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Holding(s) in Company

28th Feb 2012 17:06

RNS Number : 3160Y
Carphone Warehouse Group PLC
28 February 2012
 



RNS Announcement

 

Tuesday 28 February 2012

 

 

For Immediate Release

 

Carphone Warehouse Group plc ("Company")

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii

Carphone Warehouse Group Plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

ü

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 thenotification obligation: iii

FMR LLC

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

See attached schedule

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v

27 February 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

28 February 2012

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii

5%

 

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Indirect

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B4Y7R145

24,228,140

24,228,140

19,636,949

19,636,949

4.15%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/Conversion Period xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

N/A

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

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

 

% of voting rights xix, xx

 

N/A

 

 

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

19,636,949

4.15%

 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

 

See attached schedule

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

FMR LLC

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

4,591,191

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

27 February 2012

 

 

Further information:

Tim Morris (020) 8753 8243

 

Supporting Schedule

 

 

Issuer Name:

Carphone Warehouse Group plc

Current ownership percentage

4.15%

Total shares held:

19,636,949

Issued share capital:

472,754,543

 

 

 

 

SHARES HELD

NOMINEE

MANAGEMENT COMPANY

FMR LLC is the parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds, FIL Management Trust Company (FMTC), Pyramis Global Advisors Trust Company (PGATC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust accounts Pyramis Global Advisors LLC (PGALLC) and Pyramis Trust Company (PTC).

466,321

BANK OF NEW YORK

FMRCO

 

53,150

BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO

FMRCO

 

16,660,912

JP MORGAN CHASE BANK

FMRCO

 

1,880,786

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK

FMR

 

80,131

MELLON BANK N.A.

FMTC

 

39,120

NORTHERN TRUST CO

FMTC

 

53,919

STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO

FMR

 

54,489

STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO

FMRCO

 

362,462

STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO

FMTC

 

-14,341

GOLDMAN SACHS & CO

PTC

 

466,321

BANK OF NEW YORK

FMRCO

 

53,150

BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO

FMRCO

 

16,660,912

JP MORGAN CHASE BANK

FMRCO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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