William Hill PLC Holding(s) in Company (4605A)

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RNS Number : 4605A

William Hill PLC

24 March 2017

The following notification was received today by William Hill PLC, relating to a major interest in shares of William Hill PLC.

Tom Fuller

Assistant Company Secretary

24 March 2017

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or                                        William Hill Plc 
  the underlying issuer 
  of existing shares to which 
  voting rights are 
  attached: 
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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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 3. Full name of person(s)                                   Citigroup Global Markets Limited 
  subject to the 
  notification obligation: 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                                            N/A 
  (if different from 3.): 
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 5. Date of the transaction                                           22-March-2017 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                              24-March-2017 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are 
  crossed or 
  reached:                                                                  5% 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type      Situation previous               Resulting situation after the 
  of              to the triggering                triggering transaction 
  shares          transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
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                 Number           Number          Number         Number of                    % of voting 
                  of               of             of shares       voting                       rights 
                  Shares           Voting                         rights 
                                   Rights 
--------------  ---------------  --------------  -------------  ---------------------------  ------------------------- 
                                                  Direct         Direct           Indirect    Direct        Indirect 
--------------      -----------    ------------  -------------  ---------------  ----------  ------------  ----------- 
 
 
  GB0031698896     41,536,627      41,536,627      26,713,919      26,713,919         0         3.1144% 
                ---------------  --------------  -------------  ---------------  ----------  ------------  ----------- 
 
 
 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 
  instrument          date           Conversion                       rights that                  rights 
                                     Period                           may be 
                                                                      acquired if 
                                                                      the 
                                                                      instrument 
                                                                      is 
                                                                      exercised/ 
                                                                      converted. 
------------------  -------------  -------------------------------  ---------------------------  --------------------- 
 Right to recall 
  lent securities                                                            8,662,844                   1.010% 
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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           Exercise       Expiration      Exercise/        Number of voting             % of voting 
 financial          price         date             Conversion       rights instrument            rights 
 instrument                                        period           refers to 
----------------  -------------  --------------  ---------------  ---------------------------  ----------------------- 
                                                                                                Nominal       Delta 
----------------  -------------  --------------  ---------------  ---------------------------  ------------  --------- 
                                                    11/02/2017 
                                                    09/04/2017 
                                                    09/06/2017 
                                                    02/13/2018 
                                                    11/02/2017 
                                                    01/18/2018 
   Equity Swap          -                           11/17/2017             7,933,518                          0.9249% 
----------------  -------------  --------------  ---------------  ---------------------------  ------------  --------- 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                            Percentage of voting rights 
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                    43,310,281                                                   5.0493% 
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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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 14. Contact name:                                                                                   Connor McLaughlin 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                                                         [phone] 
                                                                                            [e-mail] 
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