4th Jul 2011 16:27
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
4 July 2011
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES |
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: | William Hill PLC |
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2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): |
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | X |
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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached |
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying 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. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
| Schroders plc |
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
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5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:
| 1 July 2011 |
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6. Date on which issuer notified:
| 4 July 2011 |
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
| Below 10% |
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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 previousto the triggeringtransaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | |||||||||||||||
NumberofShares | NumberofVotingRights | Numberof shares | Number of votingrights | % of voting rights | |||||||||||||
Indirect | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||||||||||||
Ordinary GB0031698896
| 81,864,913 | 70,564,119 | 81,366,928 | N/A | 70,066,134 | N/A | 9.990% | ||||||||||
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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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 |
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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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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Nominal | Delta
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Total (A+B+C)
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Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
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70,066,134 | 9.990% |
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
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Schroder Investment Management Limited 68,333,207 9.743% Schroder Investment Management North America Limited 1,429,116 0.204% Schroder & Co Limited 303,811 0.043%
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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:
| 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.
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14. Contact name:
| Taryn O'Donoghue |
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15. Contact telephone number:
| 020 7658 6000 |
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Related Shares:
SchrodersWMH.L