William Hill PLC Holding(s) in Company (6465A)
March 27 2017 - 10:15AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 6465A
William Hill PLC
27 March 2017
The following notification was received today by William Hill
PLC, relating to a major interest in shares of William Hill
PLC.
Tom Fuller
Assistant Company Secretary
27 March 2017
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 23.03.2017
and date on
which the threshold is
crossed or
reached:
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6. Date on which issuer 27.03.2017
notified:
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are
crossed or
reached: 6%
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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 1,000,088 1,000,088 0 0 0.00%
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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 % of voting
financial date Conversion voting rights
instrument Period rights that
may 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 50,284,985 5.86%
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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 % of voting
financial price date Conversion voting rights
instrument period rights
instrument
refers to
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Nominal Delta
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Equity Swap N/A 28.11.2017 N/A 202,000 N/A 0.02%
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Equity Swap N/A 01.02.2018 N/A 185,000 N/A 0.02%
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Equity Swap N/A 08.10.2018 N/A 278,209 N/A 0.03%
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Equity Swap N/A 30.11.2018 N/A 84,950 N/A 0.01%
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Equity Swap N/A 13.12.2018 N/A 506,659 N/A 0.06%
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Total (A+B+C)
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Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
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51,546,815 6.01%
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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 50,732,823
voting rights (5.91%) 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 50,732,823 voting rights (5.91%) 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 50,732,823 voting rights (5.91%) 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 50,732,823 voting rights (5.91%)
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 50,732,823 voting rights (5.91%)
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 6.00% threshold
previously disclosed however,
this notification is being
made on the basis that Morgan
Stanley & Co. International
plc, a wholly owned subsidiary
of Morgan Stanley, has crossed
a relevant component level
threshold in its own right.
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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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This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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