23rd May 2017 12:30
The following notification was received today by William Hill PLC, relating to a major interest in shares of William Hill PLC.
Tom Fuller
Deputy Company Secretary
23 May 2017
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES | |||
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: | William Hill Plc | ||
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): | |||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | x | ||
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 | |||
3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: | Citigroup Global Markets Limited | ||
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | N/A | ||
5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: | 19-May-2017 | ||
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 23-May-2017 | ||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: | 6% | ||
8. Notified details: | ||||||||||||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares | ||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||
Direct | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||||||
GB0031698896 | 51,851,271 | 51,851,271 | 34,958,154 | 34,958,154 | 0 | 4.0753% | ||||||||||
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Expirationdate | Exercise/Conversion Period | Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted. | % of votingrights | ||||||||||||
Right to recall lent securities | 3,460,844 | 0.4035% | ||||||||||||||
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||||||||||||
Type of financialinstrument | Exercise price | Expiration date | Exercise/Conversion period | Number of voting rights instrument refers to
| % of voting rights
| |||||||||||
Nominal | Delta | |||||||||||||||
Equity Swap | - | 13/02/201804/09/201706/09/201702/11/201718/01/201817/11/2017 | 11,394,853 | 1.3284% | ||||||||||||
Total (A+B+C) | ||||||||||||||||
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights | |||||||||||||||
49,813,851 | 5.8072% | |||||||||||||||
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: | ||
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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: | ||
14. Contact name: | Craig Watson | |
15. Contact telephone number: | +44 2890 409605 | |
Related Shares:
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