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RNS Number : 6040Z

William Hill PLC

15 March 2017

The following notification was received today by William Hill PLC, relating to a major interest in shares of William Hill PLC.

Tom Fuller

Assistant Company Secretary

15 March 2017

 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                                              William Hill PLC 
  issuer 
  of existing shares to which voting rights 
  are 
  attached: 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments                                    X 
  which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to 
  which voting rights are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic 
  effect to qualifying financial instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s) subject                                           Morgan Stanley (Institutional Securities 
  to the                                                                        Group and Global Wealth Management) 
  notification obligation: 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
  (if different from 3.): 
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 5. Date of the transaction and date                                                        13.03.2017 
  on 
  which the threshold is crossed 
  or 
  reached: 
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 6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                          15.03.2017 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed                                                           6%* 
  or 
  reached: 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type      Situation previous         Resulting situation after the triggering 
 of               to the triggering          transaction 
 shares           transaction 
 
 if possible 
 using 
 the ISIN CODE 
--------------  -------------------------  ----------------------------------------------------------- 
                 Number        Number       Number        Number of voting        % of voting 
                  of            of           of shares     rights                  rights 
                  Shares        Voting 
                                Rights 
--------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  ----------------------  --------------------- 
                                            Direct        Direct       Indirect   Direct   Indirect 
--------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  ---------  -------  ------------ 
 GB0031698896    881,266       881,266      57,617        57,617                  0.01% 
                ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  ---------  -------  ------------ 
 
 
 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of         Expiration                 Exercise/     Number of    % of voting 
 financial        date                       Conversion   voting        rights 
 instrument                                  Period       rights 
                                                          that may 
                                                          be 
                                                          acquired 
                                                          if the 
                                                          instrument 
                                                          is 
                                                          exercised/ 
                                                          converted 
--------------  -------------------------  ------------  -----------  -------------------------------- 
 Depositary 
  Receipt                  N/A                  N/A         5,012                   0.00% 
--------------  -------------------------  ------------  -----------  -------------------------------- 
 Right of 
  recall 
  over 
  securities 
  lending 
  agreements               N/A                  N/A       50,479,022                5.89% 
--------------  -------------------------  ------------  -----------  -------------------------------- 
 
 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial 
  Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of         Exercise      Expiration   Exercise/     Number of    % of voting rights 
 financial       price         date         Conversion    voting 
 instrument                                 period        rights 
                                                          instrument 
                                                          refers to 
--------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  -------------------------------- 
                                                                       Nominal           Delta 
--------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  ---------  --------------------- 
 Equity Swap         N/A       28.11.2017       N/A        202,000       N/A             0.02% 
--------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  ---------  --------------------- 
 Equity Swap         N/A       01.02.2018       N/A        185,000       N/A             0.02% 
--------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  ---------  --------------------- 
 Equity Swap         N/A       13.03.2018       N/A         88,837       N/A             0.01% 
--------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  ---------  --------------------- 
 Equity Swap         N/A       08.10.2018       N/A        278,209       N/A             0.03% 
--------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  ---------  --------------------- 
 Equity Swap         N/A       30.11.2018       N/A         41,330       N/A             0.00% 
--------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  ---------  --------------------- 
 Equity Swap         N/A       13.12.2018       N/A        926,659       N/A             0.11% 
--------------  ------------  -----------  ------------  -----------  ---------  --------------------- 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting rights 
------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 52,263,686                6.09% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or 
  the 
  financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: 
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 Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Legal & Compliance Department, 
  25 Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 4QA, UNITED KINGDOM. is a 
  direct holder of 51,029,694 voting rights (5.95%) and is a subsidiary 
  of Morgan Stanley Investments (UK) 
 
  Morgan Stanley Investments (UK), 20 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London, 
  E14 4AD, UNITED KINGDOM. is an indirect holder of 51,029,694 voting rights 
  (5.95%) and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley UK Group 
 
  Morgan Stanley UK Group, 25 Cabot Square, LNCS/5, Canary Wharf, London, 
  E14 4QA, UNITED KINGDOM. is an indirect holder of 51,029,694 voting rights 
  (5.95%) and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley International Limited 
 
  Morgan Stanley International Limited, 25 Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, 
  London, E14 4QA, UNITED KINGDOM. is an indirect holder of 51,029,694 
  voting rights (5.95%) and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley International 
  Holdings Inc. 
 
  Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc., c/o The Corporation Trust 
  Company (DE), Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, 
  Delaware, 19801, USA. is an indirect holder of 51,029,694 voting rights 
  (5.95%) and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley 
 
 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder:                                            N/A 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will                            N/A 
  cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to                             N/A 
  hold 
  voting rights: 
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                                                                          Morgan Stanley's total holding in 
  13. Additional information:                                              William Hill PLC remains above the 
                                                                           6.00% threshold previously disclosed, 
                                                                           however, this notification is being 
                                                                           made on the basis that the holding 
                                                                           in sections 8(b)+8(c) has crossed 
                                                                           a relevant threshold in their own 
                                                                           right at the component level. 
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 14. Contact name:                                                        Craig Horsley 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                            +44 141 245-7736 
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