10th Sep 2012 12:56
The following notification was received on Wednesday 5th September by William Hill PLC, relating to major interests in shares of William Hill PLC.
Dennis Read, Deputy Company Secretary
10 September 2012
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): | ||
Due to a company reorganization, Capital Research and Management Company ("CRMC") and Capital Group International, Inc ("CGII") will no longer report relevant holdings under management separately. Instead the relevant holdings under management by CRMC and CGII will be reported in aggregate by The Capital Group Companies, Inc ("CGC"). It is solely for this reason (and not as a result of any additional acquisition or disposal) that CGC is reporting this aggregated holding.
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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:
| 3rd September 2012 |
6. Date on which issuer notified:
| 5th September 2012 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
| Above 8% |
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 | ||||
56,514,088 | 56,514,088 | 56,514,088 | 56,514,088 | 8.0097% | |||||
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 |
56,514,088 | 8.0097% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
No. of Percent of Shares Outstanding
The Capital Group Companies, Inc ("CG") Holdings 56,514,088 8.0097%
Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds:
*Capital Research and Management Company 56,514,088 8.0097% *Capital Income Builder |
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:
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14. Contact name and Contact Address:
| Gina Martinez 333 South Hope Street, 55th Floor, Los Angeles, California 90071 |
15. Contact telephone number:
| (213) 615 0469 |
Related Shares:
WMH.L