William Hill PLC

Declaration of Voting Results & Voting Rights Announcements • May 11, 2016

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William Hill PLC

11 May 2016

WILLIAM HILL PLC

Result of Annual General Meeting (AGM)

11 May 2016

William Hill PLC (LSE:WMH) announces the results of the voting at the Company's Annual General Meeting (AGM) held today, Wednesday 11 May 2016 at 11.00 am at the Cavendish Conference Centre, 22 Duchess Mews, London W1G 9DT. All resolutions as set out in the Notice of Meeting dated 4 March 2016 were voted on by way of a poll and the results of each resolution are shown below. All resolutions were duly approved by the relevant majority in each case. Any proxy votes which are at the discretion of the Chairman have been included in the "For" total.

Resolution		For	%	Against	%	Withheld
1	To receive the annual report and accounts	609,411,493	99.94	377,159	0.06	275,910
2	To approve the annual report on remuneration	605,309,330	99.34	4,022,538	0.66	731,210
3	To declare a final dividend	609,837,268	100.00	1,529	0.00	225,766
4	To elect Philip Bowcock	608,011,207	99.71	1,758,239	0.29	294,890
5	To re-elect Gareth Davis	598,957,333	98.61	8,436,930	1.39	2,671,414
6	To re-elect James Henderson	608,032,695	99.71	1,763,725	0.29	269,207
7	To re-elect Sir Roy Gardner	605,659,815	99.32	4,125,409	0.68	280,403
8	To re-elect Georgina Harvey	605,851,889	99.36	3,922,836	0.64	290,902
9	To re-elect Ashley Highfield	605,706,632	99.33	4,060,000	0.67	298,995
10	To re-elect David Lowden	605,494,408	99.30	4,273,298	0.70	297,921
11	To re-elect Imelda Walsh	605,594,263	99.31	4,190,764	0.69	280,600
12	To re-appoint the Auditors	592,145,219	97.10	17,683,211	2.90	237,046
13	To authorise the Audit & Risk Management Committee to determine the auditors' remuneration	601,896,778	98.75	7,599,726	1.25	569,122
14	Authority for EU political donations and EU political expenditure	599,313,696	98.92	6,539,605	1.08	4,208,049
15	Authority to allot securities	510,841,312	83.82	98,585,837	16.18	638,478
16	Authority to disapply pre-emption rights	502,579,904	82.42	107,209,120	17.58	276,602
17	Authority to purchase own shares	604,748,987	99.17	5,059,516	0.83	253,811
18	Notice of General Meeting other than the AGM	555,261,659	91.64	50,681,850	8.36	4,122,409

A copy of the resolutions passed at the meeting, other than ordinary business, is being uploaded to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for viewing at www.morningstar.com.

The proxy figures for the resolutions will also be displayed on the corporate website www.williamhillplc.com.

Enquiries:

William Hill PLC

Luke Thomas, Company Secretary

Tel: +44 (0) 20 8918 3935

Brunswick

Andrew Porter / Oliver Hughes   

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7404 5959

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