Notification of Major Interes

RNS Number : 5225Z

Carphone Warehouse Group PLC

14 January 2011

 



RNS Announcement

Friday 14 January 2011

For Immediate Release

Carphone Warehouse Group plc ("Company")

Notification of Major Interests in Shares

For filings with the FSA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex
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					ü
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		Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Pte Ltd
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Chase Nominees Ltd
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		13 January 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		14 January 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Below 3%

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 xi		Indirect xii	Direct		Indirect
Ordinary shares ISIN: GB00B4Y7R145	18,959,451		18,959,451		11,035,211	11,035,211		0	2.4144%		0
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
11,035,211				2.4144%

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:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire voting rights:	N/A

Further information: 

Kate Ferry                              [phone]

Tim Morris                              [phone]

 

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