25th Feb 2010 16:42
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
25 February 2010
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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 |
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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:
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AXA S.A, 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies |
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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:
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23/02/2010 |
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6. Date on which issuer notified:
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24/02/2010 |
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
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5% |
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8. Notified details: |
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A: Voting rights attached to shares
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Class/type of shares
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Situation previous to the triggering transaction |
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Number of Shares |
Number of Voting Rights |
Number of shares |
Number of voting rights |
% of voting rights |
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Direct |
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Indirect |
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Indirect |
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3169889
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29,695,658 |
29,695,658 |
19,896,085 |
19,896,085 |
15,171,237 |
2.84 |
2.16 |
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financial instrument |
Expiration date |
Exercise/ Conversion Period |
Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. |
% of voting rights |
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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 financial instrument |
Exercise price |
Expiration date |
Exercise/ Conversion period |
Number of voting rights instrument refers to |
% of voting rights
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Nominal |
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Total (A+B+C)
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Number of voting rights |
Percentage of voting rights |
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35,067,322 |
5.00% |
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: |
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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:
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AXA IM UK is a 100% direct subsidiary of AXA IM S.A., which is in turn indirectly wholly owned by AXA S.A. |
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14. Contact name and address:
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Kyere Tabiri 7 Newgate Street, London EC1A 7NX, UK |
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15. Contact telephone number:
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020 7003 1510 |
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Annex to Notification of Major Interests in shares |
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Identification of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation |
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Full name |
AXA S.A and its group of companies |
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Contact Address |
25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris |
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Phone Number |
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Other Useful information |
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Related Shares:
WMH.L