William Hill PLC Holding(s) in Company (8200F)

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RNS Number : 8200F

William Hill PLC

22 May 2017

The following notification was received on 19(th) May 2017 by William Hill PLC, relating to a major interest in shares of William Hill PLC.

Tom Fuller

Deputy Company Secretary

22 May 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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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s)                                    HSBC Holdings plc 
  subject to the 
  notification obligation: 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                               HSBC Global Asset Management 
  (if different from 3.):                                      (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                                   17(th) May 2017 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                      19(th) May 2017 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are                                  Below 8% 
  crossed or 
  reached: 
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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    69,464,316          69,464,316       32,923,550      32,923,550     4,176,486      3.838%      0.487% 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of            Expiration       Exercise/                          Number of voting             % of voting 
 financial           date             Conversion                         rights that                  rights 
 instrument                           Period                             may be 
                                                                         acquired if 
                                                                         the 
                                                                         instrument 
                                                                         is 
                                                                         exercised/ 
                                                                         converted. 
-----------------  ---------------  ---------------------------------  ---------------------------  ------------------- 
 Right to Recall 
  (Stock Lent)                                                            12,671,820                   1.477 % 
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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 
---------------  ---------------  ---------------  --------------  -----------------------------  --------------------- 
                                                                    18,739,102                     Nominal     Delta 
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                                                                                                     2.185 
 Equity Swap                                                                                           % 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                                            Percentage of voting rights 
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                                 68,510,958                                                7.987% 
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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:                                                  NA 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy                                              NA 
  holder will cease to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will                                            NA 
  cease to hold voting rights: 
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  13. Additional information:                               The total holdings include 
                                                            Stock Borrowing of 12,671,820 

                                                            shares 
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 14. Contact name:                                         Sanjeev Kalha 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                             +44 (0) 
                                                             20 7992 
                                                             3452 
                                                            ([e-mail] 
                                                            , 
                                                            [e-mail] 
                                                            ,) 
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