William Hill PLC Holding(s) in Company (1891O)
August 16 2017 - 10:00AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMWMH
RNS Number : 1891O
William Hill PLC
16 August 2017
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
16 August 2017
OAM: Major Shareholding Notifications
William Hill PLC 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 Silchester International Investors
LLP
City and country of registered office London, UK
(if applicable)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)
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Name No individual shareholder holds more
than 5% of voting rights.
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City and country of registered office N/A
(if applicable)
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5. Date on which the threshold was 15/08/2017
crossed or reached:
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6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY): 16/08/2017
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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 attached through financial in % (8.A + of voting rights
to shares (total instruments 8.B) of
of 8. A) (total of 8.B issuer
1 + 8.B 2)
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Resulting situation
on the date
on which threshold
was crossed
or reached 5.053% Nil 5.053% 857,819,690
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Position of N/A N/A N/A
previous notification
(if
applicable)
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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 43,345,865 5.053%
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SUBTOTAL 8. A
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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 Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting
financial date Conversion Period rights that may rights
instrument be acquired if
the instrument
is
exercised/converted.
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N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
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SUBTOTAL 8. B 1 N/A N/A
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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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N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
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SUBTOTAL 8.B.2 N/A N/A
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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
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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N/A
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10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:
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Name of the proxy holder Silchester International Investors
LLP
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The number and % of voting rights N/A
held
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The date until which the voting rights N/A
will be held
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11. Additional information
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Silchester International Investors LLP ("Silchester") acts as investment
manager for certain commingled
funds (our "Clients"). In acting for our Clients, Silchester is given
full discretion over their investments and
is empowered to vote on their behalf. However, we do not act as our Clients'
custodian and therefore
shares are not held in our name but in the name of each Client's custodian
bank.
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Place of completion London, UK
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Date of completion August 16, 2017
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This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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