William Hill PLC Holding(s) in Company (7126O)
23 August 2017 - 3:00AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMWMH
RNS Number : 7126O
William Hill PLC
22 August 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
22 August 2017
OAM: Major Shareholding Notifications
William Hill LEI: 213800MDW41W5UZQIX82
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 X
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An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments
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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 Morgan Stanley
City and country of registered office Wilmington, Delaware, USA
(if applicable)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)
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Name Morgan Stanley & Co. International
plc
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City and country of registered office London, UNITED KINGDOM.
(if applicable)
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5. Date on which the threshold was 18/08/2017
crossed or reached:
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6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY): 22/08/2017
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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 5.99% 0.84% 6.83% 857,819,690
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Position of
previous notification
(if applicable) 6.03% 0.87% 6.90%
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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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GB0031698896 51,456,885 5.99%
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SUBTOTAL 8. A 51,456,885 5.99%
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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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Depositary at any
Receipt time at any time 2,904 0.0003%
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Right of recall
over securities
lending at any
agreements time at any time 6,727,950 0.78%
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SUBTOTAL 8. B 1 6,730,854 0.78%
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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 28/11/2017 at any time Cash 140,700 0.02%
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Equity Swap 01/02/2018 at any time Cash 82,500 0.01%
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Equity Swap 08/10/2018 at any time Cash 208,800 0.02%
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SUBTOTAL 8.B.2 432,000 0.05%
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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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Morgan Stanley
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Morgan Stanley
International Holdings
Inc.
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Morgan Stanley
International Limited
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Morgan Stanley
Investments (UK)
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Morgan Stanley &
Co. International
plc 5.99% 6.83%
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Morgan Stanley
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Morgan Stanley Capital
Management, LLC
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Morgan Stanley Domestic
Holdings, Inc.
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Morgan Stanley Smith
Barney LLC
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10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
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Name of the proxy holder
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The number and % of voting rights
held
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The date until which the voting rights
will be held
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11. Additional information
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Place of completion Glasgow
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Date of completion 22/08/2017
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This information is provided by RNS
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