7th May 2013 15:17
RNS Announcement
Tuesday 7 May 2013
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 | ||||
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 | X | |||
Other (please specify): | ||||
3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii | David Peter John Ross | |||
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv | ||||
5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v | 3 May 2013 | |||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 3 May 2013 | |||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii | Below 11% | |||
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 | |||||||||||||
Direct | Direct xi | Indirect xii | Direct | Indirect | |||||||||||||
GB00B4Y7R145 | 55,713,699 | 55,713,699 | 56,388,699 | 56,388,699 | 10.84% | N/A | |||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||
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
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Nominal | Delta | ||||||||||||||||
Total (A+B+C) | |||||||||||||||||
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | ||||||||||||||||
56,388,699 | 10.84% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi | |
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Proxy Voting: | |
10. Name of the proxy holder: | NA |
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold: | NA |
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights: | NA |
13. Additional information: | Following a placement of shares which were admitted to the exchange on 3 May 2013, total voting rights are understood to be 519,982,722.
(In the process of making this disclosure, it has come to light that the shareholding fell below 12% on 5 April 2012, following the gift of 1m shares to the David Ross Foundation. In calculating the percentage of total voting rights at that time, the issue of 15,700,421 shares by the company on 16 January 2012 was previously overlooked.) |
14. Contact name: | Tim Morris |
15. Contact telephone number: | 0208 753 8243 |
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