Dart Group PLC Holding(s) in Company (2443C)

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RNS Number : 2443C

Dart Group PLC

15 January 2015

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                  Dart Group plc 
  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                                    ü 
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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) subject                         Schroders plc 
  to the 
  notification obligation: (iii) 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                         13.01.15 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                           14.01.15 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed                      From 12% - 11% 
  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 triggering 
 of               to the triggering                      transaction 
 shares           transaction 
 
 if possible 
 using 
 the ISIN CODE 
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                 Number             Number              Number           Number of voting           % of voting rights 
                  of                 of                  of shares        rights                     (x) 
                  Shares             Voting 
                                     Rights 
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                                                        Direct           Direct      Indirect       Direct           Indirect 
                                                                          (xi)        (xii) 
--------------    -----  --------  ------  -----  ---  ---------------  ----------  -------------  ---------------  ------------- 
 
    Ordinary 
 
  GB00B1722W11       23,183,758         18,930,615         21,424,672        N/A       17,285,532         N/A           11.785% 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of financial        Expiration        Exercise/                         Number of voting                 % of voting 
  instrument               date (xiii)       Conversion Period                 rights that may                  rights 
                                             (xiv)                             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 rights 
 financial          price            date (xvii)    Conversion            rights instrument               (xix, xx) 
 instrument                                         period                refers to 
                                                    (xviii) 
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       CFD              N/A             N/A                N/A                                           Nominal        Delta 
----------------  ---------------  -------------  --------------------  ---                             -------------  ---------- 
                                                                                    61,488                  0.042%          1 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                               Percentage of voting rights 
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                             17,347,020                                                         11.827% 
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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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 Schroder Investment Management Limited 16,785,593 11.444% 
  Schroder Investment Management (North America) Limited 415,498 0.283% 
 
  Schroder & Co. Limited 145,929 0.099% 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder: 
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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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                                           The shares referred to in section 
  13. Additional information:               9 are held in portfolios managed by 
                                            those firms on a discretionary basis 
                                            for clients under investment management 
                                            agreements. This disclosure has been 
                                            calculated based on issue share capital 
                                            amount 146,671,392. 
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 14. Contact name: 
                                                           Chloe Talbot 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                            020 7658 6000 
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