William Hill PLC Holding(s) in Company (9813J)
July 03 2017 - 10:45AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMWMH
RNS Number : 9813J
William Hill PLC
03 July 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
3 July 2017
TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings
NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS
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1a. Identity of the issuer or the William Hill Plc
underlying issuer of existing shares
to which voting rights are attached:
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1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with
an "X" if appropriate)
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Non-UK issuer
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2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes
with an "X")
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments X
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
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Other (please specify):
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3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation
Name Parvus Asset Management Europe Limited
City and country of registered office London, United Kingdom
(if applicable)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)
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Name Parvus Asset Management Europe Limited
has been appointed as Investment
Manager of a number of funds and
managed accounts. Under the terms
of the various investment management
agreements, Parvus Asset Management
Europe Limited holds the power to
vote any physical shareholdings held
by these clients.
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City and country of registered office N/A
(if applicable)
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5. Date on which the threshold was 29/06/2017
crossed or reached:
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6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY): 03/07/2017
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7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation
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% of voting % of voting rights Total of both Total number
rights attached through financial in % (8.A + of voting rights
to shares (total instruments 8.B) of issuer
of 8. A) (total of 8.B
1 + 8.B 2)
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Resulting situation
on the date
on which threshold
was crossed
or reached 135,436,382 15.79% 857,803,030
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Position of
previous notification
(if
applicable) 145,811,427 16.9985%
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8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the
threshold was crossed or reached
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A: Voting rights attached to shares
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Class/type of Number of voting rights % of voting rights
shares
ISIN code (if
possible)
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Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
(Art 9 of Directive (Art 10 of Directive (Art 9 of Directive (Art 10 of Directive
2004/109/EC) 2004/109/EC) 2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1) 2004/109/EC)
(DTR5.1) (DTR5.2.1) (DTR5.2.1)
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SUBTOTAL 8. A
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B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC
(DTR5.3.1.1 (a))
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Type of Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
financial date Conversion Period rights that may rights
instrument be acquired if
the instrument
is
exercised/converted.
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SUBTOTAL 8. B 1
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B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to
Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b))
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Type of Expiration Exercise/ Physical or Number of % of voting
financial date Conversion cash voting rights rights
instrument Period settlement
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Equity Swap 04/12/2017 N/A Cash 51,850,882 6.04%
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Equity Swap 02/07/2018 N/A Cash 1,511,569 0.18%
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Equity Swap 11/07/2018 N/A Cash 35,963,610 4.19%
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Equity Swap 08/08/2018 N/A Cash 1,569,986 0.18%
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Equity Swap 31/10/2018 N/A Cash 2,492,629 0.29%
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Equity Swap 21/11/2018 N/A Cash 463,856 0.05%
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Equity Swap 26/11/2018 N/A Cash 41,584,150 4.85%
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SUBTOTAL 8.B.2 135,436,682 15.79%
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9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification
obligation (please mark the
applicable box with an "X")
Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled
by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other
undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the
(underlying) issuer
Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights X
and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate
controlling natural person or legal entity (please add additional
rows as necessary)
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Name % of voting rights % of voting rights Total of both if
if it equals or through financial it equals or is
is higher than instruments if it higher than the
the notifiable equals or is higher notifiable threshold
threshold than the notifiable
threshold
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Edoardo Mercadante 15.79% 15.79%
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Parvus Asset Management
(Cayman) Limited 15.79% 15.79%
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Parvus Asset Management
Limited 15.79% 15.79%
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10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
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Name of the proxy holder N/A
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The number and % of voting rights N/A
held
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The date until which the voting rights N/A
will be held
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11. Additional information
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N/A
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Place of completion London, United Kingdom
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Date of completion 03/07/2017
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