William Hill PLC Holding(s) in Company (2719A)
27 December 2017 - 7:30PM
UK Regulatory
TIDMWMH
RNS Number : 2719A
William Hill PLC
27 December 2017
The following notification was received on 22 December 2017
after the market closed, by William Hill PLC, relating to a major
interest in shares of William Hill PLC.
Tom Fuller
Deputy Company Secretary
27 December 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 William Hill Plc
or the 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 London, United Kingdom
office (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 N/A
office (if applicable)
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5. Date on which the threshold 20/12/2017
was crossed or reached:
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6. Date on which issuer notified 22/12/2017
(DD/MM/YYYY):
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7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification
obligation
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% of voting % of voting Total of Total number
rights rights through both in % of voting
attached financial (8.A + 8.B) rights of
to shares instruments issuer
(total of (total of
8. A) 8.B 1 + 8.B
2)
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Resulting
situation
on the date
on which
threshold
was crossed
or reached 102,461,232 11.94% 858,073,997
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Position
of previous
notification
(if applicable) 111,395,018 12.98%
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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 (Art 10 of (Art 9 of (Art 10 of
Directive Directive Directive Directive
2004/109/EC) 2004/109/EC) 2004/109/EC) 2004/109/EC)
(DTR5.1) (DTR5.2.1) (DTR5.1) (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 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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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 financial Expiration Exercise/ Physical Number % of voting
instrument date Conversion or cash of voting rights
Period settlement rights
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Equity Swap 02/07/2018 N/A Cash 811,871 0.09%
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Equity Swap 11/07/2018 N/A Cash 21,003,120 2.45%
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Equity Swap 07/08/2018 N/A Cash 532,439 0.06%
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Equity Swap 08/08/2018 N/A Cash 1,137,529 0.13%
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Equity Swap 31/10/2018 N/A Cash 1,533,286 0.18%
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Equity Swap 21/11/2018 N/A Cash 30,612,433 3.57%
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Equity Swap 04/12/2018 N/A Cash 46,490,819 5.42%
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Equity Swap 28/06/2019 N/A Cash 115,264 0.01%
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Equity Swap 05/07/2019 N/A Cash 224,471 0.03%
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SUBTOTAL
8.B.2 102,461,232 11.94%
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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 X
the voting rights 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 % of voting Total of both
rights if rights through if it equals
it equals financial instruments or is higher
or is higher if it equals than the notifiable
than the notifiable or is higher threshold
threshold than the notifiable
threshold
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Edoardo Mercadante 11.94% 11.94%
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Parvus Asset Management
(Cayman) Limited 11.94% 11.94%
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Parvus Asset Management
Limited 11.94% 11.94%
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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 N/A
rights held
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The date until which the N/A
voting rights 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 22/12/2017
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This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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