Notification of major interes

RNS Number : 5626J

Carphone Warehouse Group PLC

31 March 2010

 



RNS Announcement

Wednesday 31 March 2010

For Immediate Release

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	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	Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Pte Ltd
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)	Chase Nominees Ltd
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different)	29th March 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified	31st March 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	4%

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
GB00B4Y7R145	27,489,275**	27,489,275**	18,959,451		18,959,451		4.14%

** Position reported before the consolidation and demerger event effective in Mar 10

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
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Total (A+B)
Number of Voting Rights	% of Voting Rights
18,959,451	4.14

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

N/A

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease/acquire to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease/acquire to hold voting rights:	N/A

Further information:

Kate Ferry                              [phone]

Tim Morris                              [phone]

 

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