Holding(s) in Company

19 Apr 2007 16:35

Dart Group PLC19 April 2007 TR-1 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES (1) Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to whichvoting rights are attached: DART GROUP PLC (2) Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No): An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: (Yes) An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in theacquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: (No) An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: (No) Other (please specify): (No) (3) Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: MERRILL LYNCH INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT FUNDS (4) Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from (3)): AS ABOVE (5) Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed orreached (if different): 17 APRIL 2007 (6) Date on which issuer notified: 18 APRIL 2007 (7) Threshold that is crossed or reached: INCREASE OVER 5 PER CENT. THRESHOLD (8) Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of Situation previous Resulting situation after the triggeringshares to the Tirggering transaction transaction using the Number of Number of Number of Number of Voting % of votingISIN code Shares Voting Shares Rights rights Rights Direct Direct Indirect Direct IndirectGB00B1722W11 1,438,053 1,438,053 7,064,538 7,064,538 N/A 5.01% N/A * * (was (was 4.12%) 4.12%) * NB - holding of 1,438,053 was disclosed in June 2006 when the denominator (orISC) was 34,891,252; the current denominator stands at 140,973,096. This followsa 4 for 1 stock split (subdivision) in July 2006. B: Financial instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of Expiration Exercise / Number of % ofFinancial Date Conversion voting rights votingInstrument Period / that may be rights Date acquired is the instrument is exercised / convertedN/A Total (A+B) Number of voting rights % of voting rights7,064,538 5.01% (9) Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: N/A Proxy Voting: (10) Name of the proxy holder: N/A (11) Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease/acquire to hold: N/A (12) Date on which proxy holder will cease/acquire to holding voting rights: N/A (13) Additional information: (14) Contact name: (15) Contact number: This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange