William Hill PLC

Transaction in Own Shares • Mar 12, 2015

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William Hill PLC

12 March 2015

12 March 2015

WILLIAM HILL PLC ("the Company")

NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS

In fulfilment of obligations under DTR 3.1.2R 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 ('Awards') under both the William Hill PLC Performance Share Plan 2015 ('PSP 2015') and the William Hill Executive Bonus Matching Scheme ('EBMS 2015').

James Henderson, Chief Executive Officer, and Neil Cooper, Group Finance Director, were on Monday 9 March 2015 granted an award under both the PSP 2015 and EBMS 2015 over shares in the Company. Details are set out below:

Director	PSP 2015 (no. of Shares)	EBMS 2015 (no. of Shares)
James Henderson	286,533	77,754
Neil Cooper	182,340	65,434

These awards are granted as a nil-cost option award. Vesting of the PSP 2015 Shares is conditional, inter alia, on satisfying three performance conditions which are measured over a performance period of four financial years: 50% of the award will be subject to a performance condition based on relative shareholder return (TSR), 25% will be subject to a performance condition based on growth in earnings per share (EPS), and the remaining 25% will be subject to a performance condition based on the business performance measures. Vesting of the EBMS 2015 Shares is conditional on continued employment with the Company.

The existing interests of the Executive Directors in the Company's Share Schemes are as follows.

Director	EBMS+ 2012 (no. of Shares)	EBMS * 2013 (no. of Shares)	PSP+ 2012 (no. of Shares)	PSP * 2013  (no. of Shares)	PSP *  2014 (no. of Shares)	SAYE * 2012 (no. of Shares)	SAYE* 2014 (No.of Shares)
James Henderson	Nil	22,673	Nil	70,531	161,440	5,451	3,296
Neil Cooper	114,199	58,477	192,965	97,461	204,490	-	6,593

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.

+    These awards have vested but have not yet been exercised by Neil Cooper.

James Henderson has an interest in 96,541 Shares, equivalent to less than 0.1% of the Company's issued share capital.

Neil Cooper has an interest in 407,802 Shares, equivalent to less than 0.1% of the Company's issued share capital.                

Dennis Read

Deputy Company Secretary

020 8918 3723

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