Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1386X

Carphone Warehouse Group PLC

19 June 2008

 

RNS Announcement 

Thursday 19th June 2008

For Immediate Release 

The Carphone Warehouse Group PLC ('Company') 

Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached	The Carphone Warehouse Group Plc
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation	The Carphone Warehouse Employee Share Ownership Trust
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different)	19 June 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified	19 June 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	3%

8: Notified Details A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of Shares		Number of Voting Rights		% of Voting Rights
			Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0008787029	15,229,222	15,229,222	30,229,222		30,229,222			3.3%

B. Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of Financial Instrument	Expiration Date	Exercise/Conversion Period/Date	Number of Voting Rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of Voting Rights

Total (A+B)
Number of Voting Rights	% of Voting Rights
30,229,222	3.3%

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

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease/acquire to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease/acquire to hold voting rights:	N/A

Further information:

Peregrine Riviere         [phone]

 

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