Glanbia PLC - Holding(s) in Company

TRI: Notification of Major Interests in Shares


1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ⁱⁱ		Glanbia
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: ⁱⁱⁱ	Prudential plc group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):^iv	See attached schedule
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: ^v	04 January 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:	05 January 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: ^{vi, vii}	4%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares ^{viii, ix}

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 ^x

Direct

Direct ^xi

Indirect ^xii

Direct

Indirect

IE0000669501

11,425,439

11,826,939

4.01%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date ^xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period ^xiv

Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments ^{xv, xvi}

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date ^xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period ^xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights ^{xix, xx}

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

11,826,939

4.01%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^xxi
Prudential plc (parent Company) M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited) M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) M&G Securities Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		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:
14. Contact name:	James Todd / Mark Thomas M&G Investment Management Limited
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7548 2293 / 020 7548 3266

Attached Schedule

Notifiable Position Report for

GLANBIA

as at 04 January 2012

Percentage holdings are calculated using 294,532,684 Total Voting Rights

		Registered Holder	Holding		Voting Rights		% Voting Rights
Prudential plc					11,826,939		4.01		Total Notifiable Interest
Holding Type : Direct
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMBQ	381,546		381,546
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIQ	11,070,393		11,070,393
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIV	375,000		375,000
		Sub Total :	11,826,939		11,826,939

M&G Group Limited					11,826,939		4.01
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMBQ	381,546		381,546
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIQ	11,070,393		11,070,393
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIV	375,000		375,000

M&G Investment Management Limited					11,826,939		4.01
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMBQ	381,546		381,546
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIQ	11,070,393		11,070,393
		STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIV	375,000		375,000

M&G Limited						11,826,939		4.01
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMBQ			381,546		381,546
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIQ			11,070,393		11,070,393
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIV			375,000		375,000
M&G Securities Limited						11,451,939		3.88
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMBQ			381,546		381,546
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIQ			11,070,393		11,070,393