William Hill PLC

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • Mar 6, 2014

National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

You don't have Javascript enabled. For full functionality this page requires javascript to be enabled.

RNS Number : 7314B

William Hill PLC

06 March 2014

6 March 2014

WILLIAM HILL PLC ("the Company")

NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS

In fulfilment of obligations under DTR3.1.2R and DTR 3.1.4R (1) (a), William Hill PLC ('the Company') wishes to notify the following changes in the interests of persons discharging managerial responsibility ('PDMRs') in ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company ('Shares').

Arising out of the grant of an award of shares under the William Hill Executive Bonus Matching Scheme (EBMS) 2011, Ralph Topping, Chief Executive of the Company, received 418,822 Shares on 5 March 2014. 199,214 Shares were sold on 5 March at 389.2 pence per Share to account for tax and national insurance payable on exercise.

In addition to the above, arising out of the exercise of his Retention Award, Ralph Topping also received 642,855 shares on 5 March 2014. As a result of this Award being exercised, 302,748 Shares were sold on 5 March at 389.4 pence per Share to account for tax and national insurance payable. The Retention Award was exercised as a nil cost option.

Following these transactions, on 6 March 2014, Ralph Topping sold 725,000 Shares at an average of 387.47 pence per Share.

All of the above transactions took place in London.

The interests of Ralph Topping in the Company's Share Schemes following the above transaction are as follows:

## Director	EBMS* 2012 (no. of Shares)	EBMS* 2013 (no. of Shares)	PSP** 2010  (no. of Shares)	PSP** 2011 (no. of Shares)	PSP* 2012 (no. of Shares)	PSP* 2013 (no. of Shares)	SAYE* 2012 (no. of Shares)
Ralph Topping	315,589	192,550	587,888	358,186	315,104	166,710	5,451

In the above table, 'EBMS' refers to the Executive Bonus Matching Scheme; 'PSP' refers to the Performance Share Plan; and 'SAYE' refers to the Save As You Earn Sharesave Scheme.

*     These awards have not vested and are subject to either the satisfaction of performance conditions, the completion of a deferral period or in the case of the SAYE, the completion of a savings contract.

**    The Group's earnings per share and total shareholder return performance over the last four financial years have resulted in the PSP awarded in 2010 and 2011 vesting in full, based on performance to 31 December 2013. Subject to the rules of the PSP, the PSP awarded in 2010 will be fully exercisable in May 2014 and the PSP awarded in 2011 will be fully exercisable in April 2014. 

Ralph Topping now has an interest in 15,210 shares in his own name, equivalent to less than 0.1% of the Company's issued share capital.

Dennis Read

Deputy Company Secretary

020 8918 3723

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END

RDSQKADQPBKDQNK