DFS Furniture plc Holding(s) in Company (8659W)

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RNS Number : 8659W

DFS Furniture plc

14 February 2017

 
 
 
 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or                                                          DFS Furniture plc 
  the underlying issuer 
  of existing shares to which 
  voting rights are 
  attached: (ii) 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate 
  box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial 
  instruments which may result in the acquisition 
  of shares already issued to which voting rights 
  are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with 
  similar economic effect to qualifying financial 
  instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s)                                                   Advent Diamond (Luxembourg) 
  subject to the                                                                           S.à r.l. 
  notification obligation:                                                    AI Global Investments & CY 
  (iii)                                                                                              SCA 
                                                                             Advent Diamond (Luxembourg) 
                                                                                   Holding S.á r.l. 
                                                                            Advent Diamond (Cayman) Ltd. 
                                                                        Advent International Corporation 
                                                                           GPE VI GP Limited Partnership 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                                    N.Y. Nominees Limited 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction                                                             14 February 2017 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                                                14 February 2017 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are                                                                    Below 3% 
  crossed or 
  reached: (vi, vii) 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type    Situation previous                    Resulting situation after the 
 of             to the triggering                     triggering transaction 
 shares         transaction 
 
 if possible 
 using 
 the ISIN 
 CODE 
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               Number             Number             Number          Number of                % of voting 
                of                 of                 of shares       voting                   rights (x) 
                Shares             Voting                             rights 
                                   Rights 
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                                                     Direct          Direct     Indirect      Direct        Indirect 
                                                                     (xi)        (xii) 
------------      -------------    -------------    --------------  ---------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Ordinary 
  Shares of 
  GBP1.50 
  each         25,661,359         25,661,359         0               0          0             0%            0% 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of           Expiration       Exercise/                          Number of voting           % of voting 
 financial          date             Conversion                         rights that                rights 
 instrument         (xiii)           Period (xiv)                       may be 
                                                                        acquired if 
                                                                        the 
                                                                        instrument 
                                                                        is 
                                                                        exercised/ 
                                                                        converted. 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
  to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of         Exercise         Expiration       Exercise/         Number of voting           % of voting 
 financial        price           date             Conversion         rights instrument          rights (xix, 
 instrument                       (xvii)           period             refers to                  xx) 
                                                   (xviii) 
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                                                                                                Nominal       Delta 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                               Percentage of voting rights 
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 0                                                     0% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the 
  voting rights and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
  (xxi) 
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                   Advent Diamond (Luxembourg) S.à r.l. is owned as 
                 to 100% by AI Global Investments & CY SCA which in turn 
              is owned as to 100% by Advent Diamond (Luxembourg) Holding 
                     S.á r.L., which in turn is owned as to 100% by 
                    Advent Diamond (Cayman) Ltd. Advent Diamond (Cayman) 
                    Ltd is controlled by certain limited partnerships of 
              which GPE VI GP Limited Partnership is the general partner 
               and the fund manager is Advent International Corporation. 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:                            Not applicable 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy 
  holder will cease to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will 
  cease to hold voting rights: 
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  13. Additional information: 
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 14. Contact name:                                          Simon Powell 
                                                Director, Compliance and 
                                                         Risk Management 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                             020 7555 5561 

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