Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8363H

AO World plc

19 March 2015

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES i

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii		AO World Plc
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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			X
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii	Maverick Capital, Ltd., as a discretionary manager of client accounts
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv	N/A
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	16 March 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:	18 March 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	3%

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

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
Total Return Swap (no voting rights)	Multiple	Greater than 12 months from 26 February 2014	N/A	13,954,502	Nominal	Delta
					3.31%	3.31%

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
13,954,502	3.31%

 

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	John T. McCafferty
15. Contact telephone number:	1-214-880-4040

 

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