain of controlled undertakings starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity has to be presented also in the cases, in which only on subsidiary level a threshold is crossed or reached and the subsidiary undertaking discloses the notification as only thus the markets get always the full picture of the group holdings. In case of multiple chains through which the voting rights and/or financial instruments are effectively held the chains have to be presented chain by chain leaving a row free between different chains (e.g.: A, B, C, free row, A, B, D, free row, A, E, F etc.).
5. The names of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or financial instruments are effectively held have to be presented irrespectively whether the controlled undertakings cross or reach the lowest applicable threshold themselves.
6. Example: Correction of a previous notification.

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