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Carphone Warehouse Group plc Annual Report 201248
PROPERTy, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Movements in property, plant and equipment are set out in note 11
to the Group financial statements. In the opinion of the directors the
current open market value of the Group’s interests in freehold land
and buildings exceeds the book value by £8.0m at 31 March 2012.
SIGNIFICANT SHAREHOLDINGS
The Company had been notified, in accordance with Chapter 5
ofthe Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the UK Financial
Services Authority, of the following interests of over 3% of issued
share capital at 31 March 2012:
Percentage
Number of share
Name of shares capital
D P J Ross 58,204,699 12.31%
BlackRock Investment Management
(UK)Ltd 53,026,230 11.22%
Newton Investment Management Ltd 23,921,654 5.06%
FMR LLC 19,636,949 4.15%
Following further notifications between 31 March 2012 and 8 June 2012,
theCompany had been notified of the following shareholdings of over
3% of issued share capital at 8 June 2012:
Name
Number
of shares
Percentage
of share
capital
BlackRock Investment Management
(UK)Ltd 70,872,208 14.99%
D P J Ross 58,204,699 12.31%
Invesco Ltd 24,691,544 5.22%
Newton Investment Management Ltd 23,921,654 5.06%
FMR LLC 19,636,949 4.15%
Deutsche Bank AG 14,791,734 3.13%
The interests of the directors in the Company's shares are detailed
in the Directors’ Remuneration Report on pages 41 to 46.
AUDITORS
Each director at the date of approval of this annual report confirms that:
— so far as the director is aware, there is no relevant audit
information of which the Company’s auditors are unaware; and
— the director has taken all the steps that he/she ought to have
taken as a director in order to make himself/herself aware of any
relevant audit information and to establish that the Company’s
auditors are aware of that information.
This confirmation is given and should be interpreted in accordance
with the provisions of section 418 of the Companies Act 2006.
Deloitte LLP have expressed their willingness to continue in office
asauditors and a resolution to re‑appoint them will be proposed
atthe forthcoming annual general meeting.
By order of the Board on 13 June 2012
Tim Morris
Company Secretary
OTHER STATUTORy INFORMATION CONTINUED