Notification of major interes

RNS Number : 3665Z

Carphone Warehouse Group PLC

12 January 2011

 



RNS Announcement

Wednesday 12 January 2011

For Immediate Release

Carphone Warehouse Group plc ("Company")

Notification of Major Interests in Shares

For filings with the FSA include the annex
For filings with issuer exclude the annex
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				Carphone Warehouse Group Plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					ü
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: iii		FMR LLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		See attached schedule
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		06 January 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		10 January 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		10%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

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 x

Indirect

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B4Y7R145

44,812,824

44,812,824

48,016,290

48,016,290

10.50

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

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 xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

48,016,290

10.50

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
See attached schedule
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	FMR LLC
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire:	3,203,466
12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire voting rights:	06 January 2011

Further information:

Kate Ferry                              [phone]

Tim Morris                              [phone]

Schedule

Issuer name:	CARPHONE WAREHOUSE GROUP PLC
Current ownership percentage:	10.50%
Total shares held:	48,016,290
Issued share capital:	457,054,123
	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).	454,021		BANK OF NEW YORK		FMRCO
	3,425,614		BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO		FMRCO
	42,600		BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO		PTC
	58,043		CIBC MELLON TRUST		FCL
	1,419,949		CITIBANK NA		FMRCO
	1,555,064		JP MORGAN CHASE BANK		FMR
	34,854,895		JP MORGAN CHASE BANK		FMRCO
	41,050		JP MORGAN CHASE BANK		FMTC
	310,996		JPMORGAN CHASE BANK		PTC
	297,512		MELLON BANK N.A.		FMRCO
	187,581		MELLON BANK N.A.		FMTC
	328,100		MELLON BANK N.A.		PTC
	94,349		NORTHERN TRUST CO		FMRCO
	149,120		NORTHERN TRUST CO		FMTC
	303,850		STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO		FICL
	48,919		STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO		FMR
	2,545,215		STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO		FMRCO
	772,512		STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO		FMTC
	329,800		STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO		PTC
	190,900		CIBC MELLON TRUST (C)		FCL
	252,500		ROYAL TRUST-TORONTO		FCL
	138,150		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

 

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