21st Mar 2011 15:00
RNS Announcement
Monday 21 March 2011
For Immediate Release
Carphone Warehouse Group plc ("Company")
Notification of Major Interests in Shares
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: | Carphone Warehouse Group plc | |||
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | √ | |||
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: | David Peter John Ross | |||
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | ||||
5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: | 14 March 2011 | |||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 15 March 2011 | |||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: | Below 14% | |||
8. Notified details: | ||||||||||||||||
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 | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||||||
Ordinary shares of 0.1p each | 63,988,526 | 63,988,526 | 63,888,526 | 63,888,526 | 13.978% | |||||||||||
ISIN GB00B4Y7R145 | ||||||||||||||||
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 | Exercise price | Expiration date | Exercise/Conversion period | Number of voting rights instrument refers to
| % of voting rights
| |||||||||||
| Nominal | Delta | ||||||||||||||
Total (A+B+C) | ||||||||||||||||
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||||||
63,888,526 | 13.978% | |||||||||||||||
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 |
Further information:
Tim Morris (020) 8753 8243
Related Shares:
DC..L