Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8792R
Carphone Warehouse Group PLC
10 November 2011
 



RNS Announcement

 

Thursday, 10 November 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 issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached:
ii

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 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 the
notification obligation:
iii

FMR LLC

4. Full name of shareholder(s)
 (if different from 3.):iv

See attached schedule

5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached:
v

7th November 2011

6. Date on which issuer notified:

9th November 2011

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached:
vi, vii

11%



 

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

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 x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B4Y7R145

50,582,771

50,582,771

50,196,341


50,196,341


10.98


B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date
xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period
xiv

Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A


C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period
xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

 

% of voting rights xix, xx

 

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Nominal

Delta

N/A

N/A


Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

50,196,341

10.98



 

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

 

N/A


Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

FMR LLC

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:

386,430

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:

7 November 2011

 

 

Further information:

Tim Morris                                (020) 8753 8243



Supporting Schedule

 

 

Issuer Name:               

Carphone Warehouse Group plc

Current ownership percentage

10.98%

Total shares held:         

50,196,341

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).

415,021

BANK OF NEW YORK

FMRCO

 

3,401,550

BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO

FMRCO

 

120,450

BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO

PTC

 

41,650

CIBC MELLON TRUST

FCL

 

1,419,949

CITIBANK NA

FMRCO

 

197,156

JP MORGAN CHASE BANK

FMR

 

35,566,224

JP MORGAN CHASE BANK

FMRCO

 

35,950

JP MORGAN CHASE BANK

FMTC

 

1,796,156

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK

FMR

 

703,200

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK

PTC

 

140,150

MELLON BANK N.A.

FMRCO

 

162,081

MELLON BANK N.A.

FMTC

 

405,949

NORTHERN TRUST CO

FMRCO

 

212,820

NORTHERN TRUST CO

FMTC

 

321,850

STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO

FICL

 

106,319

STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO

FMR

 

2,823,815

STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO

FMRCO

 

438,462

STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO

FMTC

 

737,630

STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO

PTC

 

265,700

CIBC MELLON TRUST (C)

FCL

 

270,200

ROYAL TRUST-TORONTO

FCL

 

319,700

MELLON BANK NA (C)

PTC

 

116,500

NATIONAL BANK TRUST (C)

FCL

 

62,300

ROYAL TRUST- TORONTO (C)

FCL

 

80,900

US BANK NA (C)

PTC

 

49,000

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA ©

PTC

 

-14,341

GOLDMAN SACHS & CO

PTC

 

 

 


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