10th Apr 2013 13:36
William Hill PLC
10 April 2013
The following notification was received on Monday 8 April 2013 by William Hill PLC, relating to major interests in shares of William Hill PLC.
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES |
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: |
William Hill PLC |
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | ||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | ||
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached | ||
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | ||
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | ||
Other (please specify): | Change in outstanding voting rights | X |
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
| The Capital Group Companies, Inc |
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
| See Section 9 |
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
| 5 April 2013 |
6. Date on which issuer notified:
| 8 April 2013 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
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8. Notified details: | |||||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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Class/type ofshares if possible usingthe ISIN CODE | Situation previous tothe triggering transaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||
NumberofShares | NumberofVotingRights | Number of shares | Number of votingrights | % of voting rights | |||||
Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | ||||
Ordinary Shares | 78,242,661 | 78,242,661 | 78,242,661 | 78,242,661 | 9.0676% | ||||
(ISIN: GB0031698896 | |||||||||
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financialinstrument | Expirationdate | Exercise/ConversionPeriod | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted. | % of votingrights |
N/A |
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financialinstrument | Exerciseprice | Expirationdate | Exercise/Conversionperiod | Number of votingrights instrumentrefers to | % of voting rights
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N/A | Nominal | Delta
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Total (A+B+C)
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Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
78,242,661 | 9.0676% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
No. of Shares Percent of Outstanding
The Capital Group Companies, Inc ("CG") Holdings 78,242,661 9.068%
Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds: ________________________________________________________________________ *Capital Research and Management Company 78,242,661 9.068% *Capital Income Builder
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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: | |
14. Contact name and Contact Address:
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15. Contact telephone number:
| (213) 615 0469 |
Dennis Read, Deputy Company Secretary
10 April 2013
Related Shares:
WMH.L