Dixons Carphone PLC Holding(s) in Company (9840S)

TIDMDC. TIDMSLA

RNS Number : 9840S

Dixons Carphone PLC

06 October 2017

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

 
 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant 
  issuer and to the FCA in Microsoft Word format if possible)(i) 
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 1a. Identity of the issuer                                         Dixons Carphone plc 
  or the underlying issuer 
  of existing shares to which 
  voting rights are attached(ii) 
  : 
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 1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer 
  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate) 
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 Non-UK issuer 
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 2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate 
  box or boxes with an "X") 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                    X 
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 An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please specify)(iii) : 
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 3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation(iv) 
 Name                                               Aggregate of Standard Life 
                                                     Aberdeen plc affiliated investment 
                                                     management entities with 
                                                     delegated voting rights on 
                                                     behalf of multiple managed 
                                                     portfolios 
 City and country of registered                     Edinburgh, Scotland 
  office (if applicable) 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(v) 
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 Name 
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 City and country of registered 
  office (if applicable) 
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 5. Date on which the threshold                     04/10/2017 
  was crossed or reached(vi) 
  : 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified                   06/10/2017 
  (DD/MM/YYYY): 
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 7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification 
  obligation 
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                               % of voting            % of voting          Total of       Total number 
                              rights attached        rights through        both in %        of voting 
                                 to shares             financial          (8.A + 8.B)       rights of 
                                 (total of            instruments                          issuer(vii) 
                                   8. A)               (total of 
                                                      8.B 1 + 8.B 
                                                           2) 
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 Resulting 
  situation 
  on the date 
  on which 
  threshold 
  was crossed 
  or reached                      10.16                   0.00              10.16         1,158,031,230 
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 Position 
  of previous 
  notification 
  (if 
  applicable)                      9.33                   0.00               9.33 
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 8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the 
  date on which the threshold was crossed or reached(viii) 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type         Number of voting rights(ix)       % of voting rights 
  of 
  shares 
  ISIN code 
  (if possible) 
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                        Direct          Indirect                   Direct                  Indirect 
                       (Art 9 of       (Art 10 of                 (Art 9 of                (Art 10 of 
                       Directive        Directive                 Directive                Directive 
                     2004/109/EC)     2004/109/EC)              2004/109/EC)              2004/109/EC) 
                       (DTR5.1)        (DTR5.2.1)                 (DTR5.1)                 (DTR5.2.1) 
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 GB00B4Y7R145            N/A          117,695,874                   N/A                      10.16 
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 SUBTOTAL 
  8. A                        117,695,874                                  10.16 
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 B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) 
  of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) 
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 Type of            Expiration       Exercise/        Number of voting                   % of voting 
 financial           date(x)          Conversion       rights that                        rights 
 instrument                           Period(xi)       may be acquired 
                                                       if the instrument 
                                                       is 
                                                       exercised/converted. 
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 Rights to 
  recall lent 
  shares 
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                                     SUBTOTAL 8. 
                                      B 1 
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 B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
  according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC 
  (DTR5.3.1.1 (b)) 
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 Type of           Expiration        Exercise/        Physical          Number           % of voting 
  financial         date(x)          Conversion       or cash           of voting         rights 
  instrument                         Period           settlement(xii)   rights 
                                     (xi) 
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                                                      SUBTOTAL 
                                                       8.B.2 
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 9. Information in relation to the person subject to 
  the notification obligation (please mark the applicable 
  box with an "X") 
 Person subject to the notification obligation is 
  not controlled by any natural person or legal entity 
  and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding 
  directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) 
  issuer(xiii) 
 Full chain of controlled undertakings through which                                           X 
  the voting rights and/or the financial instruments 
  are effectively held starting with the ultimate 
  controlling natural person or legal entity(xiv) 
  (please add additional rows as necessary) 
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             Name(xv)                 % of voting       % of voting             Total of both 
                                       rights if      rights through             if it equals 
                                       it equals         financial               or is higher 
                                      or is higher      instruments           than the notifiable 
                                        than the       if it equals                threshold 
                                       notifiable      or is higher 
                                       threshold         than the 
                                                        notifiable 
                                                         threshold 
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 Standard Life Investments 
  Limited                                 8.87             0.00                      8.87 

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 Standard Life Wealth 
  Limited                                 0.00             0.00                      0.00 
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 Ignis Investment 
  Services Limited                        0.81             0.00                      0.81 
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 Aberdeen Asset Investments 
  Limited                                 0.39             0.00                      0.39 
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 Aberdeen Asset Managers 
  Limited                                 0.09             0.00                      0.09 
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 10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: 
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 Name of the proxy holder                             N/A 
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 The number and % of voting                           N/A 
  rights held 
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 The date until which the                             N/A 
  voting rights will be held 
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 11. Additional information(xvi) 
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 In reference to section 9, the shares detailed are managed 
  by the named discretionary investment management entity 
  within multiple portfolios on behalf of underlying clients, 
  based on investment management agreements whereby the 
  client has delegated the exercise of the voting power 
  to the referenced investment manager. 
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 Place of completion   Edinburgh, United Kingdom 
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 Date of completion    06/10/2017 
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