Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4550G

Dart Group PLC

07 May 2014

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:			Dart 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:		Schroders plc
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:		02.05.14
6. Date on which issuer notified:		06.05.14
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		17% - 16%

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

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary GB00B1722W11

29,793,145

24,819,231

29,665,187

N/A

24,719,593

N/A

16.952%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion Period

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

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion period

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights

CFD

N/A

N/A

N/A

61,488

Nominal

Delta

0.042%

1

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

24,781,081

16.994%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Schroder Investment Management Limited                                        24,132,187      16.549% Schroder Investment Management North America Limited               447,194           0.307%                        Schroder & Co Limited                                                                       201,700           0.138%
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
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:	The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. This disclosure has been calculated based on issue share capital amount 145,824,886.
14. Contact name:	Scott Dickenson
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7658 6000

 

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