William Hill PLC Holding(s) in Company (8661S)
December 28 2016 - 6:31AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMWMH
RNS Number : 8661S
William Hill PLC
28 December 2016
The following notification was received yesterday by William
Hill PLC, relating to major interests in shares of William Hill
PLC.
Tom Fuller
Assistant Company Secretary
28 December 2016
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying William Hill PLC
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
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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments X
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 Morgan Stanley (Institutional Securities
to the Group and Global Wealth Management)
notification obligation:
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4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):
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5. Date of the transaction and date 22.12.2016
on
which the threshold is crossed
or
reached:
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6. Date on which issuer notified: 27.12.2016
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed
or
reached: 7%
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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 triggering
of to the triggering transaction
shares transaction
if possible
using
the ISIN
CODE
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Number Number Number Number of voting % of voting
of of of shares rights rights
Shares Voting
Rights
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Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
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GB0031698896 561,752 561,752 298,921 298,921 0.03%
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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 may rights
instrument Period be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/
converted.
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Depositary
Receipt N/A N/A 5,012 0.00%
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Right of
recall
over
securities
lending
agreements N/A N/A 48,994,523 5.71%
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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 rights
financial price date Conversion rights instrument
instrument period refers to
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Nominal Delta
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Equity Swap N/A 28.12.2016 N/A 5,362,427 N/A 0.63%
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Equity Swap N/A 06.06.2017 N/A 42,532 N/A 0.00%
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Equity Swap N/A 27.10.2017 N/A 1,848,493 N/A 0.22%
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Equity Swap N/A 28.11.2017 N/A 277,000 N/A 0.03%
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Equity Swap N/A 01.02.2018 N/A 281,000 N/A 0.03%
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Equity Swap N/A 03.04.2018 N/A 2,481,629 N/A 0.29%
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Equity Swap N/A 08.10.2018 N/A 189,909 N/A 0.02%
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Equity Swap N/A 13.12.2018 N/A 646,659 N/A 0.08%
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Total (A+B+C)
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Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
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60,428,105 7.05%
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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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Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Legal & Compliance Department,
25 Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 4QA, UNITED KINGDOM. is a
direct holder of 54,414,007 voting rights (6.34%) and is a subsidiary
of Morgan Stanley Investments (UK)
Morgan Stanley Investments (UK), 20 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London,
E14 4AD, UNITED KINGDOM. is an indirect holder of 54,414,007 voting rights
(6.34%) and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley UK Group
Morgan Stanley UK Group, 25 Cabot Square, LNCS/5, Canary Wharf, London,
E14 4QA, UNITED KINGDOM. is an indirect holder of 54,414,007 voting rights
(6.34%) and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley International Limited
Morgan Stanley International Limited, 25 Cabot Square, Canary Wharf,
London, E14 4QA, UNITED KINGDOM. is an indirect holder of 54,414,007
voting rights (6.34%) and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley International
Holdings Inc.
Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc., c/o The Corporation Trust
Company (DE), Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington,
Delaware, 19801, USA. is an indirect holder of 54,414,007 voting rights
(6.34%) and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley
Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will N/A
cease
to hold:
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to N/A
hold
voting rights:
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Morgan Stanley's total holding in
13. Additional information: William Hill PLC remains above the
7.00% threshold previously disclosed,
however, this notification is being
made on the basis that the holding
in sections 8(b)+8(c) has crossed
a relevant threshold in their own
right at the component level.
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14. Contact name: Craig Horsley
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15. Contact telephone number: +44 141 245-7736
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