RNS Number : 7844D
William Hill PLC
01 May 2013
 



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

 

Dennis Read, Deputy Company Secretary

1 May 2013

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi



1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are
attached: ii

William Hill Plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

ü

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached


An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments


An event changing the breakdown of voting rights


Other (please specify):



3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation: iii

Schroders plc

4. Full name of shareholder(s)
 (if different from 3.):iv


5. Date of the transaction and date on
which the threshold is crossed or
reached: v

30.04.13

6. Date on which issuer notified:

01.05.13

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or
reached: vi, vii

Below 5%


 

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of
shares


if possible using
the ISIN CODE

Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number
of
Shares

Number
of
Voting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of  voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary

81,366,928

70,066,134

45,560,116

N/A

42,976,073

N/A

4.981%

GB0031698896

 


B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date xiii

Exercise/
Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting
rights that may be
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised/ converted.

% of voting
rights







C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/
Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

 

% of voting rights xix, xx

 

 

 

Call Option

Call Option

Call Option

Call Option

Call Option

 

 

3.69485

3.87537

4.11808

4.19727

4.20143

 

 

30/04/13

15/05/13

08/07/13

17/07/13

18/06/13

 

 

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

 

-844,320

-999,568

-957,029

-1,169,702

-937,298

Nominal

Delta

-0.098%

-0.116%

-0.111%

-0.136%

-0.109%

1

1

1

1

1


Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

42,976,073

4.981%


 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

Schroder Investment Management Limited                            41,282,946    4.784%          

Schroder Investment Management North America Limited      1,118,161    0.130%          

Schroder & Co Limited                                                                574,966     0.067%


Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:


11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
to hold:


12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
voting rights:




13. Additional information:

The shares referred to in section 9 are held in portfolios managed by those firms on a discretionary basis for clients under investment management agreements.

14. Contact name:

 

Shaheen Hussain

15. Contact telephone number:

 

020 7658 6000

 


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