Holding(s) in Company
Carphone Warehouse Group PLC
14 March 2007
RNS Announcement
Wednesday 14th March 2007
For Immediate Release
The Carphone Warehouse Group PLC ('Company')
Notification of Major Interests in Shares
TR-1: Notification of Major Interests in Shares
1. Identity of the issuer The Carphone Warehouse Group Plc
or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to
which voting rights are
attached
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
which may result in the acquisition of shares
already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify): X
Revised due to DTR rules - see Section 13
3. Full name of person(s) Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
subject to the notification obligation
4. Full name of See Section 9
shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)
5. Date of the transaction (and date on Revised due to DTR rules
which the threshold is crossed or reached if
different)
6. Date on which issuer 12 March 2007
notified
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: N/A
8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of Situation previous to the Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares Triggering transaction
Number of Number of Number of Number of Voting % of Voting Rights
Shares Voting Rights Shares Rights
If possible
using the ISIN Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
CODE
GB0008787029 16,902,130 16,902,130 16,902,130 1.89%
B. Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of Expiration Date Exercise/Conversion Number of Voting Rights % of Voting Rights
Financial Period/Date that may be acquired if
Instrument the instrument is
exercised/converted
Total (A+B)
Number of Voting Rights % of Voting Rights
16,902,130 1.89%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively
held, if applicable
Shares Held Nominee Management
Company
Fidelity International Limited (FIL) is the 26,900 BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS FPM
parent
holding company for various direct and 465,900 HSBC BANK PLC FPM
indirect
subsidiaries, including Fidelity Fund 1,529,800 BNP PARIBAS, PARIS FIGEST
Management
Limited (FFML), Fidelity Investment Services 252,700 STATE STR BK AND TR CO LNDN FPM
Ltd
(FISL), Fidelity Gestion (FIGEST), Fidelity 546,300 NORTHERN TRUST LONDON FPM
Investments Advisory (Korea) Limited (FIAKL), 662,710 JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH FIL
Fidelity Investments Management (Hong Kong) 2,631,120 JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH FISL
Limited (FIMHK), Fidelity Pension Management 511,300 JP MORGAN, BOURNEMOUTH FPM
(FPM), Fidelity Investments Japan (FIJ) and 336,000 NORTHERN TRUST LONDON FPM
Fidelity Investments International (FII),
investment managers for various non-US 9,939,400 BROWN BROS HARRIMN LTD LUX FIL
investment companies and institutional clients.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder: Fidelity International Limited
(FIL)
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease/acquire to N/A
hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease/acquire to hold voting N/A
rights:
13. Additional information: As discussed with the FSA, prior to the implementation of the EU
Transparency Directive, we aggregated the interests in shares of FMR
Corp (FMR) and Fidelity International Limited (FIL) together for the
purposes of shareholder reporting. According to the new DTR rules we
are now reporting the indirect holdings of FMR and FIL separately. A
separate notification is being submitted for FMR Corp. Please note
these holdings are correct as of close of business 08 March 2007
Sophie Hughes
14. Contact Name
15. Contact: fil-regulatoryreporting@uk.fid-intl.com
Annex to Notification of Major Interests in Shares
A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form for legal Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
entities)
Contact address (registered office for legal Pembroke Hall, 42 Crow Lane, Pembroke, HM19 Bermuda
entities)
Phone number 01737 836713
Other useful information (at least legal Company Secretary
representative for legal persons)
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name Fidelity Investments International
Contact address Windmill Court XTW2B, Millfield Lane, Lower
Kingswood, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 6RB
Phone number 01737 836713
Other useful information (e.g. functional Authorised to make this filing under power of
relationship with the person or legal entity attorney
subject to the notification obligation)
C: Additional information
As discussed with the FSA, prior to the implementation of the EU Transparency Directive, we aggregated the
interests in shares of FMR Corp (FMR) and Fidelity International Limited (FIL) together for the purposes of
shareholder reporting. According to the new DTR rules we are now reporting the indirect holdings of FMR and
FIL separately. A separate notification is being submitted for FMR Corp. Please note these holdings are
correct as of close of business 08 March 2007
Further information:
Peregrine Riviere (020) 8753 8778
Tim Morris (020) 8753 8243
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