Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8792R

Carphone Warehouse Group PLC

10 November 2011

 



RNS Announcement

Thursday, 10 November 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: ii			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 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		7th November 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		9th November 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		11%

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

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B4Y7R145

50,582,771

50,582,771

50,196,341

50,196,341

10.98

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

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

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

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Nominal

Delta

N/A

N/A

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

50,196,341

10.98

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
N/A
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	FMR LLC
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	386,430
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	7 November 2011

Further information:

Tim Morris                                [phone]

Supporting Schedule

Issuer Name:	Carphone Warehouse Group plc
Current ownership percentage	10.98%
Total shares held:	50,196,341
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).	415,021	BANK OF NEW YORK		FMRCO
	3,401,550	BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO		FMRCO
	120,450	BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO		PTC
	41,650	CIBC MELLON TRUST		FCL
	1,419,949	CITIBANK NA		FMRCO
	197,156	JP MORGAN CHASE BANK		FMR
	35,566,224	JP MORGAN CHASE BANK		FMRCO
	35,950	JP MORGAN CHASE BANK		FMTC
	1,796,156	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK		FMR
	703,200	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK		PTC
	140,150	MELLON BANK N.A.		FMRCO
	162,081	MELLON BANK N.A.		FMTC
	405,949	NORTHERN TRUST CO		FMRCO
	212,820	NORTHERN TRUST CO		FMTC
	321,850	STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO		FICL
	106,319	STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO		FMR
	2,823,815	STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO		FMRCO
	438,462	STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO		FMTC
	737,630	STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO		PTC
	265,700	CIBC MELLON TRUST (C)		FCL
	270,200	ROYAL TRUST-TORONTO		FCL
	319,700	MELLON BANK NA (C)		PTC
	116,500	NATIONAL BANK TRUST (C)		FCL
	62,300	ROYAL TRUST- TORONTO (C)		FCL
	80,900	US BANK NA (C)		PTC
	49,000	ROYAL BANK OF CANADA ©		PTC
	-14,341	GOLDMAN SACHS & CO		PTC

 

 

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