Holding(s) in Company (0646K)

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RNS Number : 0646K

Dart Group PLC

08 July 2011

 
 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                              u 
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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:                                            06.07.11 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                    07.07.11 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed 
  or 
  reached:                                            22% - 21% 
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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 
                 Shares           Rights              of shares      rights                 % of voting rights 
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                                                     Direct         Direct     Indirect     Direct         Indirect 
-------------    ----  -------  ------  -----  ---  -------------  ---------  -----------  -------------  -------------- 
   Ordinary         36,704,446          31,222,680     36,676,946        N/A   31,198,336            N/A         21.990% 
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 GB00B1722W11 
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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 
                                                                         acquired if the 
 Type of 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 
 instrument        price          date           period              refers to                  % of voting 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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 31,198,336                                                       21.990% 
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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 31,136,336 21.946% 
  Schroder & Co Limited 62,000 0.044% 
 
 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 management 
 13. Additional information:           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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