William Hill PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Feb 6, 2017

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RNS Number : 1289W

William Hill PLC

06 February 2017

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

6 February 2017

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:		OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
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:		2 February 2017
6. Date on which issuer notified:		3 February 2017
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:		5.00% (decreased to 4.71%)

8. Notified details: Investor Relations Contact: Computershare Investor Services PLC The Pavilions Bridgwater Road Bristol BS99 6ZZ United Kingdom [email protected]
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	44,473,288			44,473,288							40,430,974				4.71%
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
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
40,430,974								4.71%
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:
OppenheimerFunds, Inc. ("OFI") is a registered investment advisor with the U.S. SEC.  Its ultimate parent company, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, qualifies for disaggregation under FSA regulations.  The shares of the issuer are held by investment accounts managed by OFI and its subsidiary, OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. ("OFIG").
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:								The percentage of holdings noted above is based on the total number of voting rights in the company to be 857,679,766 as disclosed by the company on 1 February 2017.
14. Contact name:								Judith Gottlieb Compliance Specialist OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
15. Contact telephone number:								001 (212) 323-4858

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