DFS Furniture plc Holding(s) in Company (6124O)

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RNS Number : 6124O

DFS Furniture plc

08 November 2016

 
 
 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                                                        8 November 2016 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                                           8 November 2016 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are 
  crossed or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                                                                           13% 
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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 
-----------  ---------------  ----------------  --------------  ---------------------------  ------------------------- 
                                                 Direct          Direct         Indirect      Direct        Indirect 
                                                                  (xi)           (xii) 
-----------      -----------    ------------    --------------  -------------  ------------  ------------  ----------- 
 Ordinary 
  Shares of 
  GBP1.50 
  each        51,361,259       51,361,259        25,661,259      25,661,259                   12.1% 
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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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 25,661,259                                        12.1% 
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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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