8th Apr 2011 10:48
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES | ||||
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached:
| Dixons Retail 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.
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | ||||
Other (please specify):
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: | Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) | |||
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | N/A | |||
5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached:
| 06 April 2011 | |||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 07 April 2011 | |||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached:
| L&G (From 4% to 3%) | |||
8. Notified details:
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A: Voting rights attached to shares | |||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||
Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||||
GBP ORD 0.025 | 156,251,987
(as on 06/04/2011) | 115,471,857 | 115,471,857 | 3.19% | |||||||||
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||
Type of financialinstrument |
Expirationdate |
Exercise/Conversion Period | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted. |
% of votingrights | |||||||||
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | |||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||
Type of financialinstrument
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Exercise price |
Expiration date |
Exercise/Conversion period |
Number of voting rights instrument refers to
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% of voting rights
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| Nominal | Delta | |||||||||||
Total (A+B+C) | |||||||||||||
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | ||||||||||||
115,471,857 | 3.19% | ||||||||||||
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Proxy Voting: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10. Name of the proxy holder: | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold: | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights: | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
13. Additional information: | Notification using the total voting rights figure of 3,610,350,075 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
14. Contact name: | Dixons Retail plc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
15. Contact telephone number: | +44 (0) 1727 204422 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Related Shares:
DXNS.LLegal & General