13th May 2011 15:33
RNS Announcement
Friday 13 May 2011
For Immediate Release
Carphone Warehouse Group plc ("Company")
TR-1: 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: | FMR LLC | |||
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | See attached details | |||
5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: | 10 May 2011 | |||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 12 May 2011 | |||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: | 11% | |||
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 | ||||||||||||
Indirect | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||||||
GB00B4Y7R145 | 50,195,807 | 50,195,807 |
50,487,907
| 50,487,907 | 11.04% | |||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||
50,487,907 | 11.04% | |||||||||||||||
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | |
See attached schedule | |
Proxy Voting: | |
10. Name of the proxy holder: | FMR LLC |
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold: | 292,100 |
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights: | 10 May 2011 |
Further information:
Tim Morris (020) 8753 8243
FMR
Issuer Name: | Carphone Warehouse Group plc |
Current ownership percentage | 11.04% |
Total shares held: | 50,487,907 |
Issued share capital: | 457,054,122 |
| 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). | 454,021 | BANK OF NEW YORK | FMRCO |
3,752,288 | BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO | FMRCO | |
53,400 | BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO | PTC | |
45,650 | CIBC MELLON TRUST | FCL | |
1,419,949 | CITIBANK NA | FMRCO | |
1,165,964 | JP MORGAN CHASE BANK | FMR | |
36,470,833 | JP MORGAN CHASE BANK | FMRCO | |
35,950 | JP MORGAN CHASE BANK | FMTC | |
615,800 | JP MORGAN CHASE BANK | PTC | |
297,512 | MELLON BANK N.A. | FMRCO | |
182,381 | MELLON BANK N.A. | FMTC | |
328,100 | MELLON BANK N.A. | PTC | |
94,349 | NORTHERN TRUST CO | FMRCO | |
199,120 | NORTHERN TRUST CO | FMTC | |
315,950 | STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO | FICL | |
48,919 | STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO | FMR | |
2,840,715 | STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO | FMRCO | |
656,512 | STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO | FMTC | |
627,194 | STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO | PTC | |
212,700 | CIBC MELLON TRUST (C) | FCL | |
252,500 | ROYAL TRUST-TORONTO | FCL | |
151,150 | MELLON BANK NA (C) | PTC | |
47,050 | BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON | PTC | |
106,200 | NATIONAL BANK TRUST (C) | FCL | |
62,300 | ROYAL TRUST- TORONTO (C) | FCL | |
2,400 | US BANK NA (C) | PTC | |
49,000 | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA © | PTC |
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