TIDMCPR

RNS Number : 8767X

Carpetright PLC

13 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:                            Carpetright, 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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                                     A reallocation of shares as a 
 Other (please                       result of scale-back rights 
  specify):                          following capital raising 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject 
  to the 
  notification obligation:            William H. Gates III 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
 (if different from 3.):              Cascade Investment, L.L.C. 
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 5. Date of the transaction and 
 date on which the threshold is 
 crossed or reached:                  December 13, 2010 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:    December 13, 2010 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are 
  crossed or reached:                 6% 
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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 
-------------  ---------------  ---------------  -------------  ---------------------  ------------------------- 
                                                  Direct         Direct     Indirect    Direct        Indirect 
-------------      -----------    -----------    -------------  ---------  ----------  ------------  ----------- 
 Ordinary 
 GBP0.01        3,931,557        3,931,557                                  4,040,857                 6.0% 
               ---------------  ---------------  -------------  ---------  ----------  ------------  ----------- 
 GB0001772945 
-------------      -----------    -----------      -----------    -------  ----------      --------    --------- 
 
 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 
-----------------  -------------  ------------------------------  -----------------------  --------------------- 
 
 
 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 
---------------  -------------  -------------  ---------------  -----------------------  ----------------------- 
                                                                                          Nominal       Delta 
---------------  -------------  -------------  ---------------  -----------------------  ------------  --------- 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                            Percentage of voting rights 
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 4,040,857                                          6.0% 
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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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 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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 13. Additional information:                                  None 
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 14. Contact name:                                            Arian Colachis 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                425-889-7900 
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