23rd Apr 2015 13:23
The following notification was received on 23 April 2015 by William Hill PLC, relating to major interests in shares of William Hill PLC.
Dennis Read
Deputy Company Secretary
23 April 2015
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 | S | |||
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 | BlackRock, Inc. | |||
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 | 21 April, 2015 | |||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 23 April, 2015 | |||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii | Voting rights attached to shares holding has gone 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 | ||||||||||||
GB0031698896 | 44,068,581 | 44,068,581 | N/A | N/A | 43,863,215 | N/A | 4.97% | |||||||||
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
| |||||||||||
CFD | 2,500,156 | Nominal | Delta | |||||||||||||
0.28% | 0.28% | |||||||||||||||
Total (A+B+C) | ||||||||||||||||
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||||||
46,363,371 | 5.26% | |||||||||||||||
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi | ||
| ||
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: | BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team | |
14. Contact name: | Gareth Slade | |
15. Contact telephone number: | 020 7743 2536 | |
Related Shares:
WMH.L