Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2735X

Carphone Warehouse Group PLC

11 August 2009

 



RNS Announcement 

Tuesday 11th August 2009

For Immediate Release 

The Carphone Warehouse Group PLC ('Company') 

Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached	The Carphone Warehouse Group Plc
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		Yes
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):
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 Schedule 1
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different)	6th August 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified	7th August 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%

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	Indirect	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0008787029	45,191,145	45,191,145		46,087,574		46,087,574		5.04

B. Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of Financial Instrument	Expiration Date	Exercise/Conversion Period/Date	Number of Voting Rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of Voting Rights

Total (A+B)
Number of Voting Rights	% of Voting Rights
46,087,574	5.04

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable

See attached Schedule 1

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	FMR LLC
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease/acquire to hold:	896,429
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease/acquire to hold voting rights:	6th August 2009

                  Schedule 1

FMR
Issuer name:	THE CARPHONE WAREHOUSE GROUP PLC
Current ownership percentage:	5.04%
Total shares held:	46,087,574
Issued share capital:	914,108,246
	SHARES HELD	NOMINEE	MANAGEMENT COMPANY
FMR LLC is the parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds, and FIL Management Trust Company (FMTC) and 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 and Pyramis Global Advisors LLC (PGALLC).	174,800  3,101,842  12,700  83,799  1,202,907  168,796  35,164,738  127,400  175,800  90,200  449,100  38,900  143,500  360,800  2,921,471  282,500  146,800  71,700  319,600  576,221  284,400  53,100  136,500	BANK OF NEW YORK  BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO  BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO CIBC MELLON TRUST  CITIBANK NA  JP MORGAN CHASE BANK  JP MORGAN CHASE BANK  JP MORGAN CHASE BANK  MELLON BANK N.A.  MELLON BANK N.A.  MELLON BANK N.A.  NORTHERN TRUST CO  NORTHERN TRUST CO  STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO  STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO  STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO  STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO  CIBC MELLON TRUST (C)  ROYAL TRUST-TORONTO  NORTHERN TRUST CO (C)  NORTHERN TRUST CO (C)  BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON  NATIONAL BANK TRUST (C)	FMTC  FMRCO  PTC FCL  FMRCO  FMR  FMRCO  FMTC  FMRCO  FMTC PTC  FMRCO  FMTC  FICL  FMRCO  FMTC  PTC  FCL  FCL  FMR  PTC  PTC  FCL

Further information:

Tim Morris                     [phone]

 

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