Holding(s) in Company (1128Y)

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RNS Number : 1128Y

Dart Group PLC

16 December 2010

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying 
  issuer 
  of existing shares to which voting rights 
  are 
  attached:                                                  Dart Group Plc 
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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                       x 
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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 
  to the 
  notification obligation:                                    Schroders plc 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
 (if different from 3.): 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed or 
  reached:                                                       15.12.2010 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                               16.12.2010 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or 
  reached:                                                        23% - 22% 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type 
 of shares if 
 possible       Situation previous 
 using the       to the triggering                Resulting situation after the triggering 
 ISIN CODE       transaction                       transaction 
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                                 Number 
                Number            of 
                 of               Voting          Number         Number of voting        % of voting 
                 Shares           Rights           of shares      rights                  rights 
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                                                                 Direct     Indirect     Direct        Indirect 
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 Ordinary 
 GB00B1722W11   38,375,820       33,295,647       37,475,820     N/A        32,395,647   N/A           22.855% 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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                                                                   Number of voting 
                                                                    rights that may 
                                                                    be 
 Type of                                                            acquired if the 
 financial          Expiration     Exercise/                        instrument is            % of voting 
 instrument          date           Conversion Period               exercised/ converted.     rights 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
  Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of                                        Exercise/        Number of voting 
 financial        Exercise       Expiration     Conversion        rights instrument        % of voting 
 instrument        price         date           period            refers to                 rights 
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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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 32,395,647                                         22.855% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
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 Schroder Investment Management Limited 32,347,647 22.821% 
  Schroder & Co Limited 48,000 0.034% 
 
 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 9 
                                           are held in portfolios managed by 
                                        those firms on a discretionary basis 
                                                for clients under investment 
 13. Additional information:                          management agreements. 
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 14. Contact name:                                          Taryn O'Donoghue 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                 020 7658 6000 
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