By LSE RNS
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
27 April 2017
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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 |
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 |
HSBC Holdings plc |
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) |
HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited HSBC Global Asset Management (Hong Kong) Limited HSBC Bank plc HSBC Trustee (C.I.) Limited HSBC Global Asset Management (France) INKA Internationale Kapitalanlagegesellschft mbH, Dusseldorf |
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5. Date of the transaction and date on |
25th April 2017 |
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6. Date on which issuer notified: |
27th April 2017 |
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or |
Below 8% |
8. Notified details: |
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A: Voting rights attached to shares |
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Class/type of
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Situation previous |
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Number |
Number |
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Number of voting |
% of voting rights |
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Direct |
Direct |
Indirect |
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Indirect |
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GB0031698896 |
68,698,179
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68,698,179
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42,146,000 |
42,146,000 |
4,324,014 |
4.913% |
0.504% |
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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 |
Expiration |
Exercise/ |
Number of voting |
% of voting |
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Right to Recall (Stock Lent)
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4,268,820 |
0.497 % |
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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 |
Exercise price |
Expiration date |
Exercise/ |
Number of voting rights instrument refers to
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% of voting rights
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Equity Swap
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16,851,472
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Nominal |
Delta |
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1.964 %
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Total (A+B+C) |
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Number of voting rights |
Percentage of voting rights |
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67,590,306
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7.879%
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the |
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Proxy Voting: |
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10. Name of the proxy holder: |
NA |
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease |
NA |
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold |
NA |
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14. Contact name: |
Sanjeev Kalha |
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15. Contact telephone number: |
(central.compliance.disclosures@hsbc.com , sanjeev.kalha@hsbcgroup.com ,) |
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