Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8275H

AO World plc

28 November 2022

 

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

1. Issuer Details

ISIN

GB00BJTNFH41

Issuer Name

AO WORLD PLC

UK or Non-UK Issuer

UK

2. Reason for Notification

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

City of registered office (if applicable)

Country of registered office (if applicable)

US

4. Details of the shareholder

Name	City of registered office	Country of registered office
J.P. Morgan Securities plc

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

24-Nov-2022

6. Date on which Issuer notified

28-Nov-2022

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 issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	4.898488	1.057500	5.955988	34361343
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	4.948501	1.103337	6.051838

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

8A. Voting rights attached to shares

Class/Type of shares ISIN code(if possible)	Number of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	Number of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)	% of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	% of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)
GB00BJTNFH41		28260408		4.898488
Sub Total 8.A	28260408		4.898488%

8B1. Financial Instruments according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (a))

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights
Sub Total 8.B1

8B2. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (b))

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Physical or cash settlement	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
Cash-settled Equity Swap	05/12/2022	05/12/2022	Cash	1283	0.000222
Cash-settled Equity Swap	03/01/2023	03/01/2023	Cash	277506	0.048101
Cash-settled Equity Swap	04/01/2023	04/01/2023	Cash	197837	0.034292
Cash-settled Equity Swap	12/01/2023	12/01/2023	Cash	2138	0.000371
Cash-settled Equity Swap	18/01/2023	18/01/2023	Cash	102000	0.017680
Cash-settled Equity Swap	02/02/2023	02/02/2023	Cash	27754	0.004811
Cash-settled Equity Swap	15/02/2023	15/02/2023	Cash	1419	0.000246
Cash-settled Equity Swap	02/03/2023	02/03/2023	Cash	41378	0.007172
Cash-settled Equity Swap	09/03/2023	09/03/2023	Cash	21149	0.003666
Cash-settled Equity Swap	28/03/2023	28/03/2023	Cash	257	0.000045
Cash-settled Equity Swap	04/04/2023	04/04/2023	Cash	25550	0.004429
Cash-settled Equity Swap	18/04/2023	18/04/2023	Cash	1277	0.000221
Cash-settled Equity Swap	28/04/2023	28/04/2023	Cash	1229688	0.213147
Cash-settled Equity Swap	03/05/2023	03/05/2023	Cash	1707	0.000296
Cash-settled Equity Swap	12/05/2023	12/05/2023	Cash	2055127	0.356223
Cash-settled Equity Swap	16/05/2023	16/05/2023	Cash	3202	0.000555
Cash-settled Equity Swap	19/05/2023	19/05/2023	Cash	398915	0.069146
Cash-settled Equity Swap	30/05/2023	30/05/2023	Cash	146103	0.025325
Cash-settled Equity Swap	01/06/2023	01/06/2023	Cash	117114	0.020300
Cash-settled Equity Swap	02/06/2023	02/06/2023	Cash	2814	0.000488
Cash-settled Equity Swap	14/06/2023	14/06/2023	Cash	391	0.000068
Cash-settled Equity Swap	05/07/2023	05/07/2023	Cash	19536	0.003386
Cash-settled Equity Swap	06/07/2023	06/07/2023	Cash	8684	0.001505
Cash-settled Equity Swap	31/07/2023	31/07/2023	Cash	131	0.000023
Cash-settled Equity Swap	02/08/2023	02/08/2023	Cash	59114	0.010246
Cash-settled Equity Swap	09/08/2023	09/08/2023	Cash	6500	0.001127
Cash-settled Equity Swap	22/08/2023	22/08/2023	Cash	11647	0.002019
Cash-settled Equity Swap	31/08/2023	31/08/2023	Cash	14429	0.002501
Cash-settled Equity Swap	04/09/2023	04/09/2023	Cash	1591	0.000276
Cash-settled Equity Swap	03/10/2023	03/10/2023	Cash	7131	0.001236
Cash-settled Equity Swap	09/10/2023	09/10/2023	Cash	55800	0.009672
Cash-settled Equity Swap	31/10/2023	31/10/2023	Cash	600000	0.104000
Cash-settled Equity Swap	02/11/2023	02/11/2023	Cash	1121	0.000194
Cash-settled Equity Swap	22/11/2023	22/11/2023	Cash	388	0.000067
Cash-settled Equity Swap	24/05/2024	24/05/2024	Cash	7424	0.001287
Cash-settled Equity Swap	14/11/2024	14/11/2024	Cash	53377	0.009252
Cash-settled Equity Swap	10/07/2028	10/07/2028	Cash	8640	0.001498
Cash-settled Equity Swap	12/07/2028	12/07/2028	Cash	4124	0.000715
Cash-settled Equity Swap	13/07/2028	13/07/2028	Cash	10685	0.001852
Cash-settled Equity Swap	14/07/2028	14/07/2028	Cash	11182	0.001938
Cash-settled Equity Swap	17/07/2028	17/07/2028	Cash	25308	0.004387
Cash-settled Equity Swap	19/07/2028	19/07/2028	Cash	26030	0.004512
Cash-settled Equity Swap	20/07/2028	20/07/2028	Cash	10080	0.001747
Cash-settled Equity Swap	21/07/2028	21/07/2028	Cash	9614	0.001666
Cash-settled Equity Swap	24/07/2028	24/07/2028	Cash	18461	0.003200
Cash-settled Equity Swap	26/07/2028	26/07/2028	Cash	7989	0.001385
Cash-settled Equity Swap	27/07/2028	27/07/2028	Cash	4943	0.000857
Cash-settled Equity Swap	28/07/2028	28/07/2028	Cash	6020	0.001043
Cash-settled Equity Swap	31/07/2028	31/07/2028	Cash	10049	0.001742
Cash-settled Equity Swap	02/08/2028	02/08/2028	Cash	6794	0.001178
Cash-settled Equity Swap	03/08/2028	03/08/2028	Cash	6350	0.001101
Cash-settled Equity Swap	04/08/2028	04/08/2028	Cash	9713	0.001684
Cash-settled Equity Swap	07/08/2028	07/08/2028	Cash	10069	0.001745
Cash-settled Equity Swap	09/08/2028	09/08/2028	Cash	5158	0.000894
Cash-settled Equity Swap	10/08/2028	10/08/2028	Cash	7969	0.001381
Cash-settled Equity Swap	11/08/2028	11/08/2028	Cash	9174	0.001590
Cash-settled Equity Swap	14/08/2028	14/08/2028	Cash	8544	0.001481
Cash-settled Equity Swap	02/11/2028	02/11/2028	Cash	25665	0.004449
Cash-settled Equity Swap	03/11/2028	03/11/2028	Cash	14527	0.002518
Cash-settled Equity Swap	06/11/2028	06/11/2028	Cash	19156	0.003320
Cash-settled Equity Swap	08/11/2028	08/11/2028	Cash	4085	0.000708
Cash-settled Equity Swap	15/11/2028	15/11/2028	Cash	4018	0.000696
Cash-settled Equity Swap	16/11/2028	16/11/2028	Cash	2313	0.000401
Cash-settled Equity Swap	23/11/2028	23/11/2028	Cash	3508	0.000608
Cash-settled Equity Swap	27/11/2028	27/11/2028	Cash	3298	0.000572
Cash-settled Equity Swap	30/11/2028	30/11/2028	Cash	4237	0.000734
Cash-settled Equity Swap	01/12/2028	01/12/2028	Cash	3123	0.000541
Cash-settled Equity Swap	04/12/2028	04/12/2028	Cash	14212	0.002463
Cash-settled Equity Swap	08/12/2028	08/12/2028	Cash	16137	0.002797
Cash-settled Equity Swap	11/12/2028	11/12/2028	Cash	12313	0.002134
Cash-settled Equity Swap	13/12/2028	13/12/2028	Cash	21329	0.003697
Cash-settled Equity Swap	14/12/2028	14/12/2028	Cash	35686	0.006186
Cash-settled Equity Swap	15/12/2028	15/12/2028	Cash	24407	0.004231
Cash-settled Equity Swap	20/12/2028	20/12/2028	Cash	11968	0.002074
Cash-settled Equity Swap	04/10/2029	04/10/2029	Cash	5866	0.001017
Cash-settled Equity Swap	24/11/2023	24/11/2023	Cash	82410	0.014284
Cash-settled Equity Swap	28/11/2023	28/11/2023	Cash	74299	0.012879
Sub Total 8.B2				6100935	1.057500%

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation

2. 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 entities (please add additional rows as necessary)

Ultimate controlling person	Name of controlled undertaking	% 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.	J.P. Morgan Securities plc	4.882344		5.939844%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

10. In case of proxy voting

Name of the proxy holder

The number and % of voting rights held

The date until which the voting rights will be held

11. Additional Information

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

12. Date of Completion

28-Nov-2022

13. Place Of Completion

London

 

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