William Hill PLC Holding(s) in Company (7300K)
September 23 2016 - 10:44AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMWMH
RNS Number : 7300K
William Hill PLC
23 September 2016
The following notification was received today by William Hill
PLC, relating to major interests in shares of William Hill PLC.
Tom Fuller
Assistant Company Secretary
23 September 2016
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
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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial X
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) Morgan Stanley (Institutional
subject to the Securities Group and Global
notification obligation: Wealth Management)
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4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):
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5. Date of the transaction 21.09.2016
and date on
which the threshold is
crossed or
reached:
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6. Date on which issuer 23.09.2016
notified:
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are
crossed or
reached: 8%
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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
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Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
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GB0031698896 18,992,780 18,992,780 21,837,059 21,837,059 2.51%
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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.
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Call Option
(Physically
Settled) 18.11.2016 N/A 241,000 0.03%
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Depositary
Receipt N/A N/A 5,164 0.00%
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Right of
recall
over
securities
lending
agreements N/A N/A 37,727,727 4.34%
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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
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Nominal Delta
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Equity Swap N/A 28.12.2016 N/A 7,603,777 N/A 0.87%
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Equity Swap N/A 06.06.2017 N/A 50,000 N/A 0.01%
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Equity Swap N/A 27.10.2017 N/A 1,352,138 N/A 0.16%
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Equity Swap N/A 03.04.2018 N/A 2,402,459 N/A 0.28%
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Total (A+B+C)
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Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
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71,219,324 8.19%
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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 57,222,979
voting rights (6.58%) 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 57,222,979 voting rights (6.58%) 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 57,222,979 voting rights (6.58%) 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 57,222,979 voting rights (6.58%)
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 57,222,979 voting rights (6.58%)
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 N/A
holder will cease
to hold:
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12. Date on which proxy holder will N/A
cease to hold
voting rights:
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Morgan Stanley's total holding
13. Additional information: in William Hill PLC remains
above the 8.00% 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: Wilma Fairholm
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15. Contact telephone number: +44 141 245-7218
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This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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