RNS Number : 0061L

Greencore Group PLC

06 January 2016

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:  Greencore 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 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 notification obligation:
	Wellington Management Group LLP
4.	Full name of shareholder(s) if different from 3):
	Cede & Co BNY Custodial Nominees (Ireland) Ltd. BONY (Nominees) Ltd. Brown Brothers Harriman Chase Nominees Ltd. Citibank NA Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees) Ltd. Nortrust Nominees Limited State Street Nominees Ltd. Vidacos Nominees
5.	Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
	31 December 2015
6.	Date on which issuer notified:
	05 January 2016
7.	Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:  8%

8. Notified Details:
A) Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares (if possible use 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		Direct	Indirect			Direct	Indirect
IE0003864109 Ordinary Shares	32,857,833 (32,046,409 Ordinary Shares and 202,856 Depository Receipt shares or  32,857,833 Ordinary Shares on a converted basis)	32,857,833 (32,046,409 Ordinary Shares and 202,856 Depository Receipt shares or  32,857,833 Ordinary Shares on a converted basis)					33,465,258 (32,653,834 Ordinary Shares and 202,856 Depository Receipt shares or  33,465,258  Ordinary Shares on a converted basis)				8.14%
SUBTOTAL A  (based on aggregate voting rights)						33,465,258 ( 32,653,834 Ordinary Shares shares and 202,856 Depository Receipt shares or 33,465,258 votes on a converted basis)				8.14%
B) Qualifying 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
					33,465,258 ( 32,653,834 Ordinary Shares shares and 202,856 Depository Receipt shares or 33,465,258 votes on a converted basis)			8.14%

9.	Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
	Wellington Management Company LLP is an investment management entity that manages the assets of certain funds and/or managed accounts and the assets under its management include: 32,629,269 of interests described in Box 8A of this notification 811,424 of interests described in Box 8B of this notification Wellington Management Company LLP is a direct controlled undertaking of Wellington Investment Advisors Holdings LLP , which, in turn, is a direct controlled undertaking of Wellington Group Holdings LLP , which, in turn, is a direct controlled undertaking of Wellington Management Group LLP . Wellington Management Singapore Pte. Ltd. is an investment management entity that manages the assets of certain funds and/or managed accounts and the assets under its management include: 24,565 of interests described in Box 8A of this notification Wellington Management Singapore Pte. Ltd. is a direct controlled undertaking of Wellington Management Global Holdings, Ltd. , which, in turn, is a direct controlled undertaking of Wellington Investment Advisors Holdings LLP , which, in turn, is a direct controlled undertaking of Wellington Group Holdings LLP , which, in turn, is a direct controlled undertaking of Wellington Management Group LLP .
10.	In case of proxy voting:  [name of the proxy holder]  will cease to hold
[number]  voting rights as of  [date]  .
11.	Additional Information:
Done at  [place]  on  [date]  .

ANNEX TO THE STANDARD FORM TR-1
a)	Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
	Full name (including legal form for legal entities)	Wellington Management Group LLP
	Contact address (registerd office for legal entities)	c/o Wellington Management Company LLP, 280 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210 USA
	Phone number	617-790-7741
	Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)
b)	Identity of the notifier, if applicable
	Full name	John D. Norberg
	Contact address	c/o Wellington Management Company LLP, 280 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210 USA
	Phone number	617-790-7741 beneficialownership@wellington.com
	Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)	Authorized Person
c)	Additional information

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

ENDHOLBFMMTMBAMBIF