William Hill PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Oct 26, 2016

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RNS Number : 5485N

William Hill PLC

26 October 2016

The following notification was received today by William Hill PLC, relating to a major interest in shares of William Hill PLC.

Tom Fuller

Assistant Company Secretary

26 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				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:		Morgan Stanley (Institutional Securities Group and Global Wealth Management)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:		24.10.2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:		26.10.2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		7%

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
GB0031698896	31,652,136			31,652,136		13,086,386			13,086,386				1.51%
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
Call Option (Physically Settled)		18.11.2016			N/A			241,000				0.03%
Depositary Receipt		N/A			N/A			5,012				0.00%
Right of recall over securities lending agreements		N/A			N/A			18,559,296				2.14%
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
Equity Swap	N/A		27.10.2016		N/A		27,000,000				N/A			3.11%
Equity Swap	N/A		28.12.2016		N/A		6,195,277				N/A			0.71%
Equity Swap	N/A		27.02.2017		N/A		49,600				N/A			0.01%
Equity Swap	N/A		18.09.2017		N/A		25,212				N/A			0.00%
Equity Swap	N/A		27.10.2017		N/A		1,515,762				N/A			0.17%
Equity Swap	N/A		03.04.2018		N/A		2,266,692				N/A			0.26%
Equity Swap	N/A		03.09.2018		N/A		59,387				N/A			0.01%
Equity Swap	N/A		11.10.2018		N/A		51,837				N/A			0.01%
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights							Percentage of voting rights
69,055,461							7.96%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Legal & Compliance Department, 25 Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 4QA, UNITED KINGDOM. is a direct holder of 62,669,136 voting rights  (7.22%)  and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Investments (UK) Morgan Stanley Investments (UK), 20 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London, E14 4AD, UNITED KINGDOM. is an indirect holder of 62,669,136 voting rights  (7.22%)  and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley UK Group Morgan Stanley UK Group, 25 Cabot Square, LNCS/5, Canary Wharf, London, E14 4QA, UNITED KINGDOM. is an indirect holder of 62,669,136 voting rights  (7.22%)  and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley International Limited Morgan Stanley International Limited, 25 Cabot Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 4QA, UNITED KINGDOM. is an indirect holder of 62,669,136 voting rights  (7.22%)  and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc. Morgan Stanley International Holdings Inc., c/o The Corporation Trust Company (DE), Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware, 19801, USA. is an indirect holder of 62,669,136 voting rights  (7.22%)  and is a subsidiary of 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:	Morgan Stanley's total holding in William Hill PLC remains above the 7.00% threshold previously disclosed, however, this notification is being made on the basis that the holding in section 8(a) has crossed a relevant threshold in its own right at the component level. Morgan Stanley's total holding in William Hill PLC remains above the 7.00% threshold previously disclosed, however, this notification is being made on the basis that the holding in sections 8(b)+8(c) has crossed a relevant threshold in their own right at the component level.
14. Contact name:	Craig Horsley
15. Contact telephone number:	+44 141 245-7736

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