William Hill PLC Holding(s) in Company (5386B)
April 04 2017 - 6:00AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMWMH
RNS Number : 5386B
William Hill PLC
04 April 2017
The following notification was received today by William Hill
PLC, relating to a major interest in shares of William Hill
PLC.
Tom Fuller
Deputy Company Secretary
4 April 2017
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
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1. Identity of the issuer or William Hill Plc
the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which
voting rights are
attached:
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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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3. Full name of person(s) Citigroup Global Markets Limited
subject to the
notification obligation:
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) N/A
(if different from 3.):
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5. Date of the transaction 31-March-2017
and date on
which the threshold is
crossed or
reached:
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6. Date on which issuer 04-Apr-2017
notified:
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are
crossed or
reached: 5%
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8. Notified details:
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A: Voting rights attached to shares
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Class/type Situation previous Resulting situation after the
of to the triggering triggering transaction
shares transaction
if possible
using
the ISIN
CODE
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Number Number Number Number of % of voting
of of of shares voting rights
Shares Voting rights
Rights
-------------- --------------- -------------- ------------- --------------------------- -------------------------
Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
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GB0031698896 42,966,521 42,966,521 24,138,545 24,138,545 0 2.8142%
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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 Conversion rights that rights
Period may be
acquired if
the
instrument
is
exercised/
converted.
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Right to recall
lent securities 10,771,981 1.2558%
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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 Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
financial price date Conversion rights instrument rights
instrument period refers to
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Nominal Delta
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11/02/2017
09/04/2017
09/06/2017
02/13/2018
11/02/2017
01/18/2018
Equity Swap - 11/17/2017 7,956,261 0.9276%
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Total (A+B+C)
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Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
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42,866,787 4.9976%
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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:
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14. Contact name: Craig Watson
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15. Contact telephone number: +44 2890 409605
craig.cameron.watson@citi.com
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This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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