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IMPORTANT NOTICE THIS OFFERING IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO INVESTORS WHO ARE NON-U.S. PERSONS (AS DEFINED BELOW) LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. IMPORTANT: You must read the following before continuing. The following applies to the Offering Circular following this page (the "Offering Circular") and you are therefore advised to read this page carefully before reading, accessing or making any other use of the Offering Circular. In accessing the Offering Circular, you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions, including any modifications to them any time you receive any information from the Issuer (as defined in the Offering Circular), the Guarantor (as defined in the Offering Circular) or any of Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A. (Rabobank), HSBC Bank PLC, Merrill Lynch International and NatWest Markets N.V. (together, the "Joint Lead Managers"), or any co-lead manager specified in the Offering Circular (together the "Co-Lead Managers" and, together with the Joint Lead Managers, the "Managers") as a result of such access. NOTHING IN THIS ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION CONSTITUTES AN OFFER OF SECURITIES FOR SALE IN THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO DO SO. THE NOTES (AS DEFINED IN THE OFFERING CIRCULAR) HAVE NOT BEEN, AND WILL NOT BE, REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR OTHER JURISDICTION, AND THE NOTES MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT ("REGULATION S")) EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE OR LOCAL SECURITIES LAWS. THE NOTES ARE SUBJECT TO U.S. TAX LAW REQUIREMENTS. THE ATTACHED OFFERING CIRCULAR MAY NOT BE FORWARDED OR DISTRIBUTED TO ANY OTHER PERSON AND MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER AND, IN PARTICULAR, MAY NOT BE FORWARDED TO ANY U.S. PERSON OR U.S. ADDRESS. ANY FORWARDING, DISTRIBUTION OR REPRODUCTION OF THIS DOCUMENT IN WHOLE OR IN PART IS UNAUTHORISED. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS DIRECTIVE MAY RESULT IN A VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR THE APPLICABLE LAWS OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS. IF YOU HAVE GAINED ACCESS TO THIS TRANSMISSION CONTRARY TO ANY OF THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS, YOU ARE NOT AUTHORISED AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PURCHASE ANY OF THE NOTES DESCRIBED IN THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT. Confirmation of your representation: In order to be eligible to view the attached Offering Circular or make an investment decision with respect to the Notes being offered, prospective investors must be non-U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S) located outside the United States. This Offering Circular is being sent to you at your request, and by accessing this Offering Circular you shall be deemed to have represented to each of the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Managers that (1)(a) you are not a U.S. person and (b) you are purchasing the Notes being offered in an offshore transaction (within the meaning of Regulation S) and the electronic mail address that you gave us and to which this e-mail has been delivered is not located in the United States, its territories and possessions, any State of the United States or the District of Columbia and (2) you consent to delivery of such Offering Circular by electronic transmission. You are reminded that this Offering Circular has been delivered to you on the basis that you are a person into whose possession this Offering Circular may be lawfully delivered in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which you are located and you may not, nor are you authorised to, deliver this Offering Circular to any other person. The materials relating to this offering do not constitute, and may not be used in connection with, an offer or solicitation in any place where offers or solicitations are not permitted by law. If a jurisdiction requires that the offering be made by a licensed broker or dealer, and the Managers or any affiliate of the Managers is a licensed broker or dealer in the relevant jurisdiction, the offering shall be deemed to be made by the Managers or such affiliate on behalf of the Issuer in such jurisdiction. The attached Offering Circular may only be distributed to, and is directed solely at (a) persons who have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within article 19(1) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Order") or (b) high net worth entities falling within article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order, and other persons to whom it may be lawfully communicated, falling within article 49(1) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to as "relevant persons"). Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this document or any of its contents. The attached Offering Circular has been sent to you in electronic form. You are reminded that documents transmitted via this medium may be altered or changed during the process of electronic transmission and consequently none of the Issuer, the Guarantor, the Managers, any person who controls them or any director, officer, employee or agent of them or affiliate of any such person accepts any liability or responsibility whatsoever in respect of any difference between the Offering Circular distributed to you in electronic format and any hard copy version. KERRY GROUP FINANCIAL SERVICES (a public unlimited company incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Ireland) EUR 750,000,000 0.625 per cent. Guaranteed Notes due 2029 guaranteed by KERRY GROUP PLC (a public limited company incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Ireland) Issue Price: 98.991 per cent. Application has been made to the Irish Stock Exchange plc trading as Euronext Dublin ("Euronext Dublin") for the approval of this Offering Circular as Listing Particulars ("Listing Particulars"). Such approval relates only to the EUR 750,000,000 0.625 per cent. Guaranteed Notes due 2029 (the "Notes") of Kerry Group Financial Services (the "Issuer") and guaranteed by Kerry Group plc (the "Guarantor"). Application has been made to Euronext Dublin for the Notes to be admitted to the Official List and trading on the Global Exchange Market which is the exchange regulated market of Euronext Dublin. The Global Exchange Market is not a regulated market for the purposes of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, "MiFID II"). Interest on the Notes is payable annually in arrear on 20 September in each year, commencing on 20 September 2020. Payments on the Notes will be made without deduction for or on account of taxes of the Republic of Ireland to the extent described under "Terms and Conditions of the Notes—Taxation". The Guarantor will unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee the due and punctual payment of all amounts at any time becoming due and payable in respect of the Notes. The Notes mature on 20 September 2029 but are subject to redemption in whole at their principal amount at the option of the Issuer at any time in the event of certain changes affecting taxation in the Republic of Ireland. In addition, the holder of a Note may, by the exercise of the relevant option, require the Issuer to redeem such Note at its principal amount in the circumstances described in Condition 5(c) (Redemption on Change of Control) herein. The terms and conditions also contain provisions to allow for the Issuer to exercise a call option as described in Condition 5(d) of the Issuer (Redemption at the Option of the Issuer (Issuer Maturity Par Call and Issuer Make-Whole Call)). The Notes will be offered and sold in offshore transactions outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S ("Regulation S") under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). NEITHER THE NOTES NOR THE GUARANTEE HAVE BEEN NOR WILL BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW, AND THE NOTES MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN REGULATION S), EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE OR LOCAL SECURITIES LAWS. THE NOTES ARE SUBJECT TO U.S. TAX LAW REQUIREMENTS. The Notes will be in registered form in denominations of EUR 100,000 and integral multiples of EUR 1,000 in excess thereof. The Notes may be held and transferred, and will be offered and sold, in the principal amount of EUR 100,000 and integral multiples of EUR 1,000 in excess thereof. The Notes will be represented by a Global Note Certificate which will be deposited with a common safekeeper for, and registered in the name of a nominee of, Euroclear Bank SA/NV ("Euroclear") and Clearstream Banking, S.A. ("Clearstream, Luxembourg" and, together with Euroclear, the "ICSDs") on or around 20 September 2019 (the "Closing Date"). Individual note certificates evidencing holdings of Notes will only be available in certain limited circumstances. See "Summary of Provisions Relating to the Notes in Global Form". The Notes are expected to be rated Baa2 (Stable) and BBB+ (Stable) respectively by Moody's Investors Service Limited ("Moody's") and S&P Global Ratings Europe Limited ("S&P"). Each of Moody's and S&P is established in the European Economic Area and registered under Regulation (EU) No.