Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7857D

DFS Furniture plc

29 October 2015

 

For filings with the FCA 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				DFS Furniture 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 the notification obligation: iii		Advent Diamond (Luxembourg) S.à r.l. AI Global Investments S. à r.l. Advent Diamond (Luxembourg) Holding S. à r.l. Advent Diamond (Cayman) Ltd. Advent International Corporation GPE VI GP Limited Partnership
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Advent Diamond (Luxembourg) S.à r.l.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		26 October 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:		28 October 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		39%

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

Ordinary Shares of £1.50 each

113,361,359

113,361,359

81,361,359

81,361,359

38.2%

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

81,361,359

38.2%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Advent Diamond (Luxembourg) S.à r.l. is owned as to 100% by AI Global Investments S.à r.l. which in turn is owned as to 100% by Advent Diamond (Luxembourg) Holding S.à r.l., which in turn is owned as to 100% by Advent Diamond (Cayman) Ltd.  Advent Diamond (Cayman) Ltd is controlled by certain limited partnerships of which GPE VI GP Limited Partnership is the general partner and the fund manager is Advent International Corporation.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		Not applicable
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Simon Powell Director, Compliance and Risk Management
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7555 5561

 

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