Hilton Food : s) in Company

RNS Number : 9026X

Hilton Food Group PLC

23 December 2019

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer andto the FCA in

Microsoft Word format if possible)i

1a. Identity of the issuer or the
underlying issuer of existing shares to		Hilton Food Group plc
which voting 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				X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify)iii:
3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv
					Aggregate of Standard Life Aberdeen plc
Name				affiliated investment management entities with
			delegated voting rights on behalf of multiple
					managed portfolios
City and country of registered office (if		Edinburgh, Scotland
applicable)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v
Name
City and country of registered office (if
applicable)
5. Date on which the threshold was	20/12/2019
crossed or reachedvi:
6. Date on which issuer notified		23/12/2019
(DD/MM/YYYY):
7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
		% of voting		% of voting rights		Total number of
			through financial
		rights attached		Total of both in
			instruments	voting rights of
		to shares (total		% (8.A + 8.B)
			(total of 8.B 1 +	issuervii
		of 8. A)
			8.B 2)
Resulting
situation on the
date on which		11.02		0.00		11.02	81,723,602
threshold was
crossed or
reached
Position of
previous		10.98		0.00		10.98
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 Directive	(Art 9 of Directive		(Art 10 of Directive
possible)	2004/109/EC)	2004/109/EC)	2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)		2004/109/EC)
	(DTR5.1)	(DTR5.2.1)			(DTR5.2.1)
GB00B1V9NW54	N/A	9,008,523	N/A		11.02
SUBTOTAL 8. A	9,008,523	11.02

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a))

Number of voting

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Type of	Expiration	Exercise/	rights that may be	% of voting
financial	datex	Conversion	acquired if the	rights
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	Conversion	cash
datex	xii	voting rights	rights
instrument	Period	xi	settlement

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	% of voting rights
	through financial
	rights if it	Total of both if it
	instruments if it
Namexv	equals or is	equals or is higher
equals or is higher
higher than the	than the notifiable
	than the
	notifiable	threshold
	notifiable
	threshold
	threshold
Standard Life Aberdeen
plc
Standard Life
Investments (Holdings)
Limited
Standard Life	9.51	0.00	9.51
Investments Limited
Standard Life Aberdeen
plc
Aberdeen Asset
Management PLC
Aberdeen Asset
Managers Limited
Standard Life Aberdeen
plc
Aberdeen Asset
Management PLC
Aberdeen Asset
Investment Group
Limited
Aberdeen Asset
Investments Limited

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

In reference to section 9, the shares detailed are managed by the named discretionary investment management entity within multiple portfolios on behalf of underlying clients, based on investment management agreements whereby the client has delegated the exercise of the voting power to the referenced investment manager.

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Place of	Edinburgh, United Kingdom
completion
Date of	23/12/2019
completion

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