1st May 2013 15:25
The following notification was received today by William Hill PLC, relating to major interests in shares of William Hill PLC.
Dennis Read, Deputy Company Secretary
1 May 2013
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi |
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii | William Hill Plc | ||||
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | |||||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | ü | ||||
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): | |||||
3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii | Schroders plc | ||||
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv | |||||
5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v | 30.04.13 | ||||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 01.05.13 | ||||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii | Below 5% | ||||
8. Notified details: | ||||||||||||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix | ||||||||||||||||
Class/type ofshares if possible usingthe ISIN CODE | Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||
NumberofShares | NumberofVotingRights | Numberof shares | Number of votingrights | % of voting rights x | ||||||||||||
Direct | Direct xi | Indirect xii | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||||||
Ordinary | 81,366,928 | 70,066,134 | 45,560,116 | N/A | 42,976,073 | N/A | 4.981% | |||||||||
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Expirationdate xiii | Exercise/Conversion Period xiv | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted. | % of votingrights | ||||||||||||
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi | ||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Exercise price | Expiration date xvii | Exercise/Conversion period xviii | Number of voting rights instrument refers to
| % of voting rights xix, xx
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Call Option Call Option Call Option Call Option Call Option |
3.69485 3.87537 4.11808 4.19727 4.20143 |
30/04/13 15/05/13 08/07/13 17/07/13 18/06/13 |
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A |
-844,320 -999,568 -957,029 -1,169,702 -937,298 | Nominal | Delta | ||||||||||
-0.098% -0.116% -0.111% -0.136% -0.109% | 1 1 1 1 1 | |||||||||||||||
Total (A+B+C) | ||||||||||||||||
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||||||
42,976,073 | 4.981% | |||||||||||||||
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi | ||
Schroder Investment Management Limited 41,282,946 4.784% Schroder Investment Management North America Limited 1,118,161 0.130% Schroder & Co Limited 574,966 0.067% | ||
Proxy Voting: | ||
10. Name of the proxy holder: | ||
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold: | ||
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights: | ||
13. Additional information: | The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements. | |
14. Contact name: |
Shaheen Hussain | |
15. Contact telephone number: |
020 7658 6000 | |
Related Shares:
SchrodersWMH.L