Last checked at 6 Sep 2022 11:36
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
25-Aug-2022
6. Date on which Issuer notified
30-Aug-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 | 3.868418 | 1.270181 | 5.138599 | 29649038 |
Position of previous notification (if applicable) | Below minimum threshold | Below minimum threshold | Below minimum threshold |
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 | 22317722 | 3.868418 | ||
Sub Total 8.A | 22317722 | 3.868418% | ||
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 |
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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 | 02/09/2022 | 02/09/2022 | Cash | 1591 | 0.000272 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 23/09/2022 | 23/09/2022 | Cash | 1034857 | 0.179375 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 04/10/2022 | 04/10/2022 | Cash | 7131 | 0.001231 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 02/11/2022 | 02/11/2022 | Cash | 1121 | 0.000190 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 02/12/2022 | 02/12/2022 | Cash | 10830 | 0.001874 |
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 | 237984 | 0.041247 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 04/01/2023 | 04/01/2023 | Cash | 206942 | 0.035864 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 12/01/2023 | 12/01/2023 | Cash | 2138 | 0.000370 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 18/01/2023 | 18/01/2023 | Cash | 114000 | 0.019760 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 25/01/2023 | 25/01/2023 | Cash | 44079 | 0.007640 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 02/02/2023 | 02/02/2023 | Cash | 29765 | 0.005154 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 15/02/2023 | 15/02/2023 | Cash | 1419 | 0.000245 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 02/03/2023 | 02/03/2023 | Cash | 44073 | 0.007631 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 09/03/2023 | 09/03/2023 | Cash | 260601 | 0.045160 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 28/03/2023 | 28/03/2023 | Cash | 257 | 0.000044 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 04/04/2023 | 04/04/2023 | Cash | 26437 | 0.004575 |
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 | 1947636 | 0.337571 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 03/05/2023 | 03/05/2023 | Cash | 1707 | 0.000291 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 12/05/2023 | 12/05/2023 | Cash | 2055127 | 0.355824 |
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 | 210659 | 0.036510 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 30/05/2023 | 30/05/2023 | Cash | 20469 | 0.003545 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 01/06/2023 | 01/06/2023 | Cash | 117114 | 0.020297 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 02/06/2023 | 02/06/2023 | Cash | 2814 | 0.000485 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 14/06/2023 | 14/06/2023 | Cash | 391 | 0.000067 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 05/07/2023 | 05/07/2023 | Cash | 19536 | 0.003380 |
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 | 0.000022 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 02/08/2023 | 02/08/2023 | Cash | 59114 | 0.010231 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 09/08/2023 | 09/08/2023 | Cash | 6500 | 0.001126 |
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 | 03/10/2023 | 03/10/2023 | Cash | 445 | 0.000077 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 12/02/2024 | 12/02/2024 | Cash | 25780 | 0.004468 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 02/03/2027 | 02/03/2027 | Cash | 20394 | 0.003534 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 07/06/2028 | 07/06/2028 | Cash | 1763 | 0.000305 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 12/06/2028 | 12/06/2028 | Cash | 2164 | 0.000375 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 10/07/2028 | 10/07/2028 | Cash | 15444 | 0.002676 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 12/07/2028 | 12/07/2028 | Cash | 8675 | 0.001502 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 13/07/2028 | 13/07/2028 | Cash | 14846 | 0.002572 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 14/07/2028 | 14/07/2028 | Cash | 17340 | 0.003004 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 17/07/2028 | 17/07/2028 | Cash | 44201 | 0.007659 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 19/07/2028 | 19/07/2028 | Cash | 36063 | 0.006250 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 20/07/2028 | 20/07/2028 | Cash | 14731 | 0.002553 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 21/07/2028 | 21/07/2028 | Cash | 13811 | 0.002393 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 24/07/2028 | 24/07/2028 | Cash | 24826 | 0.004299 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 26/07/2028 | 26/07/2028 | Cash | 10893 | 0.001887 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 27/07/2028 | 27/07/2028 | Cash | 7895 | 0.001367 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 28/07/2028 | 28/07/2028 | Cash | 8245 | 0.001427 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 31/07/2028 | 31/07/2028 | Cash | 16891 | 0.002925 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 02/08/2028 | 02/08/2028 | Cash | 11855 | 0.002054 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 03/08/2028 | 03/08/2028 | Cash | 10099 | 0.001749 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 04/08/2028 | 04/08/2028 | Cash | 13447 | 0.002330 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 07/08/2028 | 07/08/2028 | Cash | 15445 | 0.002674 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 09/08/2028 | 09/08/2028 | Cash | 11761 | 0.002037 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 10/08/2028 | 10/08/2028 | Cash | 11306 | 0.001958 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 11/08/2028 | 11/08/2028 | Cash | 10907 | 0.001889 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 14/08/2028 | 14/08/2028 | Cash | 16374 | 0.002836 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 09/10/2028 | 09/10/2028 | Cash | 25942 | 0.004496 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 11/10/2028 | 11/10/2028 | Cash | 15998 | 0.002772 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 02/11/2028 | 02/11/2028 | Cash | 33048 | 0.005727 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 03/11/2028 | 03/11/2028 | Cash | 23722 | 0.004110 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 06/11/2028 | 06/11/2028 | Cash | 36884 | 0.006391 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 08/11/2028 | 08/11/2028 | Cash | 8573 | 0.001484 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 15/11/2028 | 15/11/2028 | Cash | 8679 | 0.001503 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 16/11/2028 | 16/11/2028 | Cash | 2313 | 0.000400 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 20/11/2028 | 20/11/2028 | Cash | 3133 | 0.000543 |
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 | 29323 | 0.005080 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 30/11/2028 | 30/11/2028 | Cash | 12432 | 0.002154 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 01/12/2028 | 01/12/2028 | Cash | 5570 | 0.000965 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 04/12/2028 | 04/12/2028 | Cash | 40094 | 0.006948 |
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 | 66682 | 0.011556 |
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 | 0.006185 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 15/12/2028 | 15/12/2028 | Cash | 24407 | 0.004230 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 18/12/2028 | 18/12/2028 | Cash | 6388 | 0.001106 |
Cash-settled Equity Swap | 20/12/2028 | 20/12/2028 | Cash | 20922 | 0.003626 |
Sub Total 8.B2 | 7331316 | 1.270181% | |||
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 | 3.858496 | 5.128677% | |
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
30-Aug-2022
13. Place Of Completion
London