TIDMCPR 
 
RNS Number : 6832Q 
Carpetright PLC 
06 August 2010 
 

 
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| TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                   | 
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the           |          Carpetright plc            | 
| 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                             |   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   | Artisan Partners Holdings LP, Artisan      | 
| to the                              | Partners Limited Partnership, Artisan      | 
| notification obligation: iii        | Investments GP LLC, Artisan Investment     | 
|                                     | Corporation, ZFIC, Inc., Andrew A.         | 
|                                     | Ziegler, Carlene M. Ziegler                | 
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s)      | State Street Bank, Bank of New York,       | 
|  (if different from 3.):iv          | Mellon Bank, JP Morgan Chase, Northern     | 
|                                     | Trust, State Street Bank - Luxembourg      | 
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| 5. Date of the transaction and date | August 4, 2010                             | 
| on                                  |                                            | 
| which the threshold is crossed or   |                                            | 
| reached: v                          |                                            | 
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| 6. Date on which issuer notified:   | August 5, 2010                             | 
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| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed | Above 5%                                   | 
| 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 transaction                                                | 
| of           | to the triggering                                 |                                                                                                     | 
| shares       | transaction                                       |                                                                                                     | 
| if possible  |                                                   |                                                                                                     | 
| using        |                                                   |                                                                                                     | 
| the ISIN     |                                                   |                                                                                                     | 
| CODE         |                                                   |                                                                                                     | 
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|              | Number                       | Number             | Number                  | Number                | % of  voting rights x                             | 
|              | of                           | of                 | of                      | of                    |                                                   | 
|              | Shares                       | Voting             | shares                  | voting                |                                                   | 
|              |                              | Rights             |                         | rights                |                                                   | 
+              +                              +                    +-------------------------+-----------------------+---------------------------------------------------+ 
|              |                              |                    | Direct                  | Direct xi | Indirect  | Direct                            | Indirect      | 
|              |                              |                    |                         |           | xii       |                                   |               | 
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| GB0001772945 | 3,357,739                    | 4.995%             |                         |           | 3,396,808 |                                   | 5.05%         | 
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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 be                            | rights             | 
|                                      |                   | xiv                                    | acquired if the                               |                    | 
|                                      |                   |                                        | instrument is                                 |                    | 
|                                      |                   |                                        | exercised/                                    |                    | 
|                                      |                   |                                        | converted.                                    |                    | 
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|                                      |                   |                                        |                                               |                    | 
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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 financial               | Exercise  | Expiration      | Exercise/                  | Number of voting              | % of voting rights                        | 
| instrument                      | price     | date xvii       | Conversion                 | rights instrument             | xix, xx                                   | 
|                                 |           |                 | period                     | refers to                     |                                           | 
|                                 |           |                 | 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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| 3,396,808                                                                                | 5.05%                                                                       | 
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|              |                  |    |      |            |    |  |                       | |      |    |           |       |                      |    |  |            | 
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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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| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership ("APLP"), a U.S. registered investment     | 
| adviser, is a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of      | 
| Delaware on March 26, 2009.  Control of APLP is vested in its general partner,  | 
| Artisan Investments GP LLC, a limited liability company organized under the     | 
| laws of the State of Delaware on March 26, 2009.  Artisan Partners Holdings LP  | 
| is the sole member of Artisan Investments GP LLC, and is the sole limited       | 
| partner of Artisan Partners Limited Partnership.  Control of Artisan Partners   | 
| Holdings LP (formerly named Artisan Partners Limited Partnership) is vested in  | 
| its general partner, Artisan Investment Corporation.  All of the outstanding    | 
| stock of Artisan Investment Corporation is owned by ZFIC, Inc., a corporation   | 
| organized under the laws of the State of Wisconsin.  Andrew A. Ziegler and      | 
| Carlene M. Ziegler each own 50% of the voting stock of ZFIC, Inc. APLP,         | 
| pursuant to advisory contracts, has the power to purchase and sell securities   | 
| on behalf of its clients and the power to vote for most clients.  Persons other | 
| than APLP are entitled to receive all dividends from, and proceeds from the     | 
| sale of, all of the securities reported hereunder.                              | 
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| Artisan International Value Fund ("ARTKX"), is a series of Artisan Funds Inc.,  | 
| a U.S. registered investment company.  Certain officers and a director of       | 
| Artisan Funds, Inc. are employees of APLP.  APLP pursuant to its advisory       | 
| contract with ARTKX has the power to purchase and sell securities on behalf of  | 
| ARTKX and to vote for ARTKX.  ARTKX, as of 4 August 2010, was interested in     | 
| 2,192,260 shares, representing 3.26% of the 5.05% disclosed above, of           | 
| Carpetright PLC.                                                                | 
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| Proxy Voting:                                                                   | 
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:                    |  Artisan Partners Limited    | 
|                                                  |         Partnership          | 
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| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will    |             N/A              | 
| cease                                            |                              | 
| to hold:                                         |                              | 
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| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to     |             N/A              | 
| hold                                             |                              | 
| voting rights:                                   |                              | 
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| 13. Additional information:          |                                          | 
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| 14. Contact name:                    |              Ben Wroblewski              | 
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| 15. Contact telephone number:        |              414-390-1921                | 
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