William Hill PLC Holding(s) in Company (9004B)

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RNS Number : 9004B

William Hill PLC

15 January 2018

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

15 January 2018

OAM: Major Shareholding Notifications

William Hill LEI: 213800MDW41W5UZQIX82

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

 
 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS 
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 1a. Identity of the issuer or the                                            William Hill PLC 
  underlying issuer of existing shares 
  to which voting rights are 
  attached: 
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 1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer (please mark with 
  an "X" if appropriate) 
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 Non-UK issuer 
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 2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes 
  with an "X") 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                                             X 
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 An acquisition or disposal of 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. Details of person subject to the notification obligation 
 Name                                                     Morgan Stanley 
 City and country of registered office                    Wilmington, Delaware, USA 
  (if applicable) 
 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) 
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 Name 
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 City and country of registered office 
  (if applicable) 
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 5. Date on which the threshold was                       11/01/2018 
  crossed or reached: 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):           15/01/2018 
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 7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation 
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                                        % of voting       % of voting rights    Total of both    Total number 
                                           rights         through financial      in % (8.A +      of voting rights 
                                        attached to          instruments             8.B)         of 
                                           shares           (total of 8.B                         issuer 
                                        (total of 8.          1 + 8.B 2) 
                                             A) 
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 Resulting situation 
  on the date 
  on which threshold 
  was crossed 
  or reached                        Below 3%              Below 3%             Below 3%          858,447,624 
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 Position of 
  previous notification 
  (if 
  applicable)                       2.02%                 3.02%                5.04% 
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 8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the 
  threshold was crossed or reached 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type of       Number of voting rights                            % of voting rights 
  shares 
  ISIN code (if 
  possible) 
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                            Direct                   Indirect                        Direct                       Indirect 
                      (Art 9 of Directive      (Art 10 of Directive            (Art 9 of Directive          (Art 10 of Directive 
                          2004/109/EC)             2004/109/EC)               2004/109/EC) (DTR5.1)             2004/109/EC) 
                            (DTR5.1)                (DTR5.2.1)                                                   (DTR5.2.1) 
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 GB0031698896 
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 SUBTOTAL 8. A       Below 3%                                           Below 3% 
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 B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC 
  (DTR5.3.1.1 (a)) 
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 Type of financial   Expiration            Exercise/                  Number of voting                      % of voting 
  instrument          date                  Conversion Period          rights that may                       rights 
                                                                       be acquired if 
                                                                       the instrument 
                                                                       is 
                                                                       exercised/converted. 
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                                           SUBTOTAL 8. B 1            Below 3%                              Below 3% 
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 B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to 
  Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC (DTR5.3.1.1 (b)) 
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 Type of           Expiration              Exercise/                Physical or          Number of          % of voting 
 financial          date                   Conversion                cash                 voting rights      rights 
 instrument                                Period                    settlement 
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                                                                    SUBTOTAL 8.B.2       Below 3%           Below 3% 
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 9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification 
  obligation (please mark the 
  applicable box with an "X") 
 Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled 
  by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other 
  undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the 
  (underlying) issuer 
 Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights                    X 
  and/or the 
  financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate 
  controlling natural person or legal entity (please add additional 
  rows as necessary) 
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           Name               % of voting rights       % of voting rights        Total of both if 
                                if it equals or         through financial         it equals or is 
                               is higher than the       instruments if it         higher than the 
                              notifiable threshold     equals or is higher      notifiable threshold 
                                                       than the notifiable 
                                                            threshold 
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 Morgan Stanley 
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 Morgan Stanley Capital 
  Management, LLC 
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 Morgan Stanley 
  Domestic Holdings, 
  Inc. 
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 Morgan Stanley Smith 
  Barney LLC 

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 10. In case of proxy voting, please identify: 
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 Name of the proxy holder 
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 The number and % of voting rights 
  held 
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 The date until which the voting rights 
  will be held 
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 11. Additional information 
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 Place of completion   Glasgow 
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 Date of completion    15/01/2018 
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