William Hill PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Apr 29, 2015

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William Hill PLC

29 April 2015

The following notification was received on 29 April 2015 by William Hill PLC, relating to major interests in shares of William Hill PLC.

Dennis Read

Deputy Company Secretary

29 April 2015

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				x
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
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		Morgan Stanley (Institutional Securities Group and Global Wealth Management)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv		Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		27.04.2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:		29.04.2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		7%

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
GB0031698896	61,298,217			61,298,217		60,679,313		60,679,313			6.88%
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
Call Option		18 September 2015							64,000				0.01%
Call Option		11 December 2015							564,000				0.06%
Call Option		18 December 2015							18,000				0.00%
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
												Nominal			Delta
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights							Percentage of voting rights
61,325,313							6.96%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, 25 Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 4QA is a direct holder of 61,325,313 voting rights (6.96%) and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Investments (UK) Morgan Stanley Investments (UK), 20 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London E14 4AD is an indirect holder of 61,325,313 voting rights (6.96%) and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley UK Group Morgan Stanley UK Group, 25 Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 4QA is an indirect holder of 61,325,313 voting rights (6.96%) and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Group (Europe) Morgan Stanley Group (Europe), 20 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London E14 4AD is an indirect holder of 61,325,313 voting rights (6.96%) and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley International Limited Morgan Stanley International Limited, 25 Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 4QA is an indirect holder of 61,325,313 voting rights (6.96%) and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc. Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc., The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Centre, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware DE19801, USA is an indirect holder of 61,325,313 voting rights (6.96%) and is a subsidiary of the beneficial owner Morgan Stanley
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of  the proxy holder:		N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		N/A
13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Craig Horsley
15. Contact telephone number:	0141 245 7736

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