William Hill PLC Holding(s) in Company (3779A)
24 March 2017 - 2:30AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 3779A
William Hill PLC
23 March 2017
The following notification was received today by William Hill
PLC, relating to a major interest in shares of William Hill
PLC.
Tom Fuller
Assistant Company Secretary
23 March 2017
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying William Hill Plc
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) subject Citigroup Global Markets Limited
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 and date 21-March-2017
on
which the threshold is crossed
or
reached:
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6. Date on which issuer notified: 23-March-2017
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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 triggering
of to the triggering transaction
shares transaction
if possible
using
the ISIN CODE
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Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting rights
of of of shares rights
Shares Voting
Rights
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Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
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GB0031698896 44,743,124 44,743,124 23,965,226 23,965,226 0 2.7940%
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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 Period rights that may rights
be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted
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Right to recall
lent securities 9,637,883 1.1236%
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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 rights
financial price date Conversion rights instrument
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 7,933,518 0.9249%
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Total (A+B+C)
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Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
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41,536,627 4.8425%
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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: Connor McLaughlin
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15. Contact telephone number: +44 2895 955328
Connor.mclaughlin@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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