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RNS Number : 6256C

Smurfit Kappa Group PLC

18 March 2014

STANDARD FORM TR-1

VOTING RIGHTS ATTACHED TO SHARES- ARTICLE12(1) OF DIRECTIVE 2004/109/EC FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - ARTICLE 11(3) OF THE COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2007/14/ECi

1. Identity of the issuer or theunderlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attachedii: SMURFIT KAPPA GROUP PLC

   2.             Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
                   [x]           An acquisition or disposalof voting rights 
                   [ ]          An acquisition or disposalof financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which votingrights are attached 
                   [ ]          An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
   3.             Full name of person(s)subject to the notification obligationiii: 

HSBC Holdings plc

   4.             Fullname of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)iv: 

HSBC Bank plc

HSBC Global Asset Management (France)

HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited

INKA Internationale Kapitalanlagegesellschft mbH, Dusseldorf

   5.          Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold iscrossed or reachedv: 

14(th) March 2014

   6.             Date on which issuer notified; 

18(th) March 2014

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

Above 5%

   8.             Notified details: 
 
 A) Voting rights attached to shares 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Class/type             Situation previous                   Resulting situation after the triggering 
  of                     to                                   transactionvii 
 
  shares (if             the Triggering 
  possible using         transaction vi 
  the ISIN CODE) 
---------------------  -----------------------------------  ---------------------------------------------------------- 
                        Number            Number             Number        Number of voting       % of voting rights 
                                                              of sharesx    rightsxi 
                         of                of Voting 
                         Sharesviii        rightsix 
---------------------  ----------------  -----------------  ------------  ---------------------  --------------------- 
                                                             Direct        Directxii   Indirect   Direct     Indirect 
                                                                                        xiii 
---------------------  ----------------  -----------------  ------------  ----------  ---------  ---------  ---------- 
                       Below Disclosure  Below Disclosure 
    IE00B1RR8406           Threshold         Threshold       12,083,187   12,083,187   615,397     5.22%      0.27% 
---------------------  ----------------  -----------------  ------------  ----------  ---------  ---------  ---------- 
 
 SUBTOTAL A 
 
  (based on aggregate 
  voting rights)                                                               12,698,584                5.49% 
----------------------------------------------------------  ------------  ---------------------  --------------------- 
 
 
 B) Financial Instruments 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Resulting situation after the triggering transactionxiv 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Type of financial   Expiration   Exercise/Conversion   Number of voting          % of voting 
                      Datexv       Period/ Datexvi                                 rights 
  instrument                                             rights that 
                                                         may be acquired 
                                                         if the instrument 
                                                         is exercised/converted 
------------------  -----------  --------------------  ------------------------  ------------ 
 
 
                                  SUBTOTAL B (in 
 
                                   relation to 
                                   all expiration 
                                   dates) 
                                 --------------------  ------------------------  ------------ 
 
 
 Total (A+B)    number of voting   % of voting rights 
 
                 rights 
-------------  -----------------  ------------------- 
                  12,698,584             5.49% 
-------------  -----------------  ------------------- 
 

9. Chain of controlledundertakings through which the votingrights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicablexvii:

   10.           In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxyholder] will cease to hold 

[number] voting rights as of [date].

   11.           Additional information: Done at London on 18(th) March 2014. 

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