Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 0650K

Dart Group PLC

12 April 2010

 



TR-1: Notification of Major Interest in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Dart Group Plc

2. Reason for notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights	X
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 notification obligation:	Gartmore Investment Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	See attached schedule
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	8 April 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	9 April 2010
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 use 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		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B1722W11	7,670,849	7,670,849	6,392,020		6,392,020		4.527%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage 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/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
6,392,020	4.527%

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

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

13. Additional information:	All figures are based on the Company's issued share capital of 141,203,854 as provided by Exshare Email contact [e-mail]
14 Contact name:	RDU
15. Contact telephone name:	0207 782 2324

Attachment

Fund Managing Co.	Shares Held	UK Registered Owner	Beneficial Owner
Gartmore Fund Managers Limited	1,817,767	HSBC Global Custody Nominee UK Ltd	Gartmore Fund Managers Ltd A/C Gartmore UK & Irish Smaller Companies
Gartmore Investment Limited	2,272,591	Nortrust Nominees Limited	Strathclyde Pension Fund
Gartmore Investment Limited	596,662	Gartmore Growth Opportunities	Gartmore Growth Opportunities plc
Gartmore Investment Limited	1,705,000	Vidacos Nominees Ltd A/C 2303	The Alphagen Volantis Fund Limited

 

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