William Hill PLC Holding(s) in Company (8728R)
19 June 2018 - 9:00PM
UK Regulatory
TIDMWMH
RNS Number : 8728R
William Hill PLC
19 June 2018
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
19 June 2018
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
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City and country of registered office
(if applicable)
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5. Date on which the threshold was 14/06/2018
crossed or reached:
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6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY): 18/06/2018
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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 2.30% 2.73% 5.02% 860,575,579
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Position of Below 3% Below 3% Below 3%
previous
notification
(if applicable)
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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 19,768,411 2.30%
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SUBTOTAL 8. A 19,768,411 2.30%
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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 Period rights that may rights
be acquired if
the instrument
is
exercised/converted.
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Call Option 20/07/2018 at any time 100,000 0.01%
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Depositary at any
Receipt time at any time 83,628 0.01%
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SUBTOTAL 8. B
1 183,628 0.02%
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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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Call Option 03/07/2018 at any time Cash 54,720 0.01%
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Call Option 18/07/2018 at any time Cash 47,658 0.01%
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Equity Swap 29/06/2018 at any time Cash 15,000,000 1.74%
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Equity Swap 13/07/2018 at any time Cash 7,500,000 0.87%
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Equity Swap 30/11/2018 at any time Cash 679,728 0.08%
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SUBTOTAL
8.B.2 23,282,106 2.71%
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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 Total of both if
if it equals rights it equals or is
or is higher through higher than the
than the notifiable financial notifiable threshold
threshold instruments
if it
equals or is
higher
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 5.01%
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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 18/06/2018
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