William Hill PLC

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Apr 16, 2013

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William Hill PLC

16 April 2013

16th April 2013

WILLIAM HILL PLC

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN OR SOUTH AFRICA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION.

NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS

ACQUISITION OF NEW SHARES FOLLOWING RIGHTS ISSUE

In accordance with DTR 3.1.4R, William Hill PLC ('the Company') announces the following transactions in respect of its ordinary share capital of 10 pence each by Directors of the Company who took up their rights following the Company's recent rights issue.

Under the rights issue, qualifying shareholders had the right to buy 2 new ordinary shares of 10 pence in the Company for every 9 existing ordinary shares of 10 pence in the Company held on the record date of 14 March 2013 at a price of 245 pence per new ordinary share.

The table below shows the number of shares held by the Directors of the Company under the rights issue and the total number of shares held by the Directors in the Company following the rights issue.

Name	Number of shares acquired under the Rights Issue	Total number of shares beneficially held following the Rights Issue
Executive Directors:
Ralph Topping	87,866	483,265
Neil Cooper	521	2,866
Non-Executive Directors:
Gareth Davis	20,888	114,888
David Edmonds	5,333	29,333
Georgina Harvey	2,222	12,222
Ashley Highfield	1,299	7,147
David Lowden	2,222	12,222
Imelda Walsh	2,222	12,222

For information, options and conditional awards of shares granted to the Executive Directors  under William Hill PLC's employee share schemes have been adjusted to compensate for the effect of the Rights Issue.

Enquiries:

Dennis Read, Deputy Company Secretary                                Tel:  020 8918 3723

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