Source - LSE Regulatory
RNS Number : 9302L
William Hill PLC
15 January 2021
 

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

 

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS


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

William Hill PLC

1b. Please indicate if the issuer is a non-UK issuer  (please mark with an "X" if appropriate)

Non-UK issuer


2. Reason for the notification (please mark the appropriate box or boxes with an "X")

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights


An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments

X

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights


Other (please specify)iii:


3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv

Name

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

City and country of registered office (if applicable)

Wilmington, Delaware, USA

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

Name

J.P. Morgan Securities plc

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

J.P. Morgan AG

City and country of registered office (if applicable)

London, United Kingdom

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi:

12 January 2021

6. Date on which issuer notified (DD/MM/YYYY):

14 January 2021

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation


% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8. A)

% of voting rights through financial instruments
(total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)

Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)

Total number of voting rights held in issuervii

Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached

1.06%

6.00%

7.06%

1,050,619,756

Position of previous notification (if

applicable)

0.94%

5.99%

6.93%


 

 

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of
shares

ISIN code (if possible)

Number of voting rightsix

% of voting rights

Direct

(DTR5.1)

Indirect

 (DTR5.2.1)

Direct

(DTR5.1)

Indirect

(DTR5.2.1)

GB0031698896


11,163,213


1.06%











SUBTOTAL 8. A

11,163,213

1.06%


B 1: Financial Instruments according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (a)

Type of financial instrument

Expiration
date
x

Exercise/
Conversion Period
xi

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is

exercised/converted.

% of voting rights


















SUBTOTAL 8. B 1




B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to DTR5.3.1R (1) (b)

Type of financial instrument

Expiration
date
x

Exercise/
Conversion Period
xi

Physical or cash

settlementxii

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

Cash-settled Equity Swap

26/01/2021

26/01/2021

Cash

1,500,000

0.14%

Cash-settled Equity Swap

28/01/2021

28/01/2021

Cash

999,700

0.10%

Cash-settled Equity Swap

02/02/2021

02/02/2021

Cash

3,646,863

0.35%

Cash-settled Equity Swap

26/02/2021

26/02/2021

Cash

1,864,418

0.18%

Cash-settled Equity Swap

02/03/2021

02/03/2021

Cash

25,860

0.00%

Cash-settled Equity Swap

04/03/2021

04/03/2021

Cash

6,135,000

0.58%

Cash-settled Equity Swap

05/03/2021

05/03/2021

Cash

2,567,460

0.24%

Cash-settled Equity Swap

10/03/2021

10/03/2021

Cash

5,587,000

0.53%

Cash-settled Equity Swap

12/03/2021

12/03/2021

Cash

10,225,913

0.97%

Cash-settled Equity Swap

15/03/2021

15/03/2021

Cash

1,500,000

0.14%

Cash-settled Equity Swap

22/03/2021

22/03/2021

Cash

1,778,784

0.17%

Cash-settled Equity Swap

23/03/2021

23/03/2021

Cash

2,814,683

0.27%

Cash-settled Equity Swap

29/03/2021

29/03/2021

Cash

822,217

0.08%

Cash-settled Equity Swap

31/03/2021

31/03/2021

Cash

15,831,315

1.51%

Cash-settled Equity Swap

06/04/2021

06/04/2021

Cash

45,017

0.00%

Cash-settled Equity Swap

05/05/2021

05/05/2021

Cash

29,029

0.00%

Cash-settled Equity Swap

02/06/2021

02/06/2021

Cash

20,660

0.00%

Cash-settled Equity Swap

03/06/2021

03/06/2021

Cash

5,044,000

0.48%

Cash-settled Equity Swap

23/06/2021

23/06/2021

Cash

1,560,522

0.15%

Cash-settled Equity Swap

02/07/2021

02/07/2021

Cash

375,796

0.04%

Cash-settled Equity Swap

03/08/2021

03/08/2021

Cash

18,816

0.00%

Cash-settled Equity Swap

02/09/2021

02/09/2021

Cash

2,334

0.00%

Cash-settled Equity Swap

04/10/2021

04/10/2021

Cash

12,755

0.00%

Cash-settled Equity Swap

15/10/2021

15/10/2021

Cash

1,000

0.00%

Cash-settled Equity Swap

02/12/2021

02/12/2021

Cash

27,263

0.00%

Cash-settled Equity Swap

05/01/2022

05/01/2022

Cash

20,883

0.00%

Cash-settled Equity Swap

11/01/2022

11/01/2022

Cash

6,662

0.00%

Cash-settled Equity Swap

19/01/2022

19/01/2022

Cash

110,000

0.01%

Cash-settled Equity Swap

02/02/2022

02/02/2022

Cash

206,659

0.02%

Cash-settled Equity Swap

27/05/2022

27/05/2022

Cash

297,123

0.03%




SUBTOTAL 8.B.2

63,077,732

6.00%

 

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) issuerxiii


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
xiv (please add additional rows as necessary)

X

Namexv

% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

JPMorgan Chase & Co.




JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association




J.P. Morgan International Finance Limited




J.P. Morgan Capital Holdings Limited




J.P. Morgan Securities plc


6.00%

6.96%





JPMorgan Chase & Co.




JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association








JPMorgan Chase & Co.




JPMorgan Chase Holdings LLC




J.P. Morgan Broker-Dealer Holdings Inc.




J.P. Morgan Securities LLC








JPMorgan Chase & Co.




JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association




J.P. Morgan International Finance Limited




J.P. Morgan AG





10. In case of proxy voting, please identify:

Name of the proxy holder

N/A

The number and % of voting rights held

N/A

The date until which the voting rights will be held

N/A


11. Additional informationxvi

Chain of controlled undertakings:

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (100%)

J.P. Morgan International Finance Limited (100%)

J.P. Morgan Capital Holdings Limited (100%)

J.P. Morgan Securities plc (100%)

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (100%)

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (100%)

JPMorgan Chase Holdings LLC (100%)

J.P. Morgan Broker-Dealer Holdings Inc. (100%)

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (100%)

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (100%)

J.P. Morgan International Finance Limited (100%)

J.P. Morgan AG (100%)

 

 

Place of completion

London, United Kingdom

Date of completion

14 January 2021

 

 

 

 

Notes

 

 

 

 

 

As the disclosure of cases of acting in concert may vary due to the specific circumstances (e.g. same or different total positions of the parties, entering or exiting of acting in concert by a single party) the standard form does not provide for a specific method how to notify cases of acting in concert.

 

In relation to the transactions referred to in  DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h), the following list is provided as indication of the persons who should be mentioned:

 

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (b), the natural person or legal entity that acquires the voting rights and is entitled to exercise them under the agreement and the natural person or legal entity who is transferring temporarily for consideration the voting rights;

 

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (c), the natural person or legal entity holding the collateral, provided the person or entity controls the voting rights and declares its intention of exercising them, and natural person or legal entity lodging the collateral under these conditions;

 

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (d), the natural person or legal entity who has a life interest in shares if that person or entity is entitled to exercise the voting rights attached to the shares and the natural person or legal entity who is disposing of the voting rights when the life interest is created;

 

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (e), the controlling natural person or legal entity and, provided it has a notification duty at an individual level under DTR 5.1, under DTR5.2.1 (a) to (d) or under a combination of any of those situations, the controlled undertaking;

 

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (f), the deposit taker of the shares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached to the shares deposited with him at his discretion, and the depositor of the shares allowing the deposit taker to exercise the voting rights at his discretion;

 

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (g), the natural person or legal entity that controls the voting rights;

 

- in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (h), the proxy holder, if he can exercise the voting rights at his discretion, and the shareholder who has given his proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latter to exercise the voting rights at his discretion (e.g. management companies).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

xiv The full chain of controlled undertakings starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity has to be presented also in the cases, in which only on subsidiary level a threshold is crossed or reached and the subsidiary undertaking discloses the notification as only thus the markets get always the full picture of the group holdings. In case of multiple chains through which the voting rights and/or financial instruments are effectively held the chains have to be presented chain by chain leaving a row free between different chains (e.g.: A, B, C, free row, A, B, D, free row, A, E, F etc.).

 

xv The names of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or financial instruments are effectively held have to be presented irrespectively whether the controlled undertakings cross or reach the lowest applicable threshold themselves.

 

xvi Example: Correction of a previous notification.

 

 

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