TR-1: Notification of Major Interests in Shares

RNS Number : 5946G

Carphone Warehouse Group PLC

13 May 2011

 



RNS Announcement

Friday 13 May 2011

For Immediate Release

Carphone Warehouse Group plc ("Company")

TR-1: Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:			Carphone Warehouse Group 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:		FMR LLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):		See attached details
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		10 May 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		12 May 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		11%

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

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

GB00B4Y7R145

50,195,807

50,195,807

50,487,907

50,487,907

11.04%

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

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

50,487,907

11.04%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
See attached schedule
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	FMR LLC
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	292,100
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	10 May 2011

Further information:

Tim Morris                                [phone]

FMR

Issuer Name:	Carphone Warehouse Group plc
Current ownership percentage	11.04%
Total shares held:	50,487,907
Issued share capital:	457,054,122

	SHARES HELD	NOMINEE	MANAGEMENT COMPANY
FMR LLC is the parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds, FIL Management Trust Company (FMTC), Pyramis Global Advisors Trust Company (PGATC), a US state chartered bank which acts as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust accounts Pyramis Global Advisors LLC (PGALLC) and Pyramis Trust Company (PTC).	454,021	BANK OF NEW YORK	FMRCO
	3,752,288	BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO	FMRCO
	53,400	BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO	PTC
	45,650	CIBC MELLON TRUST	FCL
	1,419,949	CITIBANK NA	FMRCO
	1,165,964	JP MORGAN CHASE BANK	FMR
	36,470,833	JP MORGAN CHASE BANK	FMRCO
	35,950	JP MORGAN CHASE BANK	FMTC
	615,800	JP MORGAN CHASE BANK	PTC
	297,512	MELLON BANK N.A.	FMRCO
	182,381	MELLON BANK N.A.	FMTC
	328,100	MELLON BANK N.A.	PTC
	94,349	NORTHERN TRUST CO	FMRCO
	199,120	NORTHERN TRUST CO	FMTC
	315,950	STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO	FICL
	48,919	STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO	FMR
	2,840,715	STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO	FMRCO
	656,512	STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO	FMTC
	627,194	STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO	PTC
	212,700	CIBC MELLON TRUST (C)	FCL
	252,500	ROYAL TRUST-TORONTO	FCL
	151,150	MELLON BANK NA (C)	PTC
	47,050	BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON	PTC
	106,200	NATIONAL BANK TRUST (C)	FCL
	62,300	ROYAL TRUST- TORONTO (C)	FCL
	2,400	US BANK NA (C)	PTC
	49,000	ROYAL BANK OF CANADA ©	PTC

 

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