AO WORLD PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Dec 1, 2015

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RNS Number : 5281H

AO World plc

01 December 2015

TR-1: NOTIFICATIONOFMAJORINTERESTINSHARESi

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			x
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	Deutsche Bank AG
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv	Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v	26/11/2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:	30/11/2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	5%

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
GB00BJTNFH41	Below Notifiable Threshold	Below Notifiable Threshold	17,633,309	17,633,309	0	4.19%	0

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
CFD				5,445,592	Nominal	Delta
1.29%	1.29%

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
23,078,901	5.48%

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

13. Additional information:	Total CFD Holding  - See appendix.
14. Contact name:	Stacy Otieno
15. Contact telephone number:	02075476268

Type of financial Instrument	Maturity Date	Number of voting rights instrument refers to
CFD	04-Oct-16	89,272
CFD	18-Dec-15	91,685
CFD	26-Oct-16	406,030
CFD	07-Jul-16	33,270
CFD	31-Aug-16	368,415
CFD	02-Mar-16	2,100
CFD	02-Nov-16	26,085
CFD	04-Apr-16	9,788
CFD	04-Jul-16	9,533
CFD	02-Nov-16	11,820
CFD	02-Dec-16	31,480
CFD	02-Sep-16	9,470
CFD	05-Jul-16	11,312
CFD	18-May-16	1,966,568
CFD	17-Dec-15	2,036,849
CFD	02-Nov-16	13,046
CFD	01-Jul-16	50,131
CFD	03-Dec-15	169,242
CFD	17-Mar-15	109,496

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