William Hill PLC

National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

RNS Number : 2168N

William Hill PLC

21 October 2016

The following notification was received on 18th October 2016 by William Hill PLC, relating to major interests in shares of William Hill PLC.

Tom Fuller

Assistant Company Secretary

21 October 2016

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES



1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:		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:	ING Groep N.V.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	n.a.
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	14-10-2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:	18-10-2016 (only received by issuer on 21 October 2016)
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%


8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
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
Direct		Direct		Indirect	Direct			Indirect
Ordinary Shares GB0031698896	16,869,306			16,869,306			43,869,306		43,869,306			5.05%


B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion Period					Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.				% of voting rights
n.a.			n.a.		n.a.					n.a.				n.a.

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price		Expiration date		Exercise/ Conversion period			Number of voting rights instrument refers to				% of voting rights
													Nominal		Delta


Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
43,869,306								5.05%


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Please see the attached organization chart - Annex I http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/2168N_-2016-10-21.pdf

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:	This disclosure has been calculated based on issue share capital amount 869,397,070
14. Contact name:	F. Severin
15. Contact telephone number:	+31 20 576 6539

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