Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5946F

Carphone Warehouse Group PLC

18 June 2012

 



RNS Announcement

Monday 18 June 2012

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
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				X
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	Prudential plc group of companies
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	14 June 2012
6. Date on which issuer notified:	15 June 2012
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	5%

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

Below 5%

Below 5%

24,330,656

24,312,201

18,455

5.14%

0.00%

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

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

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

24,330,656

5.14%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Prudential plc (parent Company) M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited) M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) M&G Securities Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		N/A
13. Additional information:

Further information: 

Tim Morris                               [phone]

Notifiable Position Report for

Carphone Warehouse group plc

As at 14 June 2012

Percentage holdings are calculated using 472,754,543 Total Voting Rights

	Registered holder		Holding	Voting Rights	% Voting Rights
Prudential plc				24,330,656	5.14	Total notifiable interest
Holding type: Direct
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIQ		24,312,201	24,312,201
		Sub total:	24,312,201	24,312,201
Holding type: Indirect
	JP MORGAN NOMINEES		18,455	18,455
		Sub total:	18,455	18,455
M&G Group Limited				24,312,201	5.14
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIQ		24,312,201	24,312,201
M&G Investment Management Limited				24,312,201	5.14
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIQ		24,312,201	24,312,201
M&G Limited				24,312,201	5.14
	STATE STREET NOMS LTD A/C GMIQ		24,312,201	24,312,201

 

 

 

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