Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9451K

AO World plc

23 December 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

20-Dec-2022

6. Date on which Issuer notified

22-Dec-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	5.002362	0.895999	5.898361	34031457
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	4.898488	1.057500	5.955988

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		28859658		5.002362
Sub Total 8.A	28859658		5.002362%

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	03/01/2023	03/01/2023	Cash	277506	0.048097
Cash-settled Equity Swap	04/01/2023	04/01/2023	Cash	125612	0.021770
Cash-settled Equity Swap	18/01/2023	18/01/2023	Cash	38000	0.006586
Cash-settled Equity Swap	02/02/2023	02/02/2023	Cash	27754	0.004807
Cash-settled Equity Swap	02/03/2023	02/03/2023	Cash	40410	0.007000
Cash-settled Equity Swap	04/04/2023	04/04/2023	Cash	21894	0.003792
Cash-settled Equity Swap	12/05/2023	12/05/2023	Cash	1590710	0.275364
Cash-settled Equity Swap	19/05/2023	19/05/2023	Cash	280915	0.048692
Cash-settled Equity Swap	30/05/2023	30/05/2023	Cash	73250	0.012693
Cash-settled Equity Swap	01/06/2023	01/06/2023	Cash	66228	0.011477
Cash-settled Equity Swap	02/06/2023	02/06/2023	Cash	1698	0.000293
Cash-settled Equity Swap	05/07/2023	05/07/2023	Cash	10052	0.001738
Cash-settled Equity Swap	31/07/2023	31/07/2023	Cash	131	0.000022
Cash-settled Equity Swap	02/08/2023	02/08/2023	Cash	53790	0.009309
Cash-settled Equity Swap	09/08/2023	09/08/2023	Cash	2689	0.000466
Cash-settled Equity Swap	22/08/2023	22/08/2023	Cash	11647	0.002018
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	0.000272
Cash-settled Equity Swap	03/10/2023	03/10/2023	Cash	7131	0.001231
Cash-settled Equity Swap	09/10/2023	09/10/2023	Cash	70000	0.012131
Cash-settled Equity Swap	31/10/2023	31/10/2023	Cash	1695129	0.293818
Cash-settled Equity Swap	02/11/2023	02/11/2023	Cash	1121	0.000190
Cash-settled Equity Swap	22/11/2023	22/11/2023	Cash	388	0.000067
Cash-settled Equity Swap	28/11/2023	28/11/2023	Cash	74299	0.012877
Cash-settled Equity Swap	29/01/2024	29/01/2024	Cash	12688	0.002193
Cash-settled Equity Swap	02/02/2024	02/02/2024	Cash	20805	0.003605
Cash-settled Equity Swap	21/06/2024	21/06/2024	Cash	2783	0.000481
Cash-settled Equity Swap	24/06/2024	24/06/2024	Cash	4091	0.000709
Cash-settled Equity Swap	27/04/2026	27/04/2026	Cash	548126	0.095008
Cash-settled Equity Swap	10/07/2028	10/07/2028	Cash	8640	0.001497
Cash-settled Equity Swap	12/07/2028	12/07/2028	Cash	4124	0.000714
Cash-settled Equity Swap	13/07/2028	13/07/2028	Cash	10685	0.001851
Cash-settled Equity Swap	14/07/2028	14/07/2028	Cash	11182	0.001937
Cash-settled Equity Swap	17/07/2028	17/07/2028	Cash	22206	0.003848
Cash-settled Equity Swap	19/07/2028	19/07/2028	Cash	10110	0.001752
Cash-settled Equity Swap	20/07/2028	20/07/2028	Cash	10080	0.001747
Cash-settled Equity Swap	26/07/2028	26/07/2028	Cash	5110	0.000885
Cash-settled Equity Swap	27/07/2028	27/07/2028	Cash	1482	0.000256
Cash-settled Equity Swap	28/07/2028	28/07/2028	Cash	2728	0.000472
Cash-settled Equity Swap	31/07/2028	31/07/2028	Cash	2838	0.000491
Cash-settled Equity Swap	02/08/2028	02/08/2028	Cash	3607	0.000625
Cash-settled Equity Swap	03/08/2028	03/08/2028	Cash	4140	0.000717
Sub Total 8.B2				5171799	0.895999%

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	5.001534		5.897533%
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

22-Dec-2022

13. Place Of Completion

London

 

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