William Hill PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Jul 7, 2014

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RNS Number : 6489L

William Hill PLC

07 July 2014

The following notification was received on 4 July 2014 by William Hill PLC, relating to major interests in shares of William Hill PLC.

Dennis Read, Deputy Company Secretary

7 July 2014

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer

of existing shares to which voting rights are

attached: ii

William Hill plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

X

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the

notification obligation: iii

Parvus Asset Management (UK) LLP

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv

The Parvus Armadillo Fund

The Gallinule Fund

The Caeruleus Fund

Crescent III LP

Vittoria Fund-P, L.P.

The Orange Partners Fund

The Packpar Fund

The Parvatrium Partners Fund

Parvus European Opportunities Master Fund

Parvus European Absolute Opportunities Master Fund

5. Date of the transaction and date on

which the threshold is crossed or

reached: v

02/07/2014

6. Date on which issuer notified:

03/07/2014

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or

reached: vi, vii

Going above 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

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

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

Equity Swap

N/A

N/A

N/A

43,882,569

Nominal

Delta

5.01%

-

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

43,882,569

5.01%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Parvus Asset Management (UK) LLP has been appointed as Investment Manager to The Parvus Armadillo Fund, The Gallinule Fund, The Caeruleus Fund, Crescent III LP, The Packpar Fund, Parvus European Opportunities Master Fund, Parvus European Absolute Opportunities Master Fund, The Orange Partners Fund, The Parvatrium Partners Fund and The Vittoria Fund - P, L.P. Under the terms of the various investment management agreements, Parvus Asset Management (UK) LLP holds the power to vote on any physical shareholdings held by these clients.
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:	TCI Fund Services LLP provides compliance services to Parvus Asset Management (UK) LLP and is completing this disclosure on behalf of Parvus Asset Management (UK) LLP. Please contact Angus Milne for any further information.
14. Contact name:	Angus Milne
15. Contact telephone number:	0207 440 2330

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